“I think when black performers performed in blackface, they were kind of taking back slave songs, but it was still a little bit iffy because they were performing, a lot of times, for white audiences who found it hilarious.” ThinkingKindLittlesStillsSongFoundBitsBlackWhiteAudienceLittle BitSlavePerformingPerformersBlackface Author:Cecile McLorin Salvant
“For years, people always say, "Ah, what about the dunk. It's still two points." But it energizes a team. If you're down and you get a monster dunk, everybody gets psyched. "Oh yeah, let's go, let's go." So it was dying down a little bit and guys, I think, they took it upon themselves. They got energy on it and started trying different stuff.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingYearsLittlesStillsTwoDifferentGuyEnergyStuffBitsTeamDyingLittle BitDown AndYeahMonsters Author:Darryl Dawkins
“There's that weird and cool line that music can cross where it still gives you the goosebumps and you think it's cool but on the other hand it's sort of like also letting you off the hook a little bit with the ironic aspects of the thing. I think that's the inexplicable, the smell of a movie. That's the taste of the movie.” ThinkingGivingLittlesStillsHandsBitsLinesTasteLittle BitAspectCrossesSmellIronicHookInexplicableGoosebumps Author:Zack Snyder
“There were people I knew that came to college and had never drank before, and never partied, and maybe got a little bit too carried away with it when they did finally get out of the house... I feel like I got that stuff out of my system when I was sixteen and knew to balance things - but at the same time - it's not like I was out getting my medical degree. Playing in a band, you can still have plenty of fun!” PeopleFeelsLittlesStillsHouseFunStuffBitsCollegeBalanceBandDegreesLittle BitMedicalPlentyDrankSixteenCarried Away Author:Chris Baio
“And religious music and the sort of symbolism of it and everything. But I had this idea. Actually, I sort of dreamt it. I woke up - just before waking up one morning, I sort of dreamt this song or the idea of it and the first little bit of it. And I jumped out of bed and I thought, well, you're still asleep. You're going to forget this in a minute - you know, like you do when you've had a dream.” KnowsFirstsWellsLittlesStillsIdeasDreamSongBitsReligiousForgetMorningMinutesLike YouBedLittle BitWake UpWakingSymbolismReligious Music Author:Nick Lowe
“My parents probably feel closer to the U.S. They feel America came to our rescue in the war and all that sort of thing. And for their generation the war still goes on. We still save food and little bits get scraped off and boiled out the next day.” FeelsLittlesStillsWarAmericaNextBitsParentGenerationsGoes OnLittle BitRescueNext Day Author:John Gimlette
“I want the music to stand out a little bit more than many other bands do. I still have some stuff where I don't use the high hat, and I don't use any crash cymbals. It just makes for an interesting sound because you don't really notice it when it's not there, but if it was there, you would definitely hear it.” IfsWantLittlesStillsUseStuffBitsSoundInterestingBandLittle BitHatsCrashStanding OutCymbals Author:Sune Rose Wagner
“I've been trying to catch up to it. Just trying to get with it, feel behind it a little bit, but that's good actually, probably. That way, I'm still sort of understanding it.” WayFeelsTryingLittlesStillsBitsUnderstandingBehindsLittle Bit Author:Justin Vernon
“I think there's still a little bit of that 9 year-old in me and I'm pretty happy.” ThinkingYearsLittlesStillsBitsLittle Bit Author:Peter Jackson
“I should be able to look at my accolades and go, "Come on, Paul. That's enough." But there's still this little voice in the back of my brain that goes, "No, no, no. You could do better. This person over here is excelling. Try harder!" It still can be a little bit intimidating.” ShouldTryingLooksLittlesPersonsStillsEnoughAbleBitsVoiceBrainLittle BitHarderIntimidatingAccolades Author:Paul McCartney
“But Stacie Orrico was my childhood hero. I was about 12 when I found her music. She is a contemporary Christian artist, and I can honestly tell you that I don't think I'd have a soulful voice if I didn't listen to Stacie. I wanted to sound just like her growing up, and to this day I STILL think I sound a little bit like her. But she is AMAZING!” IfsThinkingLittlesStillsI CanWantedChristianArtistFoundBitsSoundVoiceGrowing UpGrowingChildhoodHeroLittle BitHonestlyContemporaryThis DayLike HerSoulfulContemporary Christian Author:Christina Grimmie
“There's obviously instances where I perceive sexism in my job. ... I think that the sort of sexism that I see has been one that's a little bit like a gentler form of sexism, but still a little bit debilitating, which is that when, as a producer and a writer, whether it was at The Office or [at The Mindy Project], if I make a decision, it'll still seem like it's up for debate.” IfsThinkingLittlesHas BeensStillsSeemsJobsFormBitsDecisionOfficeProjectsLittle BitDebateProducersInstancePerceiveSexism Author:Mindy Kaling
“I notice that a little bit at The Office, with, like, an actor: If I decided there'd be a certain way in the script, it would still seem open-ended, whereas ... if I was a man I would not have seen that.” IfsMenWayLittlesStillsSeemsCertainActorsBitsOfficeLittle BitDecidedScripts Author:Mindy Kaling
“I'm still the same artist; it's just different sides of me. I'm learning to be a little bit more confident in myself and I think that's something that all of us girls struggle with. It's really about defining your confidence.” ThinkingLittlesStillsDifferentArtistGirlBitsSidesStruggleLittle BitDefiningDifferent Sides Author:Jamie Lynn Spears
“In my films, I try to give people as little information as possible, which is still much more than what they get in real life. I feel that they should be grateful for the little bit of information I give them.” PeopleGivingFeelsShouldTryingLittlesStillsRealFilmBitsInformationLittle BitGratefulReal LifeBe Grateful Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“Any issue and any problem, no matter what height you look at it from, no matter how much you extend past the first fractal, it's still a fractal of something that emanates from within your consciousness - from within the human consciousness. And it'll move on and manifest itself externally, and then those are what we pick up as societal ills. But all these battles we're fighting are internal. For me, it's reconciling hope with dread and trying to cut out some place in my mind where my heart can be protected a little bit.” TryingMindFirstsHumansLooksHeartLittlesStillsMatterProblemPastMovingFightingBitsConsciousnessIssuesCuttingMy HeartBattleLittle BitPicksNo Matter WhatHeightInternalsManifestDreadProtectedHuman ConsciousnessEmanateFractals Author:El-P
“Part of what we'll have to figure out is what do you call the male spouse of a female president? Now, it's a little bit more complicated with him because people still call former presidents Mr. President.” PeopleLittlesStillsBitsPresidentFiguresLittle BitFemaleMalesComplicatedFormerSpouseFemale President Author:Hillary Clinton
“I'm still kind of nerdy about video games, but I've had to take a little bit of a step back. I was really not getting a lot of things done in life because I was playing so much Destiny. I loved it, but I've gotta prioritize.” KindLittlesStillsDoneGamesBitsStepsDestinyLittle BitVideoThings DonePrioritizeNerdy Author:Zachary Levi
“I like to think there's still right and wrong. We blur that a lot. When we celebrate misdeeds instead of portraying them as missteps, we've lost our way a little bit.” ThinkingWayLittlesStillsLostBitsLittle BitCelebrateBlurPortrayingMisdeeds Author:Mark Schwahn
“To me, the logical path then is where could have [Mitt] Romney maybe have won and didn't? And you look at Ohio, Florida. You're still not there. Now you have got to win either Pennsylvania or Michigan. And I think Pennsylvania is probably a little bit more doable than Michigan, but, again, neither one of those states have the Republicans won since 1988.” ThinkingLooksLittlesStillsStatesWinningBitsPathRepublicanLittle BitLogicalFloridaRomneyOhioMichiganPennsylvania Author:John Brabender
“I still think there is a way to take all the mistakes that we've made as adults and put a little bit of a salve on them, a little bit of a fix on them, if we just are a little smarter in what we teach our kids.” IfsThinkingWayLittlesMadeStillsKidsBitsMistakeTeachLittle BitAdultsSmarter Author:Mitch Albom
“I'm a little bit older, I've traveled the world, spent lots of time in New York and Paris and lots of inspiring places, and I still feel alien.” WorldFeelsLittlesStillsBitsNew YorkLittle BitAliensParisTraveled Author:FKA twigs
“I think, to Chelsea's [Handler] point, I still need directing because sometimes I go a little bit off beat in a way that it's like, rein it in. I welcome that kind of support.” ThinkingWayNeedsKindLittlesStillsSometimesBitsSupportLittle BitBeatsWelcomeReinsChelsea Author:Gordon Ramsay
“Before the 3rd century you're having several philosophical schools still as a going concern. You have not only the Platonists and the Aristotelians but you have Scepticism, you have Stoicism, you even have a little bit of Epicureanism. And what happens after Plotinus is that everybody becomes a Neo-Platonist. So if we then go forward to the Islamic world for example, Plotinus is immensely influential, and Neo-Platonism becomes at least one major component of mainstream Islamic philosophy as well.” IfsWorldWellsLittlesStillsPhilosophyHappensSchoolBitsCenturyExampleMajorsLittle BitConcernPhilosophicalIslamicMainstreamStoicismComponentsInfluentialScepticismEpicureanism Author:Peter Adamson
“If we got there and we looked up and we said, "You know what? Black folks are still doing a little bit worse off than whites, but it's not like it was 20 years ago," then we can have a discussion about how do we get that last little bit. But that's a high-class problem to have.” IfsKnowsYearsLittlesSaidStillsProblemLastsBitsBlackClassLittle BitYears AgoFolksDiscussionHigh Class Author:Barack Obama
“I would say this, I'll go back to those black ladies I was talking about who love them some Barack and love Michelle even more - and by the way, they are not middle-aged anymore, because I'm now middle-aged. So they're a little bit older. As fervent as they were, as excited and happy as they were when I was elected, they had to go to work the next morning. They still had trouble paying those bills. They might have still had a son who was in trouble with the law or couldn't get a job because of a felony record. They didn't stop being grounded.” WayLittlesStillsMightJobsLawNextBitsBlackTalkingMorningRecordsTroubleMiddleSonLittle BitAnd LoveBillsExcitedBarackGroundedMiddle AgedFerventFelony Author:Barack Obama
“I feel like I've got the skills to be at the top, I feel like I've got the mind-state, so basically what I'm saying is there's people all around me, there's artists all around me that are in my zone, but I still feel alone. I feel like I can't relate to them as much as I can related to maybe somebody that was a little bit higher up.” PeopleFeelsMindLittlesStillsI CanStatesArtistBitsHigherSkillsLittle BitRelateRelatedZone Author:SonReal
“I love Texas. Even if I am a little bit famous or a little bit popular... You go to places where you're not and just live like everybody else lives. I'm not crazy about this country in terms of the shape it's in, but I do think there are lots of great pieces to go to. I think I should take advantage of it while this country still exists.” IfsThinkingShouldLittlesStillsCountryBitsTermPiecesCrazyShapesLittle BitAdvantageTexasJust Live Author:Winona Ryder
“Part of our identity is the idea that racism is still there and that we are vulnerable to it. So, the question is, 'How vulnerable?' In other words, is it really a problem for us, or is it just a small thing. How do you evaluate racism in America on a scale of 1 to 10? My suspicion is that most blacks overrate it a bit. Not to say it's not there, but we overrate it because this masking is part of our relationship to the larger society. This is a way we keep whites on the hook. We keep them obligated, and we keep ourselves entitled. There's an incentive, you see, to inflate it a little bit.” WayLittlesStillsIdeasProblemAmericaBitsIdentityLittle BitRacismScalesVulnerableOur RelationshipSuspicionEntitledHookIncentivesSmall ThingsEvaluateRacism In America Author:Shelby Steele
“It's not the '80s any more. We're not all riding around in limousines and snorting coke off of hookers' tits. We still have to keep working and touring. We're definitely still very much a working band. If we stopped doing this tomorrow, we'd have a little bit of cash to last us a couple of months, and then we'd have to go and get other jobs.” IfsLittlesStillsJobsLastsBitsMonthsCoupleTomorrowBandLittle BitCashRiding80sTouringCokeLimousines Author:Jim James