“A lot of fantasy names are too much. They’re too difficult to pronounce. I wanted the flavour of medieval England. I took actual names we still use today, like ‘Robert’, and in some case I tweaked them a little bit. I made ‘Edward’ into ‘Eddard’. If you look back at medieval times, no one knew how to spell their own names. There are a lot of variations that we’ve lost.” IfsLooksLittlesMadeStillsUseTodayWantedNamesLostBitsDifficultCasesFantasyToo MuchLittle BitEnglandSpellsVariationMedievalFlavourMedieval Times Author:George R. R. Martin
“I would urge that we all use a little bit of caution in dealing with an issue that is so vital to our national security.” LittlesUseBitsIssuesSecurityLittle BitUrgesNational SecurityCaution Author:Theodore Stevens
“Somehow I felt that if Fox Talbot had had more time and more drawing talent, he would have filled in the interval between his two drawings and made a complete panorama. Now, 163 years later, I was able to use his great invention to elaborate on his youthful dream of capturing and fixing the fleeting image. In doing so, I may also have added another little bit to the soul of this extraordinary place.” IfsYearsMayLittlesMadeTwoSoulUseDreamAbleFeltBitsTalentLittle BitFilledExtraordinaryPhotographerDrawingInventionMore TimeFoxesFleetingFixingIntervalsPanoramaGreat InventionsFilled In Book:Permutations on the picturesque Source: Permutations on the picturesque
“That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: Use your eyes! Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge.” FirstsLittlesUseEyeAbleMotherBitsVoiceChallengesActingTaughtLittle BitAspectMy FamilyGrandfatherMy Grandfather Author:Keith Coogan
“Now, tantra is a little bit different than other forms of Buddhism because in tantra what we do is we use the sensorial worlds as access points or pathways to ineffability.” WorldLittlesDifferentUseFormBitsBuddhismLittle BitAccessPathwaysTantra Author:Frederick Lenz
“I like actors who just are who they are, with a little bit of qualification to adapt to their character. But mostly they just use their own personality to embody the character.” LittlesCharacterUseActorsBitsPersonalityLittle BitQualifications Author:Michel Gondry
“A lot of times I use live musicians, but I don't want it to have that live funky sound so I'll just take the best loop of a drum part and repeat it over and over and over again so that there's consistency and it feels a little bit more programmed. But I have a love/hate relationship with comping as well.” WantFeelsWellsLittlesUseHateBitsSoundLittle BitMusicianRepeatsConsistencyLove HateLoopsFunkyLove Hate Relationship Author:Solange Knowles
“I use two million Twitter followers as a tool. The reason I have Twitter is so people can get to know me as a different person other than Dwight. I just realized all of the sudden like everything thinks I'm Dwight. They think that I'm Dwight from the office and that I'm this kind of annoying, difficult, nerdy, creepy guy and they don't know Rainn Wilson - although I'm a little bit nerdy, annoying and creepy. I'm not as much as Dwight Schrute.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindLittlesPersonsTwoDifferentReasonUseGuyBitsDifficultMillionsOfficeLittle BitToolsFollowersAnnoyingKnow MeCreepyWilsonNerdyDwightGet To Know MeJust Realized Author:Rainn Wilson
“You are [as an actor] aware that you don't want to repeat stuff, but you want to use what has worked. But you don't want to be accused of just going over the old thing, you know? You want it to start growing a little bit more.” KnowsWantLittlesUseActorsStuffBitsGrowingLittle BitRepeatsAccusedOld Things Author:Jude Law
“When we sit down to draw or paint the sun's rays, we generally use yellow because in the morning and the evening with the blue light scattered away so strongly you're left with a little bit of red and it comes out yellowish.” LittlesUseLightLeftBitsMorningSunLittle BitDrawsRedBluePaintEveningRaysYellow Author:Bill Nye
“I had an interesting day. I was in the studio with a group of musicians, who shall remain nameless, and I said to them "Our exercise today is not to use 'undo' at all. So, there's no second takes. Or, if you do a second take, you have to do the whole take. There's no sort of drop in, change that little bit". The session broke down in, I'd say, 40 minutes. It was impossible for people to work in that restriction any longer.” PeopleIfsLittlesSaidWholeUseTodayBitsInterestingImpossibleGroupsMinutesExerciseLittle BitMusicianStudiosBrokeSessionRestrictionNameless Author:Brian Eno
“I've dabbled in running around on stage, and at certain times it's nice to step away from the anchor of the piano and use a handheld microphone and connect with the audience, but I think my soul as a performer is just a little bit more connected to the instrument. To just sort of sit and sing - that feels like the most natural fit for me.” ThinkingFeelsLittlesSoulUseRunningCertainBitsNaturalStepsAudienceNiceStageFitLittle BitInstrumentsConnectedMy SoulPianoPerformersAnchorsMicrophones Author:Sara Bareilles
“If you work in the city long enough, it begins to deal with you on a personal level. Streets reveal their moods. Sometimes the signal light loves you. Sometimes they fight you. When you're hunting for a new building, you hope the city is on your side. You have to use a little bit of thinking--you might call it the process of elimination--and you need a little bit of instinct, but not too much of either. If you think too hard, you overshoot your target and end up at the Pier or the Tenderloin. If you relax and let the city help, the destination does all the work for you.” IfsThinkingNeedsLittlesLongDoeEndsSometimesHardEnoughHelpingUseLightMightFightingBitsProcessSidesLevelsDealsCitiesToo MuchStreetsLove YouBuildingLittle BitInstinctMoodRelaxTargetDestinationHuntingSignalsYour SideEliminationPiers Author:Scott Adams
“When I'm creating a character, it's a little bit like what my theater teachers used to tell me about Stanislavsky, like if you're using sense memory to do a scene - if you have to cry in a scene, you try to remember something in your life that made you cry and you use that in order to get the tears.” IfsTryingLittlesMadeCharacterUseRememberUsedOrderBitsMemoriesTeacherCryTearsSceneCreatingLittle BitTheaterRemember Something Author:Jeffrey Eugenides
“To me, fear of the future means fear of technology. I have a little bit of that. I still use it, but I kind of see technology as this harmful thing that's so ingrained in my life that it sort of dictates and controls my relationship with it.” KindMeanLittlesStillsUseBitsTechnologyLittle BitFear Of The Future Author:Chuck Klosterman
“I worry most about proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in such a way that they could be acquired by non-governmental organizations, like terrorist groups, especially the radical groups. When a nation state has a nuclear weapon, it's a little bit easier to control the use of it, but for non-governmental groups it's much more difficult.” WayLittlesStatesUseNationsBitsDifficultWorryGroupsEasierLittle BitWeaponsMassDestructionOrganizationNuclearTerroristRadicalNuclear WeaponsWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionProliferationTerrorist Groups Author:James L. Jones
“I am interested in Scripture and theology. This is an interest that I can assume I would share with a pastor, so that makes me a little bit prone to use that kind of character, perhaps, just at the moment. Then there is also the fact that, having been a church member for many years, I am very aware of how much pastors enrich people's experience, people for whom they are significant. I know that it's a kind of custom of American literature and culture to slang them. I don't think there is any reason why that needs to be persisted in.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsYearsKindLittlesI CanReasonMomentsCharacterFactsUseCultureLiteratureBitsInterestChurchShareMembersLittle BitAssumingScriptureSignificantTheologyReason WhyCustomsPastorRich PeopleAmerican LiteratureSlangChurch Members Author:Marilynne Robinson
“I found a lot of stuff that's never been seen before. That was the goal: to not use cliché Cold War footage but give people a sense of the place and setting. It's a field you still need. At first it was a lot of fun, and then later it became a little bit intimidating. "Oh my God, I've got so much footage. Where am I going to put it? What am I going to do?" I ended up really only reviewing about 20 to 30 percent of what I had. So it was a task.” PeopleNeedsGivingFirstsLittlesStillsWarUseFoundFunStuffBitsGoalFieldsColdLittle BitPercentTasksSettingSettingsCold WarIntimidating Author:Gabe Polsky
“If you want to spend more money in restaurants, use credit cards more than cash. If you want to spend less, use cash more than credit cards. But in general, we can think about how to use the pain of paying and how much of it do we want. And I think we have like a range. Credit cards have very little pain of paying, debit cards have a little bit more because you feel like today, at least it is coming out of your checking account, and cash has much more.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsLittlesUseTodayPainBitsLittle BitAccountsCreditCardsRangeRestaurantsComing OutCashMore MoneyCredit CardDebitDebit CardsChecking Accounts Author:Dan Ariely
“I think (fantasy football) has become something that needs to be looked at in terms of regulation. Effectively, it's day trading without any regulation at all. When you have insider information, which has apparently been the case, when you have people who use that information, use big data to try and take advantage of it, there has to be some regulation. If they can't regulate themselves, then the NFL needs to look at moving away from them a little bit, and there should be some regulation.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsShouldTryingLooksLittlesUseBigsMovingBitsTermCasesFantasyInformationFootballLittle BitAdvantageDataNflRegulationTradingInsidersMoving AwayFantasy Football Author:Jeb Bush
“Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus. I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it's a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us. And the problem with the mainstream media is that it has these other biases that are much more important.” PeopleThinkingWantLittlesImportantUseProblemMightBitsToo MuchMediaLittle BitAskingConservativeOilDryAlsMainstreamBiasAl QaedaMainstream MediaHummus Author:Al Franken
“If a Danish politician would go up and say he believes in God, people would be a little bit taken aback by that because it's slightly different there than in the U.S. Most of Europe is not that faith based, especially in terms of the politics, and politicians don't use that there.” PeopleIfsBelieveLittlesDifferentUseWould BeBitsTermTakenPoliticianLittle BitEuropeBelieve In GodFaith BasedDanish Author:Nikolaj Arcel
“I was interested in immigration and I wanted to use that in the film, not necessarily to talk about immigrants, although I wanted to do that, but to talk about ourselves through the eyes of an immigrant. The film takes place in the school and it tells us a little bit about who we are and where we're at, but through the eyes of someone who has a different background.” LittlesDifferentUseEyeWantedSchoolFilmBitsLittle BitBackgroundsImmigrationWho We AreImmigrantsThrough The EyesDifferent Backgrounds Author:Philippe Falardeau
“You have to be realistic in the use of blood in the movies. There is a little bit more than a gallon in a human being. If you have a few thousand people, that makes a lot of blood. I'm very realistic in my use of blood.” PeopleIfsHumansLittlesUseBitsHuman BeingsBloodThousandLittle BitRealisticGallons Author:Alexandre Aja
“So many people took my opinion and some will give it more serious consideration because of who I am. Not because I have a specility in this field that I gave my opinion on, but simply because I am a little bit famous. I find that kind of power to presaude both frightening and exciting. My hope, my most frevent hope, is that I use this louder voice that success has given me, wisely. That I always remember that fame is the by product, not the substance of what I do.” PeopleGivingKindLittlesUseRememberGivenBitsVoiceOpinionFieldsSeriousProductsFameLittle BitExcitingWho I AmSubstanceConsiderationFrightening Author:Laurell K. Hamilton
“When I was a kid, I was always around boys. I was always trying to keep up with boys - skateboarding and snowboarding. If my brother was mowing the lawn, I had to mow the lawn. If my brother was using a hammer, I needed to use a hammer. I've always been a little bit of a feminist.” IfsTryingLittlesUseKidsBitsBoysBrotherNeededLittle BitFeministMy BrotherHammersAlways TryingLawnsSkateboardingSnowboardingMowingMowing The Lawn Author:Daria Werbowy
“Now on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table. I think we can all use a little bit of counseling on planet earth today. But when it comes to reparative therapy, the reason we have distanced ourselves from it is because some of the things that they employ and some of the messages that I've heard from reparative therapists with regards to what someone can expect once they get through that type of therapy.” ThinkingLittlesReasonUseTodayEarthBitsStruggleWonderfulHeardPlanetsTypeLittle BitMessagesToolsRegardTablesTherapyTherapistsPlanet EarthCounseling Author:Alan Chambers
“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
“If you want to be able to use the powers of Flash and Wonder Woman and Cyborg, you have to have bad guys who are up to snuff and give them what they can really kind of get their cars out on the track and open up the accelerator a little bit.” IfsWantGivingKindLittlesUseAbleGuyBitsWonderCarLittle BitTrackFlashBad GuysWonder WomanSnuffCyborg Author:Ben Affleck
“I'm quite shocked and have been for quite a while as for the way people are treating each other. That's why I go out and I speak for the hungry, and if I see somebody needs a hug during the day, I'll go and give them a hug, and I think we should all use a little bit more of that.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayNeedsGivingShouldLittlesHas BeensUseSpeakBitsLittle BitHungryHugShocked Author:Kelly LeBrock
“We wound up taking my enterprise inside marketing, branding, management, finances. We went in there [Sisterhood of Hip Hop show] and taught them a little bit about everything in hopes of them being able to have some takeaways that they'd be able to use in the future for their own careers. And I think we were pretty successful.” ThinkingLittlesUseShowsAbleBitsCareersSuccessfulTaughtLittle BitManagementMarketingHip HopWoundsFinanceHipsEnterpriseHopsBrandingSisterhoodTakeaways Author:MC Lyte
“When you use it in cooked foods, it changes [the Tabasco flavor] a little bit; it loses a little bit of the bright acid that you love on it, but you get that more cooked heat and chile flavor down.” LittlesUseBitsLosesLittle BitHeatFlavorAcidChileTabasco Author:Mario Batali