“I mean I think that Blondie's influence is a little bit in a way more eclectic than those bands.” ThinkingWayMeanLittlesBitsInfluenceBandLittle BitEclecticEclectic StyleBlondie Author:Debbie Harry
“Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your eyes, kindness in your face, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greetings. We are all but His instruments who do our little bit and pass by. I believe that the way in which an act of kindness is done is as important as the action itself.” WayBelieveLittlesImportantDoneEyeActionFacesI BelieveBitsKindnessExpressionLittle BitInstrumentsWarmYour FaceGreetingsActs Of KindnessYour Smile Author:Mother Teresa
“I always loved horror as a kid. On the one hand, I really love monsters, because in a way I feel like I related to their outsider status and like the sentimental romantic plight of the monster. More importantly though I feel like people are completely motivated by fear, especially with our political system here in America which is just degenerating into more and more fear mongering and it gets in the way of real discourse, plus it's just something I'm obsessive about and have always been a little bit of a paranoid guy.” PeopleWayFeelsLittlesRealHandsKidsAmericaPoliticalGuyBitsHorrorLittle BitMonstersRelatedPlusMotivatedOutsidersDiscourseSentimentalObsessivePolitical SystemsParanoidPlightFear Mongering Author:Larry Fessenden
“I think everything needs to be played real, for reality's sake, for truth. And that is the drama and the comedy. When you do that, it's funnier. And when you do that, you really do hit the emotional beats. I do it the same way as I do a drama. I just play it for truth, and then maybe have a little bit of fun with it sometimes.” ThinkingWayNeedsLittlesRealSometimesPlayRealityFunBitsComedyEmotionalDramaLittle BitBeatsSake Author:Jennifer Lopez
“I'm not a grunter, I'm relatively quiet. There's a little bit of breathing out. Some people get really loud! There's a little bit of psyching up sometimes, if you're going for a really heavy weight you might make a little noise, but when lifting, I try and keep it quite quiet - I'm not a fan of male noise in that way to be totally honest. I think when girls do it it's not as bad, but when guys do it it's just like, 'Come on mate, hold it in!'.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayTryingLittlesSometimesMightGuyGirlBitsFansHonestQuietLittle BitWeightMalesHeavyNoiseBreathingLoudMatesGet RealLiftingHeavy Weights Author:Greg Rutherford
“You're creating music to pull people into a world, whether it be a visual medium where music is just one element, or a purely musical medium. Either way, you're trying to transport people and to create a connection. I've always felt that the best films and the best albums can be the best company. If people feel a little bit less alone because of something I had a hand in creating than I feel like I'm contributing to the world in a positive way.” PeopleIfsWorldWayFeelsTryingLittlesHandsFilmFeltBitsCompanyElementsCreatingLittle BitMusic IsConnectionsMusicalAlbumsMediumsVisualsJust OneBeing The BestTransportContributingBest FilmCreating MusicBest Company Author:Andrew Hollander
“I'd feel a little bit dead inside, if I didn't have dancing. It's such a way of expression and exercise and life and love. You laugh, when you're being corny and dorky-dancing. It's everything.” IfsWayFeelsLittlesBitsLaughingLove YouExpressionExerciseLittle BitAnd LoveDancingLife And LoveCornyDorky Author:Julianne Hough
“I think the greatest gift actually acting is that I have a true fascination and love for people, and the way they are, and all the choices they made in life and all the different paths they took. I feel like acting gives me an opportunity to dig a little bit into that. That's great because it's eye-opening and it makes you an open person.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingFeelsLittlesPersonsMadeDifferentEyeChoicesOpportunityBitsActingPathLittle BitAnd LoveGive MeOpeningFascinationGreatest GiftsEye OpeningDifferent Paths Author:Wes Bentley
“With people in corsets you need, an hour and a half in you have to give somebody something, you have to have those trays with a little bit of fruit going around or something because you get that blood sugar [dropping] thing, so it's curious because that's in your mind at the same time as you're about to say, 'I think it's about the humanity and the depth of feeling and we need to feel [Cinderella] soul expand and by the way, more cheese for the people in the back.'” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsGivingFeelsMindLittlesSoulFeelingsHumanityBitsHoursHalfBloodLittle BitFruitDepthCuriousSugarCheeseDroppingCorsetsTraysBlood SugarDropping Things Author:Kenneth Branagh
“There's a lot of time sitting in movies, so you can put alligators in people's trailers in your spare time. So it [making a film] moves slower, which in some ways is great, because you can live with a scene and invest in it a lot. And in some ways it's hard, because sometimes you can start to lose your energy a little bit, but both are fun.” PeopleWayLittlesSometimesHardFilmMovingEnergyFunBitsLosesSceneLittle BitSittingSparesTrailersSpare TimeAlligators Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“I do get away maybe a little bit more than most coaches do, but that seems to have worked for me in my coaching career. I recommended the way not to get burned out from your job is to have some hobbies and get away from it when you can.” WayLittlesSeemsJobsBitsCareersLittle BitCoachesCoachingGet AwayBurnedHobbiesBurned Out Author:Steve Spurrier
“There are movies that I've made where I thought I was going to be good, but when it was cut it together it wasn't. And there are a lot of movies that, for one reason or another, just don't become popular. So to me it's always been a little bit of a roll of the dice. That's the way it goes.” WayLittlesMadeReasonTogetherBitsCuttingLittle BitBe GoodDice Author:Christopher Walken
“It's very hard sometimes when you can't crack something or can't solve something and you keep trying and trying and you know it's falling a little bit short. That's very hard, but then when you finally do it, it's very rewarding and the process is good too, I like working with people this way.” PeopleKnowsWayTryingLittlesSometimesHardFallBitsProcessLittle BitSolveCracksKeep Trying Author:Steve Martin
“Another thing that I like and that's fun for me is to try and talk and play music at the same time, because I feel like I'm learning something. There are these little challenges built into it; it's a way to push myself a little bit more as a performer.” WayFeelsTryingLittlesPlayFunBitsChallengesLittle BitBuiltPerformers Author:Demetri Martin
“When I am getting ready to cross a street, I look both ways before crossing. My bones, my muscles, are not what they used to be, so I am careful when I go up and down stairs, because I've heard stories of older people falling and having very disabling injuries. I have enough things that begin to go a little bit wrong as I get a little bit older.” PeopleWayLooksLittlesEnoughStoriesUsedFallBitsHeardStreetsReadyLittle BitCrossesCarefulBonesUsed To BeMusclesInjuryUp And DownStairsCrossingsOlder People Author:Buzz Aldrin
“My writing has to excite people and depict or include their experiences. That's part of my process - to go out and interact with people. It's very much like an archival process. I understand that the Brothers Grimm would go out and get people talking so they could document folk tales that weren't being documented any other way. I try to offer a little bit of myself - some experience from my life that evokes stories in other people.” PeopleWayWritingTryingLittlesStoriesBitsProcessTalkingBrotherOffersLittle BitFolksTalesDocumentsEvokePeople TalkingGrimmBrothers Grimm Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“People, especially the liberals, just live in this world where if anything is said that offends anybody even a little bit, not only does that person have to apologize; sometimes they have to go away forever. Go away, bad person. My analysis of this is that most of us don't do anything decent in our life. I'm not saying we're evil. I'm just saying we don't make a contribution, so the way they [liberals] think they're making a contribution is to point at the bad people [which] is somehow even more pathetic.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayLittlesPersonsDoeSaidSometimesEvilBitsForeverOur LivesThis WorldLittle BitAnalysisDecentContributionGoing AwayApologizingPatheticBad PeopleJust LiveJust Saying Author:Bill Maher
“Out of necessity, one needs to occasionally consume, but I'm a little concerned that there's a little bit of a myth arising that we can buy our way to a sustainable future, and I don't think that's the case.” ThinkingWayNeedsLittlesBitsCasesLittle BitConcernedMyth Author:Chip Giller
“Hope is such a powerful thing. We all have hope for different things, but I think sometimes we need to share our hope with other people. We're sometimes in our own issues, and it isolates us, but when we come together and encourage each other and give a little bit of hope, it can, like it says in the song, go a long way.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsGivingLittlesLongDifferentSometimesTogetherSongBitsPowerfulIssuesShareLittle BitDifferent ThingsLong WayHaving Hope Author:Natasha Bedingfield
“The keys are, or were, the training methods used by the ancient mystery schools. We've got hints and tips, we've got little bits on the papyri, but we don't have, in our hands, a complete curriculum of the ways in which they induced altered states of consciousness and the projection of the mind.” WayMindLittlesStatesHandsSchoolUsedBitsConsciousnessMysteryKeysLittle BitTrainingMethodAncientProjectionHintsAlteredCurriculumStates Of ConsciousnessAltered StatesAltered States Of Consciousness Author:Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki
“Meaning coming from feeling, feeling coming from within, you absorb a massive amount of information, it goes through your whole body, a little bit of it floats up to your head where there is deliberation. You are conditioned by the way your whole body is responding to what is going on.” WayLittlesWholeFeelingsBodyBitsInformationAmountLittle BitMassiveWithin YouFloatsRespondingDeliberation Author:Bill Henson
“It's like heroin: You do a little and you want a little bit more. Raising prices is the easy way.” WayWantLittlesEasyBitsBusinessLittle BitHeroinEasy Way Author:James Sinegal
“You have to move so you don't die. You have to move so your brain doesn't atrophy. You have to move so that you look a little bit like a person that you might want to be. There are a thousand reasons why exercise is important, and I've had to find ways to make it sexy for myself.” WayWantLooksLittlesPersonsImportantReasonMightMovingDiesBitsBrainExerciseThousandLittle BitSexyReason WhyAtrophy Author:Lena Dunham
“That's exactly what I'm driving at. 'Basterds' was interesting because it was, in a way, unfamiliar. I thought well, OK. Let's leave the comfort zone and just risk it. Why not? Because, exactly as you said, in a way, by taking that risk, I make up a little bit for my ignorance in the subject, or rather, the genre.” WayWellsLittlesSaidBitsInterestingRiskSubjectsIgnoranceComfortLittle BitDrivingGenreZoneWhy NotComfort ZoneUnfamiliarRisk It Author:Christoph Waltz
“I have my brain switched on and I might be thinking something else but we've come to an arrangement. That sort of play is maybe easier with someone who also thinks that way. But that is not necessarily a national thing, but maybe a little bit of a cultural thing.” ThinkingWayLittlesPlayMightBitsBrainEasierLittle BitArrangements Author:Christoph Waltz
“I fall asleep feeling beautiful. Then, in the morning, before I leave the house, I say five things I love about myself, like 'You have really pretty eyes.' That way I can go out into the world with that little bit of extra confidence. It's a feel-good protein shake in my back pocket in case someone messes with me that day.” WorldWayFeelsLittlesI CanFeelingsEyeBeautifulFallHouseBitsMorningCasesFiveLike YouLittle BitFeel GoodMessExtrasShakesPocketsProteinThings I LoveFeeling BeautifulReally PrettyMess With MePretty Eyes Author:Jennifer Love Hewitt
“To me, when you're at a hotel and your home environment is ultimately dictated by somebody else, I always find that a little bit oppressive and scary in a way.” WayLittlesHomeBitsEnvironmentLittle BitScaryHotelHome Environment Author:Matt Bomer
“In so many roles I've played the outsider. As an outsider, you have more energy to succeed simply because you are an outsider. There are scripts floating around but they're not coming my way and I think that I am getting a little bit too old to play Napoleon. But if I was ever offered the role I would grab it.” IfsThinkingWayLittlesPlayEnergyBitsRolesSucceedLittle BitScriptsMy WayOutsidersFloating Author:David Suchet
“Brad [Dourif] would tell himself that he was not intentionally trying to mimic Jack Nicholson in any way. I think that actually bothers him a little bit. I just think maybe they have similar voices.” ThinkingWayTryingLittlesBitsVoiceLittle BitBotherBradNicholson Author:David Kirschner
“It may seem like improv because it flows quite naturally, and a little bit of leeway for improvisation is good, but you have to be judicious with it. So it's good, but sometimes people deify it. You can't improvise your way out of a paper hat.” PeopleWayMayLittlesSometimesSeemsBitsPaperLittle BitFlowHatsImprovisation Author:Steve Coogan
“I think it's nice when everyone's happy. I'm that kind of person. But then sometimes you have people that are never happy, which also happened to me a little bit, people that always find ways to complain about everything. But if they're never happy, that's the way they are.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayKindLittlesPersonsSometimesBitsNiceHappenedLittle BitComplaining Author:Julie Delpy
“Making music clips, I have a responsibility to depict the artist in a way that suits them, and feels comfortable with how they want to present their music. From there I usually try to tell a story visually that complements the music, that lets the music be the hero element of the project. I just try to do something that feels sincere and creative and a little bit home-brewed so it doesn't feel too plastic or phony.” WayWantFeelsTryingLittlesStoriesHomeArtistBitsResponsibilityCreativeHeroElementsComfortableProjectsLittle BitMusic IsSuitsSincerePlasticPhonyComplementClip Author:Adria Petty
“I think there's a real connection between acting and writing novels because the way I write characters has a little bit to do with the method acting that I was taught in high school and college.” ThinkingWayWritingLittlesRealCharacterSchoolBitsActingNovelTaughtCollegeLittle BitHigh SchoolConnectionsMethodMethod ActingReal Connection Author:Jeffrey Eugenides
“I've always felt a little different than everyone - you know, most of the other kids in my class - and I didn't quite see things the way they did or I didn't experience things the same way they did. I often felt a little bit like an outcast.” KnowsWayLittlesDifferentKidsFeltBitsClassLittle BitOutcast Author:Erin Davie
“I think being young in a grownup world, I think it stunted me a little bit. I had to grow up too fast on the outside, but I didn't get to grow up on the inside in the way that you might if you're allowed to fail more.” IfsThinkingWorldWayLittlesMightYoungGrowsBitsGrowing UpFailingLittle BitGrownups Author:Laura Benanti
“Our natural thing to do when we break away from our parents and our family is to decide in how many ways they were wrong and bad, and the older you get you start to realize, "By 'bad' I mean 'different'" and then you get a little bit older and you think, "And by 'different' I mean 'pretty awesome but just not like me.'"” ThinkingWayMeanLittlesDifferentBitsParentRealizingNaturalBreakLittle BitLike MeOur FamilyThings To DoNatural Things Author:Kelli O'Hara
“The way I write is this: I write about a thousand words a day, a little bit more. The next morning, I read those thousand words and cursorily edit that. Then I write the next thousand. I do that all the way to the end of the book and then I reread the book quite a few times, editing as go through.” WayWritingLittlesBookEndsNextBitsMorningThousandLittle BitEditingEdits Author:Walter Mosley
“There's many scripting languages in the world, Perl is a little bit special because it is based more on some ideas from the way natural languages work.” WorldWayLittlesIdeasLanguageBitsNaturalSpecialLittle BitPerl Author:Larry Wall
“I got a phone call from George Miller [the director] asking me to play this role. We sat down and he showed me on his computer a documentary-type montage sequence of real penguins swimming, in an Esther Williams synchronized sort of way, and doing things I have never seen them do. Then he explained his vision of the film, asked me to read the script and to voice the character. I was cast a little bit later, and he let me do the singing as well!” WayWellsLittlesRealPlayCharacterFilmBitsVoiceVisionRolesTypeDirectorsComputerLittle BitSingingLet MeAskingDown AndScriptsCastsPhonesSatSwimmingDocumentariesSequencePhone CallsPenguinsEsther Author:Brittany Murphy
“If I could give advice to anyone, it would be that sometimes the best way you can fight a problem - and this is going to be a little bit controversial - is to not address it.” IfsWayGivingLittlesSometimesProblemWould BeFightingBitsAdviceLittle BitBest WayIf I CouldAddressesControversial Author:Lilly Singh
“There are really cool or funny videos, or visually stunning photos, and that's fine, but none of them really give you more when you close that tab, you know? I try to find stuff that a little bit, in a tiny way changes how you see something about the world.” KnowsWorldWayGivingTryingLittlesStuffBitsFineLittle BitTinyVideoReally CoolStunningFunny Videos Author:Maria Popova
“I like when there are complicated relationships, that there's a little bit of self-serving parts of it as well as a devotion to a person, and that there's a mixture of both in there. It's just I think that's a little more true to life. It's not always purely one way or the other.” ThinkingWayWellsLittlesPersonsSelfBitsLittle BitComplicatedDevotionOne WayServingMixturesTrue LifeSelf ServingComplicated Relationship Author:Lisa Kudrow
“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
“Every little bit of good I may do, let me do it now for I may not come this way again.” WayMayLittlesBitsLittle BitLet Me Author:David Gemmell
“And Supernatural, in fact, going there wasit felt like a place where I had to actually, um, learn to be kind of manly. I felt like I had to kind of change my, like, way of speaking for a little bit, just to kind of fit in, oddly enough. Which was weird.” WayKindLittlesEnoughFactsFeltBitsFitLittle BitBe KindManly Author:Ben Edlund
“If you have a crippling fear of public speaking, recognize that that is perfectly normal. And know that the only way to get over those nerves is to fully understand the material, the points, the policy you are trying to explain - and then practice it a little bit.” IfsKnowsWayTryingLittlesBitsPracticePolicyMaterialsNormalLittle BitNervesGet OverPublic SpeakingPerfectly NormalFear Of Public Speaking Author:Dana Perino
“When you get older, you realize something: all those stupid mores and customs related to how a man should comport himself in the "game" of courtship are just that - stupid. Age affords you this blend of apathy and confidence - with a little bit of wisdom thrown in - that allows you to say, "Hey, I am attracted that girl over there, so I'm going to introduce myself. If it doesn't work out, that's fine. If it does, terrific. Either way, I lose nothing for trying."” IfsMenWayShouldTryingLittlesDoeAgeGirlGamesBitsRealizingLosesStupidFineLittle BitWork OutHeyRelatedThrownCustomsApathyIntroducingTerrificCourtshipThat Girl Author:Jason Mulgrew
“In some ways, I was a little bit surprised [by how dominant we were] but then I look at the players in our changing room and it doesn't surprise me because we've got quality in there. If we click and play well like we did in the first half, we can open up any team.” IfsWayFirstsWellsLooksLittlesPlayBitsRoomsHalfQualityPlayerTeamLittle BitSurpriseDominantClicksSurprise Me Author:Rio Ferdinand
“At times of crisis or distress, it's poems that people turn to. (Poetry) still has a power to speak to people's feelings, maybe in a way that fiction, because it works in a longer way, can't. There's a little bit of your brain that mourns and grieves that you're not writing poetry, but actually as long as I'm writing something, I'm happy.” PeopleWayWritingLittlesLongStillsFeelingsTurnsSpeakBitsBrainFictionLittle BitCrisisGrievingDistressMournWriting PoetryTimes Of Crisis Author:Blake Morrison
“I had some struggles later in my teenage years. I moved away from home and struggled a little bit being on my home and finding out who I was and trying to mix that with my faith and make it real. I learned a lot of lessons and made some mistakes along the way.” WayTryingYearsLittlesMadeRealHomeBitsMistakeStruggleLessonsFindingsLittle BitMovedTeenageAway From HomeTeenage Years Author:Mike Fisher