“All of us want the same things. We want to be good to the people around us and for our lives to have meaning. For me that means making the world a little bit easier for women.” PeopleWorldWantMeanLittlesBitsOur LivesEasierLittle BitBe Good Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“If you want to be an artist, go to every art gallery, if you want to be in movies, see movies! You have to participate in whichever world you're trying to enter! You have to know what's going on. You can be the best artist in the world but if you don't know one thing about which gallery to go to, you're never going to get it shown in the right place. Learn a little bit about the business of whichever art you're trying to get into. Without it, you will be lost.” IfsKnowsWorldWantTryingLittlesArtArtistLostBitsOne ThingLittle BitBeing The BestGalleryRight PlaceArt GalleriesBest Artist Author:John Waters
“There is a real problem with the lack of diversity, specifically in genre films and the superheroes our kids grow up watching and emulating, they can't really identify with. When you see the same thing, over and over again, and it seems not to speak of you and your heritage and your culture, it leaves you out of this world, a little bit. It gives a certain social distance with your world.” WorldGivingLittlesRealProblemSeemsKidsFilmCertainCultureSpeakSocialGrowsBitsGrowing UpThis WorldDiversityLittle BitDistanceGenreHeritageSuperheroReal Problems Author:Djimon Hounsou
“I think that mentoring is such a critical part of the role I can play in my position. I see how little bits of exposure and big bits of exposure really change my girls significantly, and I want that for more girls around the country and the world.” ThinkingWorldWantLittlesI CanCountryPlayBigsGirlBitsRolesPositionLittle BitCriticalExposureMentoringMy Girl Author:Michelle Obama
“I don't write my standup on paper or anything; but I just organically do it on stage, have an idea, chat it up a little bit. I'm keeping notes. I'm trying to keep up with this world and try to bring out a special every year.” WorldWritingTryingYearsLittlesIdeasBitsSpecialStageThis WorldPaperLittle BitNotes Author:Jim Jefferies
“I'm absolutely convinced that this is a world of appearances, not reality. There's one reality and that's Light and Love. When some say, we create our own reality, I always demur and say, "Please, would you mind adjusting that a little bit? We create our own appearances." We become master of appearances and as we change our thought, we will see the appearances around us change. That gives us this huge sense of dominion and power and control over our world.” WorldGivingMindLittlesRealityLightBitsMastersHugePleaseLittle BitAnd LoveAppearanceConvincedOur WorldOur ThoughtsDominionAdjustingPower And ControlLight And Love Author:Richard Bach
“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
“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
“I have walked many times around the world and each time it's different from the last one. It feels a little bit like I am a theatrical director, creating a theatre in space. It's really a theater in the sky. But of course the World Trade Center is certainly the most well-known of my productions.” WorldFeelsWellsLittlesDifferentLastsCoursesBitsSpaceKnownSkyDirectorsCreatingLittle BitTheaterTradeProductionsTheatreAround The WorldWell KnownTheatricalWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterMost Well Known Author:Philippe Petit
“I'm used to being crazy and "rock-n-rolly", which is a little different than this world. For me, it was a chance to stretch a little bit.” WorldLittlesDifferentUsedBitsChanceCrazyRocksThis WorldLittle BitBeing Crazy Author:Jack Black
“I think that we are in a very strange time, when everybody is thinking about what is going to happen, and everybody is kind of cleaning house a little bit. In the fashion world, we are doing something similar. We are taking the fake out and being a little bit more real and simple.” ThinkingWorldKindLittlesRealHappensHouseBitsSimpleFashionStrangeLittle BitFakeCleaningFashion WorldClean HouseStrange Times Author:Alber Elbaz
“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
“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
“When you think about it, the end of the world is a little bit like death: We all know it's going to come eventually, and as we get older, we feel we see the signs more and more distinctly.” ThinkingKnowsWorldFeelsLittlesEndsBitsLittle BitEnd Of The World Author:John Hodgman
“In charity, every little bit works. You can't change the world. You can't do everything. But you sure try to bring awareness and do as much as you can.” WorldTryingLittlesBitsAwarenessLittle BitCharityChanging The WorldCan't Change Author:Naomi Campbell
“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
“Food, like anything else, lives in the physical world and obeys the laws of physics. When you whisk together some oil and a little bit of lemon juice - or, in other words, make mayonnaise - you are using the principles of physics and chemistry. Understanding how those principles affect cooking lets you cook better.” WorldLittlesTogetherLawBitsUnderstandingPrinciplesLittle BitCookingOilPhysicsCooksChemistryJuiceLemonsLaws Of PhysicsMayonnaiseWhiskLemon Juice Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“Marriage should, I think, always be a little bit hard and new and strange. It should be breaking your shell and going into another world, and a bigger one.” ThinkingWorldShouldLittlesHardBitsStrangeLittle BitBiggerShellsShould IAnother World Author:Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“In the Jewish tradition of the Bible it says, "Speak to her softly, so that she will want to engage in sexual activity." In today's world, there's a little bit of a danger in that people don't really talk to each other. You see couples walking in the street, each one of them texting someone else. That worries me.” PeopleWorldWantLittlesTodaySpeakBitsWorryStreetsDangerCoupleWalkingActivityLittle BitTraditionTextingToday's WorldJewish Tradition Author:Ruth Westheimer
“When you come to a new team, new world, new people, you feel a little bit uncomfortable. But my teammates, they are tremendous guys.” PeopleWorldFeelsLittlesGuyBitsTeamLittle BitUncomfortableNew WorldTeammate Author:Alexander Ovechkin
“I find the film world very romantic. I want to try to be in more movies. When you're on a TV show and you do the same thing for years and years, it can get a little bit boring.” WorldWantTryingYearsLittlesShowsFilmBitsTvsLittle BitBoringTv ShowsVery Romantic Author:Jane Levy
“Yet in truth the big question Camus asked was never the Anglo-American liberal one: How can we make the world a little bit better tomorrow? It was the grander French one: Why not kill yourself tonight? That the answers come to much the same thing in the end-easy does it; tomorrow may be a bit better than today; and, after all, you have to have a little faith in people-doesn't diminish the glamour that clings to the man who turned the question over and look at it, elegantly, upside down.” PeopleMenWorldLooksMayLittlesDoeEndsBigsTodayEasyBitsAnswersHe ManTomorrowLittle BitTonightWhy NotDiminishGlamourUpside DownBig QuestionsKilling YourselfLittle FaithBetter TomorrowHave A Little Faith Author:Adam Gopnik
“When the world changes, you have to adapt and change with it. It's not just death and taxes that we can always count on in life.... add 'change' to that mix. No matter what, tomorrow will always be a little bit different than today.” WorldLittlesDifferentMatterTodayBitsTomorrowTaxesLittle BitNo Matter WhatAdd Author:Christopher Jones
“It is very simple, Messi is the best in the world, and if you give him a little bit of space, he can do whatever he wants.” IfsWorldWantGivingLittlesBitsCan DoSimpleSpaceLittle BitMessi Author:Neymar
“I believe ambition is not a dirty word. It's just believing in yourself and your abilities. Imagine this: What would happen if we were all brave enough to be a little bit more ambitious? I think the world would change.” IfsThinkingWorldBelieveLittlesEnoughHappensI BelieveBitsAbilityImagineAmbitionLittle BitBraveDirtyBelieve In YourselfAmbitiousDirty Words Author:Reese Witherspoon
“I grew up, especially as an actor thinking that I had to move to New York to be a good actor. But after a while you start to live the world a little bit and you start to appreciate where you're from.” ThinkingWorldLittlesMovingActorsBitsNew YorkGrewLittle BitGrew UpAppreciateGood Actors Author:Josh Brolin
“I don't think it's a bad thing to play a character that's not necessarily a super-woman. Even if the character is a little bit stereotypical, as long as the whole story is good and positive, or makes some sort of important statement, I think it's okay. But, on the whole, you can't just do that, especially as a black woman. It's more of a responsibility. You've gotta let the world see black women being successful, strong, smart, with power and who are self-possessed.” IfsThinkingWorldLittlesLongImportantSelfPlayWholeCharacterStoriesStrongBitsBlackResponsibilitySuccessfulLittle BitSmartOkayStatementsBeing SuccessfulBad ThingsPossessedBlack WomenSuper Woman Author:Megalyn Echikunwoke
“I love being a clutch member of the team, but I hope, in the future, I get a little bit more story on my shoulders and a little bit more responsibility to keep the world of a story up in the air. I really, really welcome that challenge.” WorldLittlesStoriesBitsChallengesLove IsResponsibilityAirTeamMembersLittle BitShouldersWelcomeClutchUp In The Air Author:Chris Bauer
“When you get off stage, the audience should know a little bit about you. Not where you are from, but how you see the world. And that's the difference between like a Chris Rock joke, and like an open-miker.” KnowsWorldShouldLittlesBitsDifferencesAudienceRocksStageLittle BitJokesWhere You Are Author:Iliza Shlesinger
“It's a little bit about being a global citizen, with all the United Nations positive umph that there is with that phrase - it's about being a positive do-gooder. But it's also: how can I participate in globalization in a really clear way? Like: don't leave the house unless you can bring something worthy into the world. And so Nicaragua changed the way that I want to do things.” WorldWayWantLittlesHouseNationsBitsUnitedClearChangedCitizensLittle BitWorthyPhrasesUnited NationsGlobalizationGlobal CitizenNicaragua Author:Anne Elizabeth Moore
“When I'm writing obviously I have all the nostalgia in the world, I have all the emotion in the world, but then when I actually perform, I need to just perform it, and that's it. I do retain like a little bit of it because I have to, I sing and perform the songs so I have to - it's a performance of the songs - but I just have to get the right balance.” WorldNeedsWritingLittlesSongBitsEmotionBalanceLittle BitPerformancesNostalgia Author:Ellie Goulding
“The Ice Nation is a pretty brutal place. They breed war heroes. The relationship between mother and child, in that world, is a little bit different than it is in our own society. But, no one really likes being a disappointment to their parents and their family.” WorldChildrenLittlesDifferentWarMotherNationsBitsParentHeroLittle BitDisappointmentLikesIceBrutalMother And ChildWar Hero Author:Zach McGowan
“You might argue on utilitarian grounds that the best way for the world to work is for everybody to take care of themselves first. And people have made that argument. But I just think we would be so much better off if we could care for distant others even a little bit more.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayFirstsLittlesMadeMightWould BeCareBitsLittle BitArgumentTake CareArguingBest WayBetter OffUtilitarian Author:Paul Bloom
“I did listen to 1920s jazz or Al Johnson and a lot of early singers coming out of England. I would branch out a little bit to get a sense of the world that he might be coming into, in the '30s when jazz was changing.” WorldLittlesMightBitsLittle BitEnglandJazzSingersBranchesAlsComing OutJohnson Author:Ed Speleers
“It was so enticing from the beginning to be this woman who was entrenched in The Flash's world. She's not there to just tell him what a great job he's doing, she's also there to push him further and help him to be the best that he can be. She's often the first person to be a little bit skeptical of him, which is kind of nice. She really challenges him.” WorldFirstsKindLittlesPersonsHelpingJobsBitsChallengesNiceLittle BitBeing The BestFlashSkepticalFirst PersonGreat JobEnticing Author:Danielle Panabaker
“I wanted to learn a little bit about acting, not because I thought I'd find a star vehicle and set the world on fire, but I thought the discipline of it would be good for me. I met a good coach, and I joined her class - with a lot of hungry young actors who really didn't acre if I was a rock 'n' roll singer or not. I started to learn to get a focus, without having to jump up and down every few seconds.” IfsWorldLittlesWould BeWantedYoungActorsStarsBitsActingClassFireFocusRocksDisciplineMetsLittle BitBe GoodCoachesSingersHungrySecondsRock N RollVehicleUp And DownAcresYoung ActorsGood Coaches Author:Iggy Pop
“In Comme des Garçons, I hardly do any sketches; there's no fittings on bodies, there's no models that come in and say, "Oh, a little bit like this." In the beginning, there isn't even a theme. It's like getting the whole world at your feet - to empty your mind of everything that's ever happened before, to get an empty space.” WorldMindLittlesWholeBodyBitsSpaceHappenedFeetLittle BitModelsEmptyWhole WorldThemeEmpty Space Author:Rei Kawakubo
“I'm trying to make it a little bit more personal this time. All my shows are hodge-podges, and this one is no exception but this one delves a little more deeper into my life and my world. Hopefully it's funny. I did a version of this at Birdland last January and it's similar-ish to what I've done before. But I've been working on it all year; I did it out here in Los Angeles in a theatre and kept developing it. Hopefully it'll be better.” WorldTryingYearsLittlesDoneShowsLastsBitsLittle BitDeeperTheatreVersionsHopefullyDevelopingExceptionLos AngelesJanuary Author:Jason Graae
“It's really about taking something inherently negative, and starting with the word loser, starting with something that's negative, and changing it into something that's positive, redefining it, but doing it in a certain way, how - like I would say when I look out at the world and you see it's dark and it's just overbearing and every day is depressed, depressed, depressed. What it took was to change my perspective a little bit. Not to change the world, to change my perspective.” WorldWayLooksLittlesCertainBitsDarkPerspectiveLittle BitNegativeStartingChanging The WorldLoserRedefiningOverbearing Author:Lupe Fiasco
“You ain't got to change the whole world. You just alter it a little bit and you redefine it into something beautiful.” WorldLittlesWholeBeautifulBitsLittle BitWhole WorldSomething Beautiful Author:Lupe Fiasco
“I don't really understand the natural world, I admire it and am a little bit afraid of its power.” WorldLittlesBitsNaturalLittle BitAdmireNatural World Author:Julia Kent
“The sort of formality that goes into my artwork I would not expect from everybody in the world. I'm sort of pushing that point to its limit, in my mind, but I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with using a laptop so long as we have some understanding of how it works a little bit.” ThinkingWorldMindLittlesLongBitsUnderstandingLimitsLittle BitPushingAbsolutely NothingArtworkLaptopsFormality Author:Tristan Perich
“I do think that our culture or our psyche as a country I guess, the world or whatever, we're due for a huge event. We're due for a little bit of a revolution or a spotlight or a movement. Something that feels large, something that feels like the 60s. Some sort of unification.” ThinkingWorldFeelsLittlesCountryCultureBitsEventsMovementHugeRevolutionLittle BitDuesSpotlightUnification Author:Justin Vernon
“I only do children's films now! I think when you go to LA some people feel you've defected a little bit and that's not really the case. Ideally, I would love to work here and to work in America. That's in an ideal world. In fact, I came back to Britain recently to do an ITV1 drama that will be out in April for a couple of months! But I'm flying back to LA to do a pilot season. So, to work in both places is great.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelsChildrenLittlesFactsAmericaFilmBitsCasesMonthsCoupleDramaLittle BitIdealsSeasonsFlyingBritainPilotsAprilIdeal World Author:Ashley Jensen
“I think as technology and expertise makes possible these sort of amazing levels of fidelity to the real world, a lot of people sort of get sort of - what's the word I'm looking for - seduced into that. And after a time, they get tired of it and they become a little bit more interested, I think at a certain level of subtraction and a new level of sophistication.” PeopleThinkingWorldLittlesRealCertainBitsLevelsTechnologyLittle BitTiredReal WorldExpertiseFidelitySophisticationSubtraction Author:Khoi Vinh
“I didn't feel comfortable at first with pure mathematics, or as a professor of pure mathematics. I wanted to do a little bit of everything and explore the world.” WorldFeelsFirstsLittlesWantedBitsPureComfortableLittle BitMathematicsProfessors Author:Benoit Mandelbrot
“I got the opportunity to meet people all over the world. Brilliant women, tall women, short women, slim women, thick women, you name it. But, I don't meet them. I have the opportunities to and it's a little bit - I'm a little shy, so I don't meet them and I don't know who's right for me.” PeopleKnowsWorldLittlesOpportunityNamesBitsLittle BitBrilliantShyTallThickSlimTall Women Author:Nas
“Everything in the world can be made better, and everything in the world therefore should be made better. It deserves to be made better. It's a moral obligation to try to improve things a little bit at a time.” WorldShouldTryingLittlesMadeBitsMoralLittle BitDeserveObligationChanging The WorldMoral Obligation Author:Phil Libin
“When I go to the movies, I do like to see things that surprise me, a little bit, in ways that seem truthful to the world that we live in.” WorldWayLittlesSeemsBitsLittle BitSurpriseTruthfulSurprise Me Author:Todd Solondz
“Should we have border security there? Yes. But the idea of the United States erecting a wall for the world to see makes a lie of everything we say about ourselves. It's a little bit like why the President [Barack Obama] and I feel so strongly about closing Guantanamo. It is inconsistent with who we are.” WorldFeelsShouldLittlesIdeasStatesLyingBitsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSecurityWallLittle BitBarackBordersWho We AreClosingPresident Barack ObamaInconsistentGuantanamoBorder Security Author:Joe Biden