“I've met a few people who were passive-aggressive, but I've never met anyone who was aggressive-passive. I don't want tacos! Maybe.” PeopleWantMetsAggressivePassiveTacosPassive Aggressive Author:Demetri Martin
“Younger people are generally more adventurous - they're more open, more fun - have you met many guys my age? Guys my age are married or divorced or grumpy, fat and balding.” PeopleAgeGuyFunMetsMarriedFatsDivorcedAdventurousGrumpy Author:Madonna Ciccone
“When I first arrived (in New York), it seemed to me the most terrifying city in the world... all those big buildings. I remember walking on Broadway, looking up at this huge, mountainous place-and being so lonely. But things started to clear up when I met a few people on the street whom I'd met before-all of a sudden there got to be a certain familiarity about the place, and the terror kind of evaporated. There was a lot of playing going on, and the New Yorkers, of course, were a completely different crowd from what I'd known.” PeopleWorldFirstsKindDifferentBigsRememberCertainCoursesCitiesKnownClearStreetsNew YorkBuildingHugeWalkingMetsLonelyTerrorCrowdsBroadwayFamiliarityNew YorkersCities In The WorldSo Lonely Author:Benny Goodman
“It's so fun because Jason [Mantzoukas]'s one of the smartest people I've met in comedy. So unbelievably fast comedically - so he's quick with whatever, but it's fun to watch someone be so quick and so stupid simultaneously.” PeopleFunWatchesComedyStupidMetsJason Author:Jackie Schaffer
“I attribute that to the generosity of people that are in the entertainment business because they are all struggling. All roads seem to come to acting, for certain kinds of people that have a reason for being there. They want to be seen and heard, but there's more to it than that. There's a kindred spirit of struggling to find out, "What is this thing? What are we?" It's those eternal questions. But, in the meanwhile, I've met some wonderful people doing this.” PeopleWantKindReasonSeemsSpiritCertainActingStruggleWonderfulHeardMetsEternalEntertainmentGenerosityAttributesBeing ThereKindredEntertainment BusinessKindred Spirit Author:Lance Henriksen
“But having said that, regardless to what reviews come out whatever, I like love the movie. I think it's great, and so people can think what they think about it, but I'm very happy with what we did. I'm really proud of whatever all the actors what we all kind of accomplished and so regardless of how well it does or whatever I'm very excited about it and I think we set out to do the thing and accomplished what we wanted to do. Our goal was met, so yeah.” PeopleThinkingWellsKindDoeSaidWantedActorsGoalProudMetsYeahExcitedAll KindsAccomplishedReviewsVery HappyLike Love Author:Nicholas Stoller
“I really like the director [for Weeds]. I don't know if you've spoken to him yet but he's really, really intelligent. He was just really kind when I met him and nice and really told me why I should play the part...and kind of really didn't argue with him. He's just really, really smart and assembled these really great people. I felt like he really knows how to enlist his intelligence to get you - I don't know - he's really hard to argue with I find.” PeopleIfsKnowsShouldKindHardPlayFeltKnow HowNiceMetsDirectorsSmartIntelligentArguingWeedReally GreatGreat PeopleReally Smart Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“I started by studying Kiswahili to learn the dialect. Then, I studied tapes, documentaries, footage, and audio cassettes of Idi Amin's speeches. And I met with his brothers, his sisters, his ministers, his generals' all kinds of people, in order to try to understand him.” PeopleTryingKindOrderStudyBrotherMetsSpeechAll KindsMinistersTapeDocumentariesDialectAudioCassettes Author:Forest Whitaker
“I want to take my American friends back to the end of World War II, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was formulated. A group of thinkers met to come up with ways and means to prevent yet another war. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt played a crucial role in assembling this group of people. And that is why the name of the United States is synonymous with the cause of human rights around the world.” PeopleWorldWayWantHumansMeanWarEndsStatesNamesCausesUnitedRolesUnited StatesRightsGroupsMetsUniversalHuman RightsCome UpAround The WorldWar Of The WorldsThinkerCrucialWorld War IiWorld War IDeclarationEleanorAssemblingDeclaration Of Human Rights Author:Shirin Ebadi
“I love to talk about people I've met being an entertainer. All my encounters in life - I roll it all into an hour and 30 minutes.” PeopleHoursMinutesMetsEncountersEntertainers Author:Chris Tucker
“I have been accused of sleeping with people, I hadn't met yet.” PeopleHas BeensSleepMetsAccused Author:Christopher Titus
“The photograph is kind of a proof - a proof that I actually met these people, that they actually have lives, and that they're worth considering.” PeopleKindMetsPhotographProofConsidering Author:Jim Goldberg
“In my philosophy, the meaning of life derives from the people one has known and loved. I have met my share of evil people and know what they are capable of - I was at the liberation of Dachau - but I have always held that evil is not inherent in men and women. I still believe that within a caring society, only the best people will flourish. That is the spirit that has moved me to photograph.” PeopleKnowsMenBelieveStillsPhilosophySpiritEvilKnownShareMetsCapableMen And WomenMovedPhotographCaringLiberationMeaning Of LifeInherentI Still BelieveEvil PeopleDachau Author:Walter Rosenblum
“Joining a band without ever having really met the people before, you just want to be musically powerful.” PeopleWantPowerfulMetsBandJoining Author:Dave Grohl
“I think Americans are terrified of feeling anything. I never met a people more infantile in my life.” PeopleThinkingFeelingsMetsTerrifiedInfantile Author:James A. Baldwin
“Then Jesus introduced Himself to me. Though my birth certificate reads 1983, I reckon I was born in 1999, when I met Jesus - not in a church or on a camp or through people, but alone in my bedroom with an open Bible and a tangible revelation that the Son of God was not only real, but alive and awesome and stronger than the chains that bound me.” PeopleRealJesusBornChurchAliveSonBirthMetsStrongerBoundsChainsRevelationsCampsBedroomTangibleCertificatesBirth Certificate Author:Brooke Fraser
“Well, I've heard a lot of people, but I think I would say a Brazilian musician named Hermeto Pascoal was one of my biggest influences. Through the years he mastered the keyboards. He use to play the organ Hammond B3, flute, saxophone, percussion and guitar. He is one of the most complete musicians that I ever met. Not too long after we came to the United States, Airto Moreira introduced him to Miles Davis, who recorded three of Hermeto's compositions on his album "Live Evil.” PeopleThinkingYearsWellsLongStatesPlayUseThreeEvilUnitedUnited StatesHeardInfluenceMetsMusicianGuitarAlbumsMilesOrgansCompositionKeyboardsThrough The YearsSaxophoneFlutesPercussion Author:Flora Purim
“The people I've met -- obviously, the people I'm going to meet after concerts are people that bother to hang around and there's going to be more of a chance of things translating to them because they're going to take more time over it, if they're going to wait around to meet us. But so far, it does seem as if things written down are translating into people actually buying it, that kind of way.” PeopleIfsWayKindDoeSeemsWaitingChanceWrittenMetsBotherBuyingOver ItMore TimeConcertsTranslate Author:James Dean Bradfield
“What inspired me most was the resilience of the Cambodian people. The country is still living with the trauma of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. People lost everything - family, friends. The rich culture of Cambodia was nearly extinguished. They are a nation of survivors. And while poverty and infant mortality affect a disproportionate amount of the people there, those I met were hopeful for the future and doing the best they can with what they had.” PeopleStillsCountryCultureLostNationsPovertyRichAmountMetsInspiredTraumaResilienceHopefulMortalitySurvivorRegimesBrutalInfantFamily FriendsLost EverythingRougeCambodiaInfant MortalityKhmer Rouge Author:Joy Bryant
“I feel like I've met most people I look up to musically. I just want to meet Chef.” PeopleWantFeelsLooksMetsLook UpChef Author:Zach Condon
“I met some brothers out from Canada recently who are real cool people. They make Spanish-language music called Cold Blue and I met then at a Lat-Rap conference and they seem like real good peoples from Central America... and that's what it is. It's just based on mutual respect. So when I meet people like that I'm like, "if y'all going to be real with me, I'm going to be real with y'all" and that's all it takes.” PeopleIfsRealSeemsAmericaLanguageBrotherColdMetsBlueRapCanadaMutualGood PeopleBeing RealConferencesMutual RespectCentral AmericaCool PeopleSpanish Language Author:Immortal Technique
“A lot of individuals I've met that I've done a song or two with. But to be honest I'm not incredibly familiar with the scene. I mean, I'm more familiar with people coming from other countries like Latin-American MCs and African rappers... that type of stuff I'm really starting to get a hold on.” PeopleMeanTwoCountryDoneSongIndividualStuffHonestTypeMetsSceneStartingFamiliarBeing HonestLatinRapperOther CountriesLatin American Author:Immortal Technique
“I just have to remind myself that my daily quotidie in life has almost nothing to do with any aspect of my professional life as a public figure. And I think a lot of people get to that point - specifically, sort of getting comfortable looking out for yourself and taking care of yourself and defining yourself based on healthier criteria, and not criteria that's established by complete strangers that you've never met.” PeopleThinkingCareFiguresMetsComfortableAspectStrangerDefiningCriteriaTake Care Of YourselfLook At YourselfProfessional LifePublic FiguresDefine Yourself Author:Moby
“I'm not a dancer, and it was very time-consuming. But I met great people, and it was flattering to be asked to be on. You don't understand how demanding that show is until you're on the inside. That is real work. Real work!” PeopleRealShowsMetsDancerConsumingGreat PeopleFlatteringReal WorkTime Consuming Author:Wendy Williams
“Bartending was definitely crazy and fun, because you got to meet so many different people. Unlike people I worked with, I did not date a lot of men that I met while I was working - it's just not what you do.” PeopleMenDifferentFunCrazyMetsWorking ItDifferent PeoplesBartending Author:Toby Lightman
“Alan Alda and his wife Arlene are two of the most life-affirming people I've ever met. He espoused equal rights for women while producing, writing, acting in and directing M*A*S*H; he used to commute between the set and home because he didn't want to disrupt his kids' schooling.” PeopleWantWritingTwoHomeKidsUsedActingWifeRightsMetsEqualEqual RightsSchoolingAffirmingLife Affirming Author:Sanjeev Bhaskar
“Somebody described it to me the best as when you go in to write a song with two people that you've never met, you're pretty much going in and taking off your pants in front of strangers, so it's a really weird feeling.” PeopleWritingTwoFeelingsSongFrontsMetsStrangerPantsReally WeirdYou Re PrettyWeird Feeling Author:Scotty McCreery
“It wasn't until I went to college and met different people from different areas of life - and then went to San Francisco and met people who really knew who the hell they were - that I kind of caught up in a hurry.” PeopleKindDifferentHellCollegeMetsAreasCaughtCaught UpDifferent PeoplesSan Francisco Author:Patton Oswalt
“I respect all religions. What I don't respect is when people use religion to attack others. I've met people across the world, in the middle of nowhere, who are just trying to survive and all they have is religion. In some why, it helps them, and I wouldn't take it away from them. There are also people who use to to hate and kill. I don't consider them religious people.” PeopleWorldTryingHelpingUseHateReligiousMiddleMetsMiddle Of Nowhere Author:Angelina Jolie
“Our lives aren't even about doing real things most of the time. We think and talk about people we've never met, pretend to visit places we've never actually been to, discuss things that are just names as though they were as real as rocks or animals or something. Information Age - Hell it's the Imagination Age. We're living in our own minds. No, she decided as the plane began its steep descent, really we're living in other people's minds.” PeopleThinkingMindRealAgeNamesImaginationAnimalHellOur LivesRocksInformationMetsDecidedPlanesReal ThingsDescentSteepInformation Age Author:Tad Williams
“Sarah Palin has already had an effect on foreign relations... The new president of Pakistan, Ali Zardari, is in hot water, because last week, Sarah was on a class trip to New York, where she met foreign leaders... And one of the leaders she met was Zardari, and he was gushing over her. He said, oh, you're more gorgeous in person than you are on TV. And so the people in his home country of Pakistan, the Islamists, they issued a fatwa on him, for being too 'flirty.' And when Sarah today was told that Zardari had gotten a fatwa because of her, she said, 'I know, I felt it when he hugged me.'” PeopleKnowsPersonsSaidCountryHomeTodayLastsFeltPresidentWaterLeaderClassWeekEffectsNew YorkTvsMetsRelationHotPakistanGorgeousPalinFlirtyIslamistsHot WaterForeign RelationsHome Country Author:Bill Maher
“I have been accused of being a Pollyanna, but I think there are plenty of people dealing with the darker side of human nature, and if I am going to write about people who are kind and generous and loving and thoughtful, so what? In my life I have met astonishingly good people.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingHumansKindHas BeensSidesHuman NatureMetsPlentyGenerousThoughtfulGood PeopleAccusedDarker SidePollyanna Author:Ann Patchett
“Models are some of the most insecure people I've ever met. They're constantly being told that they're not good enough. You've really got to practice loving yourself.” PeopleEnoughPracticeMetsModelsGood EnoughInsecureLoving YouLoving YourselfNot Good EnoughInsecure People Author:Miranda Kerr
“Michelle Malkin is the most vile, hateful commentator I've ever met in my life. She actually believes that neighbors should start snitching out neighbors, and we should be deporting people. It's good she's in D.C. and I'm in New York. I'd spit on her if I saw her.” PeopleIfsShouldBelieveSawsNew YorkMetsNeighborHatefulSpitCommentatorsSnitch Author:Geraldo Rivera
“I did meet Steve Wozniak on several occasions leading up to the filming of the movie. It wasn’t really written how he is. So the second I met him, it almost was a relief, because I was like, "OK, good, the real Steve Wozniak is like one of the least confrontational people you would ever meet in your entire life."” PeopleRealJobsWrittenMetsOccasionsRelief Author:Seth Rogen
“I met some people who help in an archeological project in the South Pacific, between sailing to the Marquesas, which is an island group not too far from Tahiti, and I think, Wouldn't that be great? I have such a fascination with history and especially history in my own country.” PeopleThinkingCountryHelpingMy OwnGroupsMetsProjectsSouthIslandsSailingFascinationPacificTahiti Author:Robert Plant
“There's not many people on the face of the earth that don't know Harry Potter is Daniel Radcliffe. He's had that since he was eleven years old, yet he hasn't changed since the day I met him.” PeopleKnowsYearsEarthFacesChangedMetsHarry PotterPottersEleven Author:Matthew Lewis
“To go from the vision that we would all be free to express ourselves creatively because our material needs were being met, to this reality where nobody has money, people are unemployed, and the machines are harnessed by the lucky guys who Facebook or Google and we're supposed to be happy just to contribute content to their site.” PeopleNeedsRealityGuyVisionMaterialsMetsLuckyMachinesSupposed To BeGoogleSiteBeing MeUnemployedLucky Guy Author:Astra Taylor
“I met him when I was 18. We split up when I was 38. He saw me grow up too. He was a client, and also a friend. Such things are more common than people might think. This arrangement was not so different than many American relationships. That's why the laws against prostitution have got to go. They are totally unfair and mean.” PeopleThinkingMeanDifferentMightLawGrowsCommonGrowing UpSawsMetsSplitsClientsUnfairArrangementsProstitution Author:Annie Sprinkle
“I've had experiences in my life where I've met certain people that have opened up something in me and given me hope and a new outlook on life.” PeopleCertainGivenMetsOutlookOutlook On Life Author:Aubrey Plaza
“I do believe in angels and I believe that a lot of these people I'm supposed to meet. The photograph serves as evidence; it causes me to reflect on when I met this person.” PeopleBelievePersonsI BelieveCausesMetsEvidenceAngelPhotograph Author:Jamel Shabazz
“When I met someone who I thought was really talented, I would just be like, Wow! How did you get that way? And I met a lot of people who would just do anything to claw their way to the top, and it was just shocking and awful for me to see that for the first time. And now I live in Manhattan so I have become desensitized to that.” PeopleWayFirstsMetsFirst TimeAwfulWowShockingManhattanClaws Author:Larkin Grimm
“I know so many people that I wouldn't have ever met had I not have been travelling since I was fourteen.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensMetsFourteen Author:Zac Farro
“My mom and my sisters were amazing; they always see the good in people. My mom, she doesn't know how to write and read much, but she's one of the most fantastic women I've met in my life.” PeopleKnowsWritingKnow HowMomMetsMy MomFantasticMy Sister Author:Riccardo Tisci
“People who just wanted to make it work and knew it was going to be a real challenge. We were on the beach the first day and Donald [Sutherland] and I are playing best friends our whole lives. We met each other for 10 seconds the night before and we're sitting on a beach lining up a shot that we shoot a few minutes later, never having had a conversation with each other and then end up going skinny dipping in the Pacific Ocean buck-ass naked, not knowing who the other person is.” PeopleFirstsPersonsRealEndsWholeWantedNightChallengesKnowingMinutesMetsConversationOceanShotsSittingWhole LifeNakedAssBeachSecondsNot KnowingSkinnyBucksPacificPacific OceanLining Up Author:Richard Masur
“I would write about issues and people I met along the way, but not about the process and the life of being on the road.” PeopleWayWritingProcessIssuesMets Author:Gloria Steinem
“Every performance is different. There are so many factors involved... the people I've met that day, the weather, the city I'm in, conversations, sleep, mood, everything. However, there are many nights when the stars align and I feel like both the story teller and the stranger in the crowd, hearing it all for the very first time.” PeopleFeelsFirstsDifferentStoriesNightStarsSleepCitiesInvolvedMetsConversationFirst TimePerformancesCrowdsStrangerHearingMoodWeatherFactors Author:Dia Frampton
“Fanzines are very important for sharing stuff that you're in to, with the readers and listeners. We met through the love of discovering music and it makes sense, to want to share that music with other people.” PeopleWantImportantStuffShareReaderMetsMake SenseDiscoveringListeners Author:Faris Badwan
“I still work that expectation/disappointment cycle all the time. I think it is part of the human nature and I think the most important thing is not to judge it. We are human and we do have expectations and a lot of our expectations are often not met. It is a process of learning how to be kind and compassionate and loving to ourselves when we don't get the things we want when people, circumstances, and opportunities don't match our expectations.” PeopleThinkingWantHumansKindStillsImportantOpportunityProcessHuman NatureJudgingCircumstancesMetsExpectationsImportant ThingsDisappointmentCyclesBe KindCompassionate Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos