“I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.” ThinkingWayLittlesDifferentKidsAbleWishGrowsBitsMy OwnGrowing UpOne ThingMysteryBirthLittle BitDifferent WaysFarmsExposure Author:Rachel McAdams
“Not getting girls is the story of my life. I have always had a bit of a tough time with the ladies. I don't know whether it's that I don't have game or just don't feel comfortable in my own skin, but females pick up on that.” KnowsFeelsStoriesGirlGamesBitsMy OwnComfortablePicksToughFemaleSkinsTough TimesStory Of My Life Author:Josh Peck
“I'm the kindest, most supportive friend ever, probably to my own detriment, but I hope that I am toughening up a little bit.” LittlesBitsMy OwnLittle BitSupportive Author:Aisha Tyler
“My own diagnosis of my problem is a simpler one. It's that I share 50 per cent of my genome with a banana and 98 per cent with a chimpanzee. Banana's don't do psychological consistency. And the tiny part of us that's different - the special Homo sapiens bit - is faulty. It doesn't work. Sorry about that.” DifferentProblemBitsMy OwnShareSpecialSorryTinyPsychologicalCentsConsistencyDiagnosisHomo SapiensBananasChimpanzeesGenome Book:Engleby: A Novel Source: Engleby: A Novel
“I'd say that any character or setting can be given a bit of an otherworldly sheen and be the better for it. The one thing I insist on with my own writing is that I won't let magic solve my characters' real world problems. The solutions have to come from the characters themselves.” WorldWritingRealCharacterProblemGivenBitsMy OwnMagicOne ThingSolutionsSolveSettingSettingsReal WorldWorld Problems Author:Charles de Lint
“I fight against the gluttony of time with so many very amusing weapons with gestures and with three attitudes and with charming phrases; with tears and with tinsel, and with sugar-coated pills, and with platitudes slightly regilded. Yes, and I fight him also with little mirrors wherein gleam confusedly the corruptions of lust, and ruddy loyalty, and a bit of moonshine, and the pure diamond of the heart's desire, and the opal cloudings of human compromise: but, above all, I fight that ravening dotard with the strength of my own folly.” HumansHeartLittlesDesireFightingThreeBitsMy OwnAttitudeTearsPureWeaponsMirrorsCorruptionLoyaltyLustCompromisePhrasesFollySugarGesturesDiamondCharmingPillsAmusingGleamGluttonyPlatitudesOpalMoonshineTinsel Book:The Witch-woman: A Trilogy about Her Source: The Witch-woman: A Trilogy about Her
“I always try to bring a little bit of my own personality to the character, or some sort of personal connection makes it a little bit more of an organic portrayal and the audience can kind of maybe believe it a little bit more. But I always look for something to kind of connect with and identify with, or bring something of myself to the table.” TryingBelieveLooksKindLittlesCharacterBitsMy OwnAudiencePersonalityLittle BitConnectionsTablesPortrayalPersonal ConnectionMy Own Personality Author:Mark Wahlberg
“It is only when we speak what is right that we stand a chance at night of being blown to bits in our homes. Can we call this a free country, when I am afraid to go to sleep in my own home in Mississippi?... I might not live two hours after I get back home, but I want to be a part of setting the Negro free in Mississippi.” WantTwoCountryHomeMightNightSpeakBitsHoursChanceMy OwnSleepSettingSettingsGet BackGoing To SleepBack HomeMississippiFree Country Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“Im a bit insane when it comes to doing my own stunts and getting down and dirty. Its fun, you know? Its things I wouldnt normally do in my real life, so when I go to work and get to beat people up and shoot guns and get waterboarded, those are things I find completely interesting.” PeopleKnowsRealFunBitsMy OwnInterestingBeatsGunDown AndReal LifeInsaneDirty Author:Katee Sackhoff
“I like to be able to do things on my own. I'm a big boy. I can drive myself to an appearance or get on a plane. I like a little bit of independence...” LittlesI CanBigsAbleBitsMy OwnBoysLittle BitIndependenceAppearancePlanes Author:Peyton Manning
“Part of my gestalt is that I still feel a little bit like a wallflower. Even in my own life. I talk about myself behind my back.” FeelsLittlesStillsBitsMy OwnBehindsLittle BitMy Own LifeBehind My BackGestalt Author:Carrie Fisher
“You might look at my CV and see I've had 12 jobs, but I've been to over 450 auditions so I've heard 'no' a lot more than I've heard 'yes'. So if I go in looking only to meet my own standards, then that will make taking that rejection a little bit easier. And when I do get that job it will seem like icing on the cake.” IfsLooksLittlesSeemsMightJobsBitsMy OwnHeardEasierLittle BitStandardsRejectionCakeAuditionsIcingIcing On The Cake Author:Wentworth Miller
“I'm steeped in aesthetic theory, so I tend to bring in my own amateurish way of baring a little bit - when, in practice, I'm not thinking about that when I'm working over the keyboard, or musing over musical ideas in my head. But when discussing it, we want to have some new thought about this new music.” ThinkingWayWantLittlesIdeasBitsMy OwnPracticeTheoryLittle BitMusicalAestheticNew ThoughtDiscussingKeyboardsNew MusicMusings Author:John Maus
“Growing up, I was the weird, theatrical kid who always tried to make people be in my plays. I've always loved comedy, but when it came time to figure out what I was going to go to school for, my parents were like, "Acting?! I don't think so. No." It took me a while to get the courage to pursue it. I had to do it in secret for a little bit, and then when I got married and was out on my own, I went for it.” PeopleThinkingLittlesPlayKidsSchoolBitsParentMy OwnActingSecretGrowing UpComedyGrowingFiguresMarriedLittle BitPursueTheatrical Author:Wendi McLendon-Covey
“I couldn't decide on a title for my first novel and my editor came up with Everything Good Will Come. After that, I thought I should name my own books.A Bit of Difference seems just right.” ShouldFirstsBookSeemsNamesBitsDifferencesMy OwnNovelTitlesEditorsGood Will Author:Sefi Atta
“There are films that I've made that I like a little bit more than the others. But the films that I mostly watch, and see over and over again, are not my own.” LittlesMadeFilmBitsMy OwnWatchesLittle Bit Author:William Friedkin
“I'm trying to avoid any more asshole roles, at least for a little bit. The main criteria for me when choosing a project is a good director. I just want to work with these guys that I admire because I do want to direct my own films one day, and I want to pick their brains to see what their process is like, and see what I can take from that.” WantTryingLittlesI CanFilmGuyBitsProcessMy OwnBrainRolesOne DayDirectorsProjectsLittle BitPicksDirectAdmireCriteriaGood Directors Author:Dave Franco
“But work that's got real substance does make people feel, "There's someone else out there who relates to my experience, or who just helped me understand my own experience a little bit better." And I think that's still got enormous value.” PeopleThinkingFeelsLittlesDoeStillsRealValuesBitsMy OwnLittle BitEnormousRelateSubstance Author:Edward Norton