“I'm not one of those people who can cry on cue. If I have to cry in an audition, I'm like, 'Okay, let me see what I can do.” PeopleIfsI CanCan DoCryOkayLet MeAuditions Author:Melanie Lynskey
“Coming from a big family, I learned a lot. Things don't have to be perfect. You can do okay with 'almost.'” BigsCan DoPerfectOkayBig Families Author:Hollis Stacy
“If you just don't have any idea what you want to do, the worst thing you can do is go to law school. If you can go to college, maybe it's fine to have four years of fun and learn a little bit, that's okay, but if you have to go two hundred thousand dollars in debt, that's not something I would recommend.” IfsWantYearsLittlesTwoIdeasSchoolLawFunBitsCan DoFourWorstCollegeFineThousandLittle BitHundredOkayDollarsDebtWhat You WantFour YearsWorst ThingsLaw School Author:Tucker Max
“What the entertainment industry can do is tempt you into making stupid mistakes, but the only tool that they have to tempt you is money. So if youre okay saying no to money, then you can say no to a lot of things that you might be embarrassed of later.” IfsMightCan DoMistakeStupidIndustryToolsOkayEntertainmentEmbarrassedSaying NoEntertainment IndustryStupid Mistake Author:Paul Schneider
“You're a product of our language, and how our laws are and how we believe our God wants us. Every bitty molecule about you has already been thought out by some million people before you. Anything you can do is boring and old and perfectly okay. You're safe because you're so trapped inside your culture. Anything you can conceive of is fine because you can conceive of it. You can't imagine any way to escape. There's no way you can get out.The world is your cradle and your trap.” PeopleWorldWayWantBelieveLawCultureLanguageCan DoMillionsImagineProductsFineSafeOkayBoringTrappedTrapsWant UCradleMolecules Book:Invisible Monsters Remix Source: Invisible Monsters Remix
“I don't love exercise. Some of it is more fun than others, so what I do is, if I'm on the treadmill and I don't want to finish, I look at it and say, "Okay, this is 20 minutes, versus the rest of my life. I'm going to spend the rest of my life doing so many other things, so I can do this for 20 minutes."” IfsWantLooksI CanFunCan DoMinutesExerciseOkayVersusTreadmillsI Can Do This Author:Anne Hathaway
“I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.” PeopleThinkingWantSpeakGivenCan DoExampleOkayWorth ItYou Can Do ItGiven UpSpeaks OutNot Worth It Author:Ai Weiwei
“People really don't care, in some ways, that you have a family. With a high profile job like I have, they just want you to win basketball games. You can do that and still keep your family together. I try the best I can to be at the basketball practices or tennis practices or recitals. In my first year at Dallas my (then 11-year old) son Avery Jr., said, "You know daddy, you're still the best coach in the NBA." I was like, "But I haven't won a playoff game yet." And he said, "That's okay. You're still my daddy." That makes you feel good.” PeopleKnowsWayWantFeelsTryingYearsFirstsSaidStillsI CanCareTogetherJobsGamesWinningCan DoPracticeHavensSonBasketballOkayDon't CareCoachesFeel GoodOur FamilyTennisNbaDaddyProfileDallasPlayoffsMake You Feel GoodBasketball GameHigh ProfileFamily TogetherBest CoachesRecitalsPlayoff Games Author:Avery Johnson
“For me going down in history being the first black American to win the gold, I think more colored people are going to start coming to the gymnastics world and say 'okay, anything is possible. If Gabby did it, then I can do it too.'” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFirstsI CanWinningBlackCan DoGoldOkayGymnasticsI Can Do ItAnything Is Possible Author:Gabby Douglas
“I have been doing this [acting] for a really long time, so I've come to expect things to take a really long time. You get to a place where you do your job and then you dust your hands off and say, "Okay, my job is done. Now, it's in the stars. We'll see what happens." There's nothing I can do to affect it.” LongHas BeensI CanDoneHandsHappensJobsStarsCan DoActingLong TimeOkayDustReally Long Author:Sam Huntington
“I need a little criticism while I make a record so that I kind of feel like: okay, I know that I'm doing the best that I can do because someone is actually here challenging it.” KnowsNeedsFeelsKindLittlesI CanCan DoChallengesRecordsCriticismOkay Author:Benji Madden
“What if you could reach back to your four-year old or 14-year-old who's having a difficult time and reassure them, saying it is all going to be okay. What if you could go into her mind and give her courage and mentoring and counseling that she really needs. I believe we can do this for our younger souls. I know I've done it for mine, and I know a lot of others have done it.” IfsKnowsNeedsGivingYearsMindBelieveSoulDoneI BelieveDifficultCan DoFourMinesOkayWhat IfFour YearsDifficult TimesMentoringCounseling Author:Robert Moss
“Things come up from the outside, the outside world says, okay, you have do this, you have to go here and here and here, and these are your options. You can be here or you can be here. You can do this, or you can do this. You can go here, or you can go there. So each one of those things becomes a place of decision, and the way we make decisions is that we all get together and if somebody doesn't feel right about it or it doesn't seem to sit right, usually we'll go with the no vote. If somebody's not comfortable with it, we'll figure it's not going to be worth doing.” IfsWorldWayFeelsSeemsTogetherCan DoDecisionFiguresComfortableOkayVoteCome UpOutside WorldGet TogetherFeels Right Author:Jerry Garcia
“Offer some gesture of kindness to yourself. Sometimes it's just a message, to say: "It's okay. You're going to be okay. We've been through this before." The intention is reassurance, that you are not alone and you can do this. It is the most powerful way to come out of what I call the "trance of unworthiness."” WaySometimesCan DoPowerfulKindnessOffersMessagesOkayIntentionMost PowerfulGesturesNot AloneReassuranceTrance Author:Tara Brach
“The way I'm doing it is I'm trying to think to myself, "Okay, I have the name Superman, and he's going to be a guy that deserves the name 'Superman.' I'm trying to forget about Krypton, about The Daily Planet what would I do if I was thinking it up?" I can do it any way at all..I can make him an Eskimo midget who's toothless and blind... I can do anything. It's difficult .” IfsThinkingWayTryingI CanGuyNamesDifficultCan DoForgetPlanetsDeserveOkayBlindI Can Do ItMidgetToothlessKrypton Author:Stan Lee
“Everyone, you know, during crises times, is much more focused on, okay, how do we get the boat completely seaworthy, sailing along well, and everything going well? And so as long as you're communicating how the general strategy of the company and how the work they can do to add to that and to make that more successful and the thing that they can contribute to that, that is generally very motivating for employees in crisis times.” KnowsWellsLongCan DoCompanySuccessfulOkayCrisisStrategyAddCommunicateFocusedBoatEmployeeSailing Author:Reid Hoffman
“I'm skeptical that [the Republicans] can do [something better with healthcare] mainly because for seven years now, including when we first tried to pass health care, I said to 'em, "Okay, if [Obamacare] doesn't work tell me what does."” IfsYearsFirstsDoeSaidCareCan DoRepublicanOkaySevenIncludingHealth CareEmsHealthcareSeven YearsSkepticalSomething BetterObamacareCan Do Something Author:Barack Obama
“I've always told Will, 'You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay.' Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I'm here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who he wants to be, and that's not for me to do for him. Or vice versa.” MenWantLooksLongEndsCan DoOkayMirrorsVicesPartnersThe End Of The DayVice VersaDo Whatever You WantLook At YourselfLook At Yourself In The Mirror Author:Jada Pinkett Smith
“For me, it's the unexpected and surprising combinations of produce that are the most exciting and lure me into the kitchen for a little bit of experimenting. Apples and sweet potatoes together? Who knew? Carrots with grapes? Okay. I may not be Julia Child, but I can do pretty well with a simple recipe and a lot of enthusiasm.” WellsMayChildrenLittlesI CanTogetherBitsCan DoSimpleProduceSweetLittle BitOkayExcitingEnthusiasmCombinationKitchenApplesUnexpectedSurprisingRecipesPotatoesGrapesLureCarrotsJuliaI May Not BeSweet Potatoes Author:Marlo Thomas
“He gets hurt by the smallest touch. It'll be okay, as long as there will finally be a day. Eventually, one day. It will be good if all our burdens would finally be released. I really hope you can do it. I hope you two can both live happily.” IfsLongTwoCan DoHurtOne DayOkayBurdenBe GoodSmallestYou Can Do It Author:Natsuki Takaya
“Seriously, Shane? Ditto? That's the best you can do?" Shane and Michael exchanged identical looks and shrugs. Guys. "Let me show you idiots how it's done," Eve said, and hugged Claire fiercely. She kissed her on the cheek. "I love you, CB. Please take care of yourself, okay?" "I love you, too," Claire said, and suddenly her throat felt tight and her eyes burned with tears. "I really do." Shane and Michael watched them with identical expressions of blank bemusement, and finally Shane said, "So basically, it's what I said. Ditto.” LooksSaidDoneShowsEyeCareGuyFeltCan DoLove YouTearsExpressionPleaseOkayLet MeTake CareIdiotThroatCheeksBurnedBlankHer EyesIdenticalClaireTake Care Of YourselfShaneClaire DanversEve RosserI Love You Too Author:Rachel Caine
“Real mothers don't just listen with humble embarrassment to the elderly lady who offers unsolicited advice in the checkout line when a child is throwing a tantrum. We take the child, dump him in the lady's cart, and say, "Great. Maybe you can do a better job." Real mothers know that it's okay to eat cold pizza for breakfast. Real mothers admit it is easier to fail at this job than to succeed.” KnowsChildrenRealJobsMotherCan DoLinesFailingAdviceColdEasierOffersSucceedOkayHumbleBreakfastThrowingElderlyEmbarrassmentPizzaJust ListenDumpCartsBetter JobsTantrumsCheckoutsUnsolicited Advice Book:House Rules: A Novel Source: House Rules: A Novel
“I am a grenade," I said again. "I just want to stay away from people and read books and think and be with you guys because there's nothing I can do about hurting you: You're too invested, so just please let me do that, okay? "I'm going to go to my room and read for awhile, okay? I'm fine. I really am fine: I just want to go read for a while.” PeopleThinkingWantSaidI CanBookGuyCan DoHurtRoomsFinePleaseOkayLet MeGrenadeHurting You Author:John Green
“Look, just stop trying to annihilate yourself, okay? Because if I think you can do it, I'll make Doc pull me out today. Or I'll tell Jared. Just imagine what he would do. I imagined it for her, smiling a little through my tears. Remeber? He said no guarantees about what he would or wouldn't do to keep you here. I though of those buring kisses in the hall...thought of other kisses and other nights in her memory. My face warmed as I blushed. You fight dirty. You bet I do.” IfsThinkingTryingLooksLittlesSaidTodayFacesNightFightingCan DoMemoriesImagineTearsKissingOkayDirtyGuaranteesHallsYou Can Do ItStop Trying Author:Stephenie Meyer