“I've always been very focused on my career. But, it's good to have people [say], "Okay, you need a vacation." "I do? Oh yeah, you're right. I think I do."” PeopleThinkingNeedsCareersOkayYeahFocusedVacationNeed A Vacation Author:Scarlett Johansson
“I'm always open to new, innovative stuff and people trying to do stuff in a different way. I knew that the theatrical release would be like getting on the launch pad for Amazon Prime but I was okay with that because I think what Jeff Bezos and Ted Hope are doing is innovative.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingDifferentWould BeStuffOkayReleaseDifferent WaysPrimeInnovativeTheatricalAmazonPads Author:Spike Lee
“My personal success would be that people understand what I was trying to do. It was the most palatable when I watchmen_7_mdid Dawn. With Watchmen, too, I feel the same way. The movie's ironic and satirical and it's funny and serious and that's kind of the same way I felt about Dawn. Like I really was making a movie that knows it's a zombie movie and enjoys that and wants the audience to say, yeah, that's okay.” PeopleKnowsWayWantFeelsTryingKindWould BeFeltEnjoyAudienceSeriousOkayYeahDawnIronicZombieSatiricalPersonal SuccessZombie Movie Author:Zack Snyder
“I think people like to have everything be perfectly morally clear. When the lines get blurred it worries them. I'm not worried. I don't think the men are either. But I think that the videos bring up feelings in people that they don't want to feel. Sometimes people get really mad. That's okay.” PeopleThinkingMenWantFeelsSometimesFeelingsLinesWorryClearHe ManOkayMadVideoWorriedGet Real Author:Laurel Nakadate
“I argue that I don't think it's a moral position to say that civilization is going to collapse, and that's okay. Because that would cause the deaths of billions of people. It's certainly not something I'm willing to accept.” PeopleThinkingCausesAcceptingMoralPositionWillingCivilizationOkayArguingBillionsCollapse Author:Margaret D. Klein
“I'm interested in the way the whole cultural landscape can shift over time. Okay, this will seem like a silly example, but look at the whole discourse around "selling out," a concept people say is irrelevant because there's no more distinction between mainstream and underground, inside and outside (which I don't really believe, but that's another issue).” PeopleWayBelieveLooksWholeSeemsIssuesExampleConceptsOkaySillySellingLandscapeDistinctionMainstreamDiscourseIrrelevantSelling OutInside And Outside Author:Astra Taylor
“It's hard to think back. I didn't even know I was going to do it, make actual records. But I was always making up songs, once I figured out that you could do it. I think it's pretty much the same, but there's less urge to get it moving out there. There was a time when it seemed like it was really super important to the audience and now it's just medium-important for people to like us. But that's okay.” PeopleThinkingKnowsImportantHardMovingSongAudienceRecordsOkayMediumsUrgesMaking UpMoving Out Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I think it's okay that there's digital music out there, because that does mean more people have access. I mean, you're a student, and you're studying music, and you want to find a CD of a whole work, but there's one piece that intrigues you. It's easy to get that piece for a dollar for the most part. And it's so easy for people to carry around music digitally.” PeopleThinkingWantMeanDoeWholeEasyStudyPiecesStudentsOkayDollarsAccessDigitalIntrigueCdsEasy To GetOne PieceStudying MusicDigital Music Author:Gail Zappa
“Because I make films about eating disorders and sexual assault, people always come up to me and are like, "Are you okay?" like I'm a broken-down shell of a woman.” PeopleFilmBrokenEatingOkayCome UpDisorderShellsAssaultEating DisorderSexual AssaultBroken Down Author:Jessie Kahnweiler
“We did a campaign here with New York Times. We had a great ad: "Today in America, someone will kill an elephant for a bracelet." We became sensitized in our society. Now there are four or five billion people in Asia who need to get this message. We need to use social media, print magazines, celebrities - anything we can to share this message. It's not cool, it's not okay. You are destroying beautiful animals. You are robbing a continent of its wealth. And you are hurting a lot of innocent people.” PeopleNeedsUseTodayAmericaBeautifulSocialHurtWealthAnimalFiveFourShareMediaNew YorkMessagesOkaySocial MediaBillionsCampaignsInnocentMagazinesOur SocietyPrintDestroyingAdsContinentsElephantsAsiaNew York TimesRobbingBraceletNot Okay Author:Patrick Bergin
“It just so happens that when I was, like, 19 or 20, I got a couple of auditions and got a couple parts with good people. Of the thousands of auditions where you don't get the part, I've done a couple of jobs where you do it and you're like, "Okay, this is good."” PeopleDoneHappensJobsCoupleOkayGood PeopleAuditions Author:Paul Dano
“I would only go to Syria to destroy ISIS. I would not use U.S. troops to depose Assad. But I would support the rebels there. It's okay to support those people who share your view. But for the United States to be embroiled in a civil war in Syria against [Bashr] Assad I think is a big mistake.” PeopleThinkingWarStatesUseBigsUnitedViewsMistakeUnited StatesSupportShareOkayCivil WarRebelTroopsSyriaIsisAssadBig Mistake Author:John Kasich
“Yeah, in every film that I've been lucky enough to do with Tim, there's always some form of torture, and the nails were Tim's idea. They were the length of the fingers and stuff, but it was okay because I had a troop of people who would help me go to the bathroom. They had to have treatment afterwards but they're okay now. That is true.” PeopleIdeasEnoughHelpingFilmFormStuffLuckyOkayYeahFingersTortureHelp MeTreatmentLengthNailsBathroom Author:Johnny Depp
“So if I can give anyone advice in this business on love and balancing, it's that you truly have to take a second, step back, to figure out who you are and what you want. And it is okay if those people around you don't fit into that. Because what you don't want to do is end up living your life for someone else.” PeopleIfsWantGivingI CanEndsStepsAdviceFiguresFitOkayWho You AreWhat You WantLive Your Life Author:Eva Marcille
“I feel blessed because not only my character is, but I, myself, can be a role model for people to show that is okay to be your own unique self.” PeopleFeelsSelfCharacterShowsRolesUniqueModelsOkayBlessedRole ModelsUnique Self Author:Atticus Shaffer
“I didn't want my next U.S. senator to be someone who was going to go up there and do the same stuff people have been doing. But I guess our argument is it's okay to be angry and upset at Washington.” PeopleWantHas BeensNextStuffArgumentOkayAngryUpsetSenators Author:Marco Rubio
“Francis Coppola was very generous. We got paid a lot of money and he saw us every day, took us out every night. It was just a lot. Richard Gere was an absolute gentleman. Gregory Hines. You know, I worked with some giants and they were just so smooth. And it was the '80s. That's when people had a lot of money and it was okay to to hang out and be crazy.” PeopleKnowsNightSawsCrazyOkayPaidAbsolutesGenerousGentlemanGiantsHanging OutEvery NightLots Of MoneySmooth80sBeing Crazy Author:Jackee Harry
“I am who I am and I am what I am. And it's beautiful. And it's okay even if it doesn't look like the sexiest Victoria Secret model. It also boils down to my interactions with people.” PeopleIfsLooksBeautifulSecretModelsOkayWho I AmInteractionVictoriaI Am Who I AmSexiestI Am What I Am Author:Evangeline Lilly
“I think there's a danger that some people look at the success of my first movie as a fluke. So I want to make sure that my second film is an even bigger success. Then if I direct my third movie and it's terrible, it'll be okay.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFirstsLooksFilmDangerTerribleDirectOkayThirdsBiggerFlukes Author:Paul Reubens
“I think stutterers are funny. And I know it's rude and politically incorrect to laugh at stutterers. But I think it is okay because I know why they're funny. They make people nervous. People think, when on earth are they going to get the word out, so they start laughing out of their own nervousness.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEarthLaughingOkayNervousRudeNervousness Author:James Earl Jones
“Hetero - normative behavior and herd mentality is dangerous. It's okay to be different. It's okay to stand out for whatever reason. Some people are just born that way and instead of trying to tear them down, learn something new. Be curious and open because maybe that's a pathway out for you, too.” PeopleWayTryingDifferentReasonBornDangerousTearsBehaviorOkayCuriousSomething NewMentalityStanding OutPathwaysHerdsHerd Mentality Author:Rose McGowan
“The Hebrew scriptures say it's okay to enslave anybody except your fellow Jews. It says you should enslave only your neighbors. I say to people that means Mexicans and Canadians are a bit at risk if we want to be literal about the Bible.” PeopleIfsWantShouldMeanBitsRiskOkayFellowsJewNeighborScriptureLiteralHebrew Author:John Shelby Spong
“The problems of 2008 were never cured. The Federal Reserve's solution to the crisis was to lend the economy enough money to borrow its way out of debt. It thought that if it could subsidize banks lending homeowners enough money to buy houses from people who are defaulting, then the bank balance sheets would end up okay.” PeopleIfsWayEndsEnoughProblemHouseEconomyBalanceSolutionsOkayCrisisDebtReservesSheetsLendingFederal ReserveBalance SheetsHomeowners Author:Michael Hudson
“I think it would be very interesting to see that many people would probably be okay with paying more for services and goods that they felt were more holistically [generated]. Which means the death of the old system which rewarded people for taking advantage of one another.” PeopleThinkingMeanWould BeFeltInterestingAdvantageOkayGoodsVery InterestingTaking Advantage Author:Billy Corgan
“You are here and you are allowed to be here and therefore you are allowed to make decisions about yourself and the people in your life; rather than sort of backing up and making sure it's okay with everybody at every turn.” PeopleTurnsDecisionOkayAbout YourselfPeople In Your LifeBacking Up Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“Now I'm in a situation where I have to plan very far ahead because there are people who are selling ads, so I have to really know what I'm going to do months in advance. If something's taking me a little bit longer to research, that's not okay. I can't take longer. I have to just get it done.” PeopleIfsKnowsLittlesI CanDoneBitsSituationPlansMonthsLittle BitResearchOkaySellingAdsGet It DoneNot Okay Author:Karina Longworth
“To be asked to do the pairing menus by Alamos Wineries in Argentina [was the most interesting opportunity]. There are so many chefs out there, and so if you were to say, "The dude who used to host Man V. Food is doing pairing for Jim Beam," you'd say, "Okay, that's kind of conceivable." If you're talking about the dude from Man V. Food is doing pairings for fine wine, then I think people might not necessarily anticipate that.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenKindMightUsedOpportunityInterestingTalkingFineOkayWineHostChefMost InterestingAnticipateBeamMenusArgentinaFine Wine Author:Adam Richman
“If all the people around you are happy with you, you are not doing great work. When you stop being like other people, they stop liking you. That's just how it goes. There's no escaping it. And it's okay. What you need to understand about that disapproval is that it's a sign you're doing something right.” PeopleIfsNeedsLike YouOkayGreat WorkEscapingDisapproval Book:The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster: Why Now Is the Time to #Join the Ride Source: The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster: Why Now Is the Time to #Join the Ride
“Francis Ford Coppola didn't come out of the womb with The Godfather. He had a whole build up until he got to that point. I think it's okay to fail. That's how you learn. I think that's hopefully what people can take away from this movie.” PeopleThinkingWholeFailingOkayHopefullyWomb Author:Alex Stapleton
“The producer and writers [ of X-Men: Apocalypse ] were kind of feeling me out with, "Are you okay with the fact that you die?" and I was, like, "Yes." That's something that people would talk about, so I thought it was cool that I died. Havok was in three movies and then I get to be remembered.” PeopleMenKindFactsFeelingsDiesThreeOkayDiedProducersRememberedApocalypseX Men Author:Lucas Till
“A real common problem with a lot of animals is that guys are bad, hate to say it, but they will tune into some big feature like the glasses, maybe the beard, baseball hats, you know some unique feature like that. And they'll generalize like, "Okay! All people with baseball hats or black rimmed glasses are bad."” PeopleKnowsRealProblemBigsGuyHateBlackAnimalCommonUniqueOkayBaseballGlassesFeaturesHatsTunesBeardThat Guy Author:Temple Grandin
“If I can convince people that their idea is great, and know inside that their idea was actually a little my idea, then I feel okay. I don't feel too douchey.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsLittlesI CanIdeasOkayConvince Author:Kevin Biegel
“I've always just tried to be who I am and be honest in terms of what I play. If that reaches a larger group of people, great. If it doesn't - if it remains obscure - that's okay as well.” PeopleIfsWellsPlayTermGroupsHonestOkayRemainsWho I AmBeing HonestObscure Author:Brad Mehldau
“We do not want to repeat ourselves [in Doctor Strange] or do what's been done before necessarily, and when you have a track record now you can either do that and keep, this seems to work and let's keep doing this - which some people accuse us of no matter what, because I don't think they pay attention, but really what we do is say, 'Okay, we have a studio that trusts us and let's us do what we want for the most part with the creative.” PeopleThinkingWantMatterDoneSeemsPayAttentionCreativeRecordsStrangeDoctorsOkayNo Matter WhatTrackStudiosPay AttentionRepeatsTrack Record Author:Kevin Feige
“I kept saying to myself, this is a calling that God has given me. And so with intention I said, "Okay I'm going to write books not only for the Christian community, but also for the secular community." I found it really rewarding because the last one to use my gifts and advantages to people who look at church as not on their radar screen at all, it gives me favor with - I do a lot with Fortune 500 companies now.” PeopleGivingWritingLooksSaidBookUseChristianLastsFoundGivenCommunityChurchCompanyCallingAdvantageOkayGive MeFortuneIntentionScreensFavorsSecularRadarChristian Community Author:John C. Maxwell
“Sometimes people just show up, which is kind of scary. And then you are like, 'Okay guy... got to leave'.” PeopleKindSometimesShowsGuyOkayScary Author:Scott Eastwood
“You want to be able to say [to Ethan Hawke's character], "Dude, it's okay," but maybe it's not. Maybe he's not a good person. I don't know. That's the thing about people. There is no real good guy or bad guy [in A Valley Of Violence]. It's all context.” PeopleKnowsWantPersonsRealCharacterAbleGuyViolenceOkayValleysBad GuysGood PersonGood Guy Author:Ti West
“I'm a grown-up and I'm a creative person so I should try to give something to that and see what I can make with that. And not sit around listening to people be like, 'You really should be on an HBO show. You'd be great on an Amazon series.' You're like, 'Thank you, okay. I don't have any offers.'” PeopleGivingShouldTryingPersonsI CanShowsCreativeLike YouListeningOffersOkaySeriesAmazonCreative PersonHbo Author:Parker Posey
“Many people functionally share this belief that work has no greater meaning than the paycheck it provides. A natural consequence of this faith commitment is the belief it's okay to do mediocre work so that in your free time you can enjoy your true passions.” PeoplePassionBeliefEnjoyNaturalGreaterShareCommitmentConsequenceOkayMediocrePaychecksFree TimeNatural ConsequencesTrue Passion Author:David Kim
“Wherever people are in their evolution, they start to come into that hope and feeling like they are okay, that they're going to be okay.” PeopleFeelingsEvolutionOkay Author:Christine McCormick Day
“If marriage isn't something for me, but I like living with someone or being committed, I can choose this other path as long as she's okay with it but I would hardly say that that should be what other people do. Some people want that, that written paper, that commitment and that means something to them. And I don't in the least look down on it.” PeopleIfsWantShouldLooksMeanLongI CanPathWrittenPaperCommitmentOkayCommitted Author:Robert Greene
“Why it's okay for people to tape the shows? Because even so, there's no way you can bottle up the experience. You can take the notes home, but that experience is one you have to be there.” PeopleWayShowsHomeOkayNotesBottlesTape Author:Jerry Garcia
“You know, it's not my film [Valerian], it's really their film. It's very strange. And maybe because it's more when you comes to the Marvel films it's way much more organized and plan, you know, they planned. Okay, we have Thor here, we have this and then we do The Avengers, and then we group. You know, it's much more organized. So maybe there is a little less freedom at the end for the creative people. Where I did the entire opposite. I let them help me, you know. So that's also why maybe they were so involved.” PeopleKnowsWayLittlesEndsHelpingFilmCreativePlansGroupsStrangeInvolvedOkayOppositesOrganizedHelp MeCreative PeopleAvengers Author:Luc Besson
“I have tried to emphasize to people that, hey, just like President Obama was a really good president, and the fact that he was black I think was historic and unprecedented, but he also claimed and owned his excellence, and that's why I'm saying, okay - I think it's really exciting and historic that I would be the first woman president, but I have a lot of work I want to do. And I hope that people will say, "Hey, she's getting it done." That's how I think about it.” PeopleThinkingWantFirstsDoneFactsWould BeBlackPresidentOkayExcitingExcellenceHeyPresident ObamaHistoricUnprecedented Author:Hillary Clinton
“That's a very privileged attitude and I think the ignorance is so strong there. When people say, "Oh please, I don't want to hear that conversation," it's because it makes them uncomfortable." But that's because they think it's all okay. If it was racist, I would move onto someone whose mind I could change, but it's mostly ignorance. So when someone says, "Oh, it doesn't matter," I not only make designers responsible but casting directors and modeling agencies for not pushing those other girls on to the designers.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantMindMatterMovingGirlStrongAttitudeIgnorancePleaseDirectorsConversationOkayResponsibleUncomfortableAgencyDesignerRacistPushingPrivilegedCastingModelingOther GirlCasting Directors Author:Bethann Hardison
“If the majority of people said I did something wrong, then I must be wrong, and I will think 'I didn't even mean it like that, why are you treating me like this?' But if a lot of people say that I'm wrong and it's not good, then it must be not good. I will say, 'Okay' and then tell myself that this cannot happen again. I have to grasp it and change it for the better.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanSaidHappensOkayMajority Author:Seungri
“I might find that I have a habit of being jealous and comparing myself with other people and riveting my attention on how much somebody else is accomplishing or doing, or how much better they are at such and such. First, I might recognize the story - the mental images and internal dialogue - and say, "Okay, comparing mind." Then, rather than staying caught in the content, I'll bring my attention into my body and open to the immediate feelings that are there.” PeopleMindFirstsStoriesFeelingsBodyMightAttentionHabitOkayCaughtDialogueCompareInternalsStayingJealousBeing Jealous Author:Tara Brach
“It wasn't exactly a cattle call. I had an agent, and they were seeing people for the parts, so my agent said, "Here's the script, see if there's anything that speaks to you." And I did, and I called my agent and said, "I think this character Data is kind of interesting," and she said, "Well, okay, I'll get you the appointment with Junie Lowry." I had to read with the casting agent first, 'cause nobody really knew me then. Then after that, I had, I think, six different auditions for the role. And finally it was me [on Star Trek].” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsWellsKindSaidDifferentCharacterSpeakStarsCausesInterestingRolesSeeingSixOkayScriptsAgentsDataAuditionsCastingAppointmentsCattle Author:Brent Spiner
“There's no question that to some extent there are structural disadvantages built in, not just for women but for other minority groups who don't hold power at the executive level either at the company or in the industry. My position is not just "Oh, okay, anyone can overcome those." It's just as we work to get more women and people in minority groups at higher levels in positions of power, what are our options?” PeopleLevelsCompanyGroupsPositionIndustryHigherBuiltOkayOvercomingMinoritiesExecutivesDisadvantagesHigher LevelPosition Of PowerMinority Groups Author:Megyn Kelly
“Ireland is a place that's beautiful and interesting, but I remember when I went there as a teenager with my parents, I was like, "Okay, I'll go to Ireland with my parents. It's going to be green." I think people underestimate it, in that it's, "Oh, it's green," and then you get there, and it's like, "Wow, it is green!" It's, "Oh, there's Irish music," and then you get there, and you're like, "Oh, this Irish music is amazing!" You underestimate it.” PeopleThinkingBeautifulRememberParentInterestingMusic IsOkayGreenTeenagerWowIrelandUnderestimateRemember WhenIrish Music Author:Jim Gaffigan