“I can't do exercises regularly because my schedule changes from day to day. I'm okay with hurting myself, like I'll lift something until it hurts, but I don't want to pass out or vomit in front of people.” PeopleWantI CanHurtFrontsExerciseOkayLiftsIt HurtsSchedulesDay To DayHurting Myself Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I only want to make movies I want to see. That may mean my career is somewhat limited, but that is my version of integrity. No matter how it performs or how it's received, I can be okay with it.” WantMayMeanI CanMatterCareersIntegrityOkayVersions Author:Ryan Phillippe
“What intrigues me is that people kind of naturally want to label or pigeonhole the characters. They want to make it easy for themselves to go, "All right. There's the good guy, there's the bad guy, there's the girl. Okay, I get it now." But life isn't one-dimensional. The world isn't simply divided into good versus evil. I think we're all capable of both. So any time the hero does something I'm not crazy about, or the bad guy does something I can relate to, I'll find it more interesting.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantKindDoeI CanCharacterGuyGirlEvilEasyInterestingCrazyHeroCapableOkayLabelsRelateDividedVersusIntrigueBad GuysGood Guy Author:Alexander Skarsgard
“I always considered myself bi-racial, because I didn't want to disconnect from either side, and I felt very strongly about that. Now, I understand that the world sees me as a black woman, a person of color, and I'm okay with that.” WorldWantPersonsFeltSidesBlackColorOkayVery StrongBlack Women Author:Brooklyn Sudano
“"Yeah, well, if you eat red meat, it stays in your colon for fifteen years!" Good! I paid for it; I want it in my ass, okay? I want them to find a meat sweater from my esophagus to my asshole when they open me up in the end! "This guy's covered in meat! He's Meat-Man! He's Meat-Tracheotomy-Man!"” IfsMenWantYearsWellsEndsHumorFunnyGuyRedOkayPaidYeahAssMeatCoveredFifteenThis GuySweatersFifteen YearsRed Meat Author:Denis Leary
“You want an idea that not many other people are working on, and it's okay if it doesn't sound big at first.” PeopleIfsWantFirstsIdeasBigsSoundOkay Author:Sam Altman
“You don't get the pay-off when you're playing a quiet character, so sometimes you want to just throw out all your work and say, "Okay, let me do something really funny or gimmicky, just so that I can get some attention in this scene."” WantI CanSometimesCharacterPayAttentionSceneQuietOkayLet Me Author:Viola Davis
“Just because a baby cries, I discovered, doesn't mean there's always something wrong. Sometimes babies wake up for no real reason. They just want to check if they're doing it right. "This is Sleeping, right?" "Exactly." "I just lie here?" "That's right." "Okay." Then back to sleep they go.” IfsWantMeanChildrenRealSometimesReasonHumorFunnyLyingSleepCryBabyOkayWake UpChecks Author:Paul Reiser
“I hate the thought that someone had picked up one of my song records and was really excited about it, and walks [out of] a record shop with On Land and is disappointed because it isn't what they wanted. So, I try to make signs, graphically and visually, to say to people "Okay, this is this department of my work and this is this other department of my work." And of course I'm very pleased if people like all of them, but I don't want them to feel deceived at any point.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsTryingWantedHateSongCoursesWalksRecordsLandOkayI HateExcitedDepartmentShopsDisappointedDeceived Author:Brian Eno
“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
“Actually I want to scare away method actors because it's a pain. It's like, 'Come on, what are you doing? It's not real. What are you doing? Oh, you're really brooding. Okay, good. Go to your trailer. I'll see you in an hour.'” WantRealPainActorsHoursOkayMethodScareTrailersBrooding Author:Natalie Portman
“When I can't get the character out of my head, and I'm in my bedroom and I start to actually act out the scenes that I've read in a script, I think okay, I really want to do this.” ThinkingWantI CanCharacterSceneOkayScriptsBedroom Author:Saoirse Ronan
“I want you to notice is that-right here, right now-you’re okay. You may be in pain, you may be in fear, you may be in grief. But you’re here, you’re surviving; this moment is okay.” WantMayMomentsPainGriefRight NowOkayI Want YouSurviving Author:Martha Beck
“My girlfriend's weird. One day she asked me, 'If you could know how and when you were going to die, would you want to know?' I said, 'No.' She said, 'Okay, forget it.” IfsKnowsWantSaidDeathDiesForgetKnow HowOne DayOkayGirlfriendForget ItMy Girlfriend Author:Steven Wright
“I want people to listen to my lyrics and be okay with themselves. The people who have it the roughest are homosexuals who come out of the closet.” PeopleWantOkayClosetsHomosexual Author:Ben Folds
“It's hard to not get typed in Hollywood. They really want to type you. I'm trying to avoid that, because I want to do a lot of things. I know what I'm capable of. I forgive them because they don't know. They haven't seen me play Hamlet. They're not going to cast me as an English aristocrat. I'm going to have to prove that on my own. That's okay. That's what you have to fight for if you want to be an artist.” IfsKnowsWantTryingHardPlayArtistFightingMy OwnHavensTypeProveCapableOkayHollywoodForgivingCasts Author:Sam Rockwell
“I think it's better to have limits. My limits are different from other people's limits. I'm all for freedom, I'm all for people doing what they want. I'm also all for people shouldering the consequences of their behaviors, and not being assholes, and not lying unless they need to, and being honest except when you shouldn't, and being faithful except when it's okay to cheat. I guess I'm just a mass of contradictions.” PeopleThinkingWantNeedsDifferentLyingHonestLimitsBehaviorMassConsequenceOkayBeing HonestFaithfulContradictionCheatBeing Faithful Author:Dan Savage
“I'm not a real musician. If you give me a bass guitar and you ask me to improvise something, or even be with some musicians and follow them, I wouldn't be able to do it. And I want to change that. I want to be able to be in a group and take my guitar and play with them, without someone showing me, "Okay, you're going to do this and that," because music has always been a big part of my life.” IfsWantGivingRealPlayBigsAbleAsksGroupsMusicianOkayGive MeGuitarAsk MeBassBass Guitar Author:Marion Cotillard
“Everything that we do I pretty much want to be organic, so if that happens, then that's okay with me. But I'm not interested in trying to re-create what once was. That doesn't interest me; it's boring.” IfsWantTryingHappensInterestOkayBoringNot Interested Author:Pat Benatar
“I've done an awful lot of trying to make everybody else okay and happy. I have learned, now it would really be ok to wait for someone who wants to be there for me and partner with me and I'm really looking forward to it.” WantTryingDoneWaitingOkayPartnersAwfulI Have LearnedLooking ForwardBe There For Me Author:Sharon Stone
“I just want to be worthy. I just want to be able to make people understand that okay, Eddie is still good at what he does, so we can now go and buy that ticket [to his concert], and I can feel like they bought it and they got their money's worth.” PeopleWantFeelsDoeStillsI CanAbleOkayWorthyConcertsTickets Author:Eddie Levert
“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
“Having had been not so well traveled as a kid, as most teenagers aren't, I always thought, "Okay I'm going to focus my energy on rap and the rap game, because that's how I'm going to be able to pay rent and pay off my school loans." But seeing the reaction with this whole gay rap situation has made me not want to play into it at all anymore and just make whatever.” WantWellsMadePlayWholeKidsAbleSchoolGamesEnergyPaySituationFocusSeeingGayOkayRapReactionsTeenagerTraveledLoan Author:Le1f
“I think in general, people look at all Olympic athletes, look at all superstar athletes, and they say, "Okay, this guy doesn't have any insecurities." They're almost like these icons who - I don't know how to say it, but like they can't make mistakes. But the reality is, and I'll tell you this firsthand, a lot of great athletes have a lot of insecurities, and they have a really hard time dealing with a lot of so-called losing or however you want to classify it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantLooksHardRealityGuyMistakeKnow HowLosingOkayAthleteHard TimesMaking MistakesInsecurityThis GuyIconsSuperstarGreat AthleteOlympic Athlete Author:Apolo Ohno
“If you find someone who makes you smile, who checks up on you often to see if you're okay. Who watches out or you and wants the best for you. Who loves and respects you. Don't let them go. People like that are hard to find.” PeopleIfsWantHardWatchesOkayChecksLove And RespectMake You SmileFinding Someone Author:Franz Kafka
“All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff...Basically what people want to hear is: I love you, you love me, the leaves turn brown, they fell off the trees, the wind is blowing, it got cold, you went away, my heart broke, you came back, and my heart was okay...Modern music is people who can't think signing artists who can't write songs to make records for people who can't hear. Most people wouldn't know good music if it came up and bit them on the ass...If lyrics make people do things, how come we don't love each other?” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantWritingHeartArtistSongTurnsStuffBitsRecordsWrittenTreeModernLove YouWindColdMy HeartMusic IsOkayAssBrokeBrownLove Each OtherSigningWigsHeart BrokeBlowing ItModern Music Author:Frank Zappa
“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
“God is the Creator God, he doesn't want to say, "Okay, creation was very good, but I'm scrapping it." He wants to say, "Creation is so good that I'm going to rescue it."” WantCreationOkayVery GoodCreatorRescueCreator God Author:N. T. Wright
“I think it's okay to feel jealous, but it's how you deal with it that's the important thing. You have to be happy for your friends when they do well because you want them to do well. It's not a competition.” ThinkingWantFeelsWellsImportantDealsOkayImportant ThingsCompetitionJealous Author:Carrie Underwood
“If you have loans, the first thing you want to do is say, "Okay, look I have a credit card, if I really need to borrow, I have this emergency money that I can get, but for now there is no reason for me to keep cash at zero percent interest rate and at the same time, pay all of this money out. So, I think people need to figure out quickly how to pay loans and how much cash they should really keep.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNeedsShouldFirstsLooksI CanReasonInterestPayFiguresPercentOkayRateCreditCardsNo ReasonZeroCashEmergenciesLoanCredit CardInterest Rate Author:Dan Ariely
“The truth is at Legendary we really make movies that we want to see, and someday I'm sure that won't work but - I remember, it's obviously a completely different thing, but our first movie was Batman Begins, and there was a lot of things about Batman back then, and there was this guy named Christopher Nolan, that seemed to have worked out okay with him at the helm.” WantFirstsDifferentRememberGuyTruth IsOkayDifferent ThingsSomedayThis GuyLegendaryHelmNolan Author:Thomas Tull
“I believe in the human spirit. And usually the people who are following me - my fans and things like that - are like-minded people, in that regard. They like to hear about people being in pain, but that are okay, and people feeling like they can't go on, but then they find a reason to go on. How do you marry someone and love them, and then they die? How does that happen? Why are we on this journey? They want to talk about things, and they want to understand. So, this is the perfect vehicle for that.” PeopleWantBelieveHumansDoeReasonFeelingsHappensPainSpiritDiesI BelievePerfectJourneyFansGoes OnOkayAnd LoveRegardFollowingI Believe InVehicleHuman Spirit Author:J.H. Wyman
“Life is painful sometimes. It touches everyone, so you may as well try to look for other answers and find peace. So, it is difficult to write those types of things because nobody wants to tell sad stories. I think that I'll always tell stories about human hope. I would love to be able to tell somebody, "It's okay. It's all right. Be a good person." That's what my job is, in life.” ThinkingWantWritingTryingHumansWellsLooksMayPersonsSometimesStoriesAbleJobsLife IsDifficultAnswersTypeOkayPainfulGood PersonFinding PeaceBeing A Good PersonSad Story Author:J.H. Wyman
“I definitely have role models. But it's hard to say, "Okay, I want to be Angelina Jolie," or "I want to be Charlize Theron.” WantHardRolesModelsOkayRole Models Author:Alexandra Daddario
“When I first saw Destiny's Child, I was in the fifth grade, and it made me want to sing and make music and there would be these freestyles on the radio for what seemed like hours, it was just so cool to me. So all of these influences and these styles started to blend together. Eventually, that evolved into me finding the indie scene in Houston. When I was 19, I joined a rock band, and that's when I began to say, "Okay, this is something that I could take seriously."” WantFirstsChildrenMadeWould BeTogetherHoursDestinySawsInfluenceRocksStyleSceneBandFindingsOkayRadioGradesFifthHoustonRock BandsFreestyleFifth Grade Author:Lizzo
“As J.J. has said many times, when you start a series you want to have a destination. It's like driving a car, when you pull out of your garage and you head out driving down the road, you have a destination, okay?” WantSaidCarOkaySeriesDrivingDestinationGarageDown The RoadDriving Down The Road Author:Bryan Burk
“For Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he came to me and said, "I want to do everything that's in the book, and as much more as you need, so that it all makes sense." I was like, "Okay!" And then, I would pitch back to him my love for Charlie Bucket's family and how lucky Charlie was, and that I felt so bad for Willy Wonka, shut up in his factory, all alone with these crazy Oompa Loompas.” WantNeedsSaidBookFeltCrazyLuckyOkayMake SenseChocolateFactoriesShut UpCharlieAll AloneBucketsCharlie And The Chocolate Factory Author:John August
“When we approached the project, the very first thing we did was take each character and say, "Okay, where would this character be?" We didn't want them to be caricatures of themselves. We wanted them to live and breathe, and grow with the audience and with us.” WantFirstsCharacterWantedGrowsAudienceProjectsOkayBreatheCaricatures Author:Jon Hurwitz
“Do you ever go off with a long grocery list and come home from the store with a bunch of different stuff? And somebody in the family unsacks the groceries and wants to know why you got this and didn't get that and just where is the whatever? And you want to say, 'Well, just be glad I came back, okay?' And the unpacker says, 'Well, next time bring what's on the list.'” KnowsWantWellsLongDifferentHomeNextStuffOkayStoresListsGladBunchComing HomeNext TimeGroceriesGrocery Lists Book:It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It Source: It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It
“For the longest time, Indian women have been okay with being curvy. But I think the modern Indian woman needs to get toned. I don't endorse being thin. Anorexia and bulimia are a reality in India because everybody wants to be thin.” ThinkingWantNeedsHas BeensRealityModernOkayIndiaIndianAnorexiaBulimiaCurvyAnorexia And Bulimia Author:Bipasha Basu
“I'd rather be thought as an international actress rather than a French one. Because I don't know what's coming up for me, my ambition is not to be typecast. So I'm working on my English accent, as well as my American one. I don't want to be like 'Okay, I'm French, and I want to succeed in Hollywood!'” KnowsWantWellsSucceedAmbitionOkayHollywoodInternationalActressesAccentsMy Ambition Author:Eva Green
“People on the right say to people like me, Oh, you hate America. And I always say, No, I love America. I want it back. I don't want you representing it. I don't want torture representing it. If I hated it, I'd be okay with being represented by the torturers.” PeopleIfsWantAmericaHateOkayI HateLike MeHatedTortureRepresenting Author:Bill Maher
“In the old days, people thought that wouldn't be amenable to life. Modern studies with computers have shown that it's okay to be tidally locked. If a planet heats up on one side and not the other, the atmosphere can still circulate, because heat wants to move around.” PeopleIfsWantStillsMovingSidesStudyModernPlanetsComputerOkayAtmosphereHeatLockedOld DaysAmenable Author:Sara Seager
“I love french fries, I like a good burger, and I like pie. And that's okay. I would be depressed if I felt I could never eat the things that I love. I also don't want my girls to be obsessed about food. We don't have a "no junk food" rule - I just want them to think about their choices.” IfsThinkingWantWould BeChoicesGirlFeltOkayObsessedPieJunkBurgersMy GirlJunk FoodFriesFrench FriesFrench Love Author:Michelle Obama
“It is never okay to use the toilet with the door open... I never want to know what comes out of there because sometimes I eat at that restaurant.” KnowsWantSometimesUseDoorsOkayRestaurantsToilets Author:Carlos Mencia
“Conservatives won't want to hear this, but the Republican who maneuvered his way into the most impressive victory of the election was California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Okay, he's sui generis. But he won a landslide victory after moving to the center, while holding onto conservatives by not hiking taxes.” WayWantMovingVictoryRepublicanTaxesOkayElectionCaliforniaHikingImpressiveHolding OnSchwarzeneggerLandslides Author:Fred Barnes
“The only person I do worry about, that I want to be a good person for, I think is my responsibility, is my sister. I'm going to be cool for you, okay. I like, I need to, I like being by myself right now. I think it's good for me.” ThinkingWantNeedsPersonsResponsibilityWorryRight NowOkayMy SisterGood PersonBeing CoolBeing A Good Person Author:Britney Spears
“You can`t use hair spray, because hair spray is going to affect the ozone. I`m trying to figure out - okay, I`m in my room in New York City and I want to put a little spray, so that I can - all right? Right?” WantTryingLittlesI CanUseRoomsCitiesFiguresNew YorkHairOkayNew York CitySprayOzone Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Standing in front of a microphone where every word or every slip that you make, especially in these times, is with you forever - you want to say the right thing. I fell into having to extemporize, and it came okay because of tools I've learned. I said [to myself], "Remember [to mention] mom and dad."” WantSaidRememberForeverFrontsMomDadStandingToolsOkayRight ThingI've LearnedSlipsMicrophonesMom And Dad Author:Neil Peart
“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