“It is a question in that case of breaking up one piece of art, and whether that piece of art can be as best as possible put back together. So it's an argument to say, maybe that's one of those instances, like the bust of Nefertiti, I think that should be given back [Egyptian piece currently in Neues Museum in Berlin]. It's one of those pieces you look at and think that would probably be the right thing to do.” ThinkingShouldLooksArtTogetherGivenCasesPiecesArgumentInstanceThings To DoRight ThingMuseumsBerlinBack TogetherOne PieceEgyptianNefertiti Author:George Clooney
“Just the idea to have everything you need essentially stored in one piece of portable technology is very exciting.” NeedsIdeasTechnologyPiecesExcitingOne Piece Author:Graham McTavish
“Confidence: It's the difference between the girl with the perfect body in a one-piece bathing suit, pulling at it and thinking she's not thin enough or doesn't have big enough boobs - and the girl who people call a bit overweight, but meanwhile, she's wearing a bikini and guys are saying, "God, she's sexy." It all has to do with how you feel about yourself - it's about projecting the attitude, I'm OK with who I am.” PeopleThinkingFeelsEnoughBodyBigsGuyGirlBitsDifferencesPerfectAttitudePiecesSexyWho I AmSuitsAbout YourselfPullingHow You FeelOverweightOne PieceBathingBikinisBathing Suits Author:Jennifer Lopez
“I'm afraid I am a bit of a technophobe - a nineteenth-century man caught in the twenty-first century. But there is one piece of technology that I would especially welcome: a device to automatically balance restaurant tables on all four legs so that they don't rock back and forth.” MenFirstsBitsTechnologyPiecesFourRocksCenturyBalanceTwentiesTablesCaughtLegsWelcomeRestaurantsDevicesBack And ForthNineteenth CenturyOne Piece Author:Leonard Susskind
“I am interested in the gaps between one piece of sidewalk and the next. I am interested in the things for which we dont always have a name, and the things that are not easy to articulate - the difference between what we think and how we feel.” ThinkingFeelsNextNamesEasyDifferencesPiecesGapsSidewalkOne Piece Author:Amy Bloom
“To the casual observer it looks like I have moved on since I go around wearing my little happy mask all day. I smile and laugh and carry on like my heart's still in one piece, but beneath it all, I am dying.” LooksHeartLittlesStillsLaughingPiecesDyingMy HeartMovedMaskObserversCasualOne PieceI SmileMoved OnSmile And Laugh Author:Melody Carlson
“Personally, I like one hand preacher curls with dumbbells. You don't have to do 100 pound dumbbells to get a burn. Heck I can do 35- 45 dumbbells and get something out of it. It's also great for guys that travel. It's the one piece of equipment that most hotels always have.” I CanHandsGuyCan DoPiecesHotelPoundsPreacherEquipmentCurlsOne PieceDumbbells Author:Phil Heath
“Life gives us clay; it is we to make a pot out of it! But sometimes it gives us pot; it is again we to keep it in one piece, as a pot! All jobs are ours! Life only gives things and it has no other responsibility!” LifeGivingSometimesJobsResponsibilityPiecesPotClayOne Piece Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“I came up to New York at 20 with a suitcase and a ceramic tiger. That was my one piece of furniture and I wanted to save it.” WantedPiecesNew YorkTigersFurnitureOne PieceSuitcasesCeramics Author:Rex Smith
“By the way, that's my number one piece of advice if you're going to join a startup: pick a rocket ship.” IfsWayNumbersPiecesTeamAdvicePicksShipsRocketsOne Piece Author:Sam Altman
“He who receives Communion is made holy and Divinized in soul and body in the same way that water, set over a fire, becomes boiling... Communion works like yeast that has been mixed into dough so that it leavens the whole mass; ...Just as by melting two candles together you get one piece of wax, so, I think, one who receives the Flesh and Blood of Jesus is fused together with Him by this Communion, and the soul finds that he is in Christ and Christ is in him” ThinkingWayHas BeensMadeTwoSoulWholeBodyTogetherJesusChristWaterFirePiecesBloodHolyMassFleshCandleCommunionSacramentsMeltingOne PieceFlesh And BloodBoilingDoughSoul And BodyYeastBlood Of Jesus Author:Cyril of Alexandria
“If you ever write a book, I can only give you one piece of advice. Don't let your parents get involved.” IfsGivingWritingI CanBookParentPiecesAdviceInvolvedGet InvolvedOne Piece Author:Markus Zusak
“When I find research really rewarding is when one piece of information gives you an idea for a story. That's when it's great.” GivingIdeasStoriesPiecesInformationResearchOne Piece Author:Markus Zusak
“I'll generally write out every scene that's in the film on a couple of pieces of paper, just with a little one-line. And then I can scan it a bit and go, 'This first third of the film, generally, I'm kind of calm.' Then I might do something on one piece of paper that just relates to the energy of the character.” WritingFirstsKindLittlesI CanCharacterMightFilmEnergyBitsLinesPiecesCoupleScenePaperThirdsCalmRelateOne PieceOne Line Author:Guy Pearce
“There is so much baggage we burden ourselves with over the years that keeps us from seeing things the way they are. Some baggage we carry with us for a single thought, some for years, and some for lifetimes. But there isn't one piece that isn't our own creation.” WayYearsPiecesSeeingCreationLifetimeBurdenBaggageOne Piece Book:Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China Source: Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China
“I would be lying to you if I said I wouldn't love for it [Equalizer] to become a franchise, I would love for it to become a hit and all that great stuff. Who knows-you just make the best movie you can make, you know it's like, eat the whole thing, one piece at a time. And then, we'll see what happens, I would love for it to be.” IfsKnowsSaidWholeHappensWould BeLyingStuffPiecesOne PieceEqualizer Author:Antoine Fuqua
“I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your mark and gotten your Rolling Stone piece and your Grammy nomination, that they're on to the next piece of meat, and they don't necessarily like to follow the twistsand turns of an artistic career. Throwing an opera at them is something they have to notice. There's nothing subtle about it.” MadeAmericaTurnsNextCareersPiecesStonesMarkArtisticMeatSubtleThrowingOperaRollingUps & DownsRolling StonesNominationsOne PieceGrammy Author:Rufus Wainwright
“The creature called man has a strange history. He is not of one piece, nor was he born of a single moment in time. His elementary substance is stardust almost as old as the universe.” MenMomentsUniverseBornPiecesStrangeCreaturesSubstanceMoments In TimeSingle MomOne PieceStardust Author:Loren Eiseley
“It is a common experience that attempts to solve just one piece of a problem first, then others, and so on, lead to endless involutions. You no sooner solve one aspect of a thing, than another point is out of point. And when you correct that one, something else goes wrong. You go round and round in circles, unable to produce a form that is thoroughly right.” FirstsProblemFormCommonPiecesProduceAspectRoundsSolveCirclesEndlessJust OneOne PieceCommon Experience Author:Christopher Alexander
“Each element of the cosmos is positively woven from all the others...The universe holds together, and only one way of considering it is really possible, that is, to take it as a whole, in one piece.” WayWholeTogetherUniversePiecesElementsOne WayCosmosConsideringPositivelyWovenOne Piece Author:Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!” WantPiecesAdviceAchievementLifetimeAwardsOne PieceLifetime Achievement Author:Shirley Temple
“You're not going to see me in a bikini again, that's for sure. I was horrified to wear that. I was mortified. I was like, "Danny, can you put me in a one-piece?," and he gave me that red bikini. I was like, "That's not a one-piece. That's a two-piece with a string."” TwoPiecesRedStringsOne PieceBikinis Author:Maggie Q
“Martial sex is kinda like ordering a Civil War chess set through the mail. You get one piece every four to six weeks, you don't know what kind of shape that piece is gonna be in when you get it, but you still gotta pay the handling charges.” KnowsKindStillsWarSexPayPiecesFourWeekShapesSixChessCivil WarMailOne Piece Author:Bill Engvall
“Never submit an idea or chapter to an editor or publisher, no matter how much he would like you to. Writing from the approved idea is (another) gravely serious time-waster. This is your story. Try and find out what your editor wants in advance, but then try and give it to him in one piece.” WantGivingWritingTryingIdeasMatterStoriesPiecesSeriousLike YouEditorsSubmitChaptersPublishersApprovedOne Piece Author:John Creasey
“Well I guess my music came to prominence around one piece called 'In C' which I wrote in 1964 at that time it was called 'The Global Villages for Symphonic Pieces', because it was a piece built out of 53 simple patterns and the structure was new to music at that time.” WellsSimplePiecesBuiltStructurePatternsVillageOne PieceProminenceGlobal Village Author:Terry Riley
“Anarchism means all sort of things to different people but the traditional anarchists' movements assumed that there'd be a highly organized society, just one organized from below with direct participation and so on. Actually, one piece of the media confusion has a basis because there really are two different strands in the occupy movement, both important, but different.” PeopleMeanTwoImportantDifferentPiecesMediaMovementDirectBasesConfusionTraditionalOrganizedJust OneParticipationDifferent PeoplesAnarchismAnarchistStrandsOne PieceOccupy Movement Author:Noam Chomsky
“I like making series, for a couple reasons. One, the repetition of routine is very healthy because I can get a little crazy; I want to be making things all the time. And if I publish something every week, I don't have to put every idea I have into one piece. It's more like, here's one idea: execute it, see it through, think about it, do it the best you can. And then there are going to be ten more ideas that come while you're making that, because creativity works that way.” IfsThinkingWayWantLittlesI CanIdeasReasonCreativityPiecesWeekCrazyCoupleHealthyTenSeriesRoutineRepetitionPublishBecause I CanOne Piece Author:Paul Madonna
“If I had one piece of advice for people - if they are cooking from the Alinea cookbook, the Betty Crocker cookbook or the back of the box - read through the entire recipe first before reaching for any ingredients, and then read again and execute the directions.” PeopleIfsFirstsPiecesAdviceCookingBoxesReachingIngredientsRecipesOne PieceCookbookBetty Crocker Author:Grant Achatz
“If you look at the requirements for just one piece, like art, from one generation of games to the next, it will change radically. You need people who are adaptable because the thing that makes you the best in the world in one generation of games is going to be totally useless in the next.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsLooksArtNextGamesPiecesGenerationsUselessJust OneRequirementsOne PieceAdaptable Author:Gabe Newell
“It's funny how you can struggle with one piece and write a better one in a minute. When things come easy, it means it's good.” WritingMeanEasyStrugglePiecesMinutesOne Piece Author:Joe Satriani
“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
“I came up in the '60s; that was a time when there was a revolution going on in music. Stravinsky had become a twelve-tone composer; even Aaron Copland was writing twelve-tone pieces at that time!” WritingPiecesRevolutionToneComposerTwelveOne PieceStravinsky Author:Paul Lansky
“One piece of graffiti doesn't mean much. Forty pieces of graffiti might mean something... It's all about connecting the dots.” MeanMightPiecesFortyConnectingDotsOne PieceGraffitiConnecting The Dots Author:Kim Rossmo
“When it does get below freezing and there is - it's cold enough for ice to form, then that changes the whole landscape, and it makes the landscape a different landscape to the one that I worked with previously. And I want to understand that. But the big tension of the ice works is that they're often made when it's cold enough to freeze one piece of ice to another.” WantDoeMadeDifferentEnoughWholeBigsFormPiecesColdIceLandscapeTensionFreezeOne PieceFreezing Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“It's really great to do one piece, "I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face," my dad developed in 1956, when he was 20 years old, and it's great to do that piece again now and see that it still really works as well as it ever did.” YearsWellsStillsFacesPiecesDadMy DadYour FaceReally GreatAccustomedOne Piece Author:Brian Henson
“I've not been to Afghanistan or - but what people are clearly pointing to is that it becomes more difficult to have it. You could do it. I think weather is a factor. The most important factor though is credibility and legitimacy. What I wanted earlier to say is what I think Senator [John] Kerry is pointing to, which is important, is the strategic review on whether to send more troops is only one piece of the puzzle, important piece.” PeopleThinkingImportantWantedDifficultPiecesWeatherFactorsReviewsAfghanistanTroopsSenatorsPuzzlesPointingCredibilityStrategicOne PieceLegitimacyJohn Kerry Author:Rahm Emanuel
“I think the teams biggest struggle is remaining a team. It's kinda like a puzzle, If one piece of the puzzle is missing then the puzzle can't be completed. Every team member plays an important part.” IfsThinkingImportantPlayStrugglePiecesTeamMissingMembersPuzzlesOne PieceTeam Member Author:Katie Cassidy
“We go from Malachi to Matthew in one page of our scriptures, but that one piece of paper that separates the Old Testament from the New Testament represents 400 years of history - 400 years where there wasn't a prophet, 400 years where God's voice wasn't heard. And that silence was broken with the cry of a baby on Christmas night.” YearsNightVoiceSilencePiecesHeardCryBrokenBabyPaperPagesScriptureProphetTestamentNew TestamentOld TestamentOne PieceMatthew Author:Louie Giglio
“I'm not a cinematic cinematic person. I go to the movies like I did back when I was a kid. I go to the movies and I sit down. If the music works, hmm. If it doesn't work, hmm. The whole concept of the thing, not as one piece here or there. For me, music is a large part.” IfsPersonsWholeKidsPiecesMusic IsConceptsBack WhenOne PieceCinematicHmm Author:Melvin Van Peebles
“It's hard to make it one piece of advice. For me, what's most important is you kind of choose your point of view.” KindImportantHardViewsPiecesAdvicePoint Of ViewOne Piece Author:MC Lyte
“The stress that we [with Abilities] always feel is trying to continue advancing with our music. That's our plight, it's ingrained in our personalities. We feel like we're trying to race the world of music itself - just trying to create the best music, and as soon as we get done with one piece we're trying to figure out how to top it.” WorldFeelsTryingDoneAbilityRacePiecesFiguresPersonalityStressAdvancingOne PiecePlight Author:Eyedea
“I think in the end, I want to make sure that my kids come out of this thing on the other end in one piece. But I also know that that's how the rest of the country feels as well, so for that I am grateful.” ThinkingKnowsWantFeelsWellsEndsCountryKidsPiecesGratefulOne PieceI Am Grateful Author:Michelle Obama
“What I do is give Ennio Morricone suggestions and describe to him my characters, and then, quite often, he'll possibly write five themes for one character. And five themes for another. And then I'll take one piece of one of them and put it with a piece of another one for that character or take another theme from another character and move it into this character.... And when I have my characters finally dressed, then he composes.” GivingWritingCharacterMovingFivePiecesThemeSuggestionsOne Piece Author:Sergio Leone
“I'm a messenger. I'm one piece of a giant jigsaw puzzle.” PiecesGiantsPuzzlesMessengersOne PieceJigsawJigsaw Puzzles Author:Simon Sinek
“It's very, very rare to find five roles in one piece where we'd all jump at the chance to play any of them.” PlayChanceRolesFivePiecesOne Piece Author:Nicole Kidman
“My one piece of advice to anyone trying to do acting - this would just be to keep going. It sounds really basic, but I went to 121 auditions my first year in L.A. That is no exaggeration, because I keep lists - I know it's a little psychotic - of every audition that I have ever been to. I went to 121 auditions and I got none. But who cares?” TryingCareActingAdviceKeep GoingExaggerationOne PiecePsychotic Author:Ana Mulvoy-Ten
“The thing that makes makeup or clothing or fashion beautiful is the fact that the person wearing them loves themselves and loves being able to kind of use them as artistic tools. And so if I was to give one piece of advice, it would be to find beauty in your core first before you go out into the world and find it in other ways.” WorldGivingKindBeautifulLove IsAdviceFashionArtisticMakeupOne Piece Author:Amandla Stenberg
“We've made a huge effort globally and in the US, in getting kids jobs. This is one piece. The South Bronx and inner-city schools need it more than most. It's our hometown; JPMorgan Chase banks a lot of people here. If you see the school, it works. Kids all getting jobs, they're smiling, they're proud of themselves. That's what we need to do in inner-city schools.” PeopleKidsSchoolEffortProudHometownOne Piece Author:Jamie Dimon
“With my husband it was never like "omg, should I text him?" or "he didn't call me for two days." So, I think I knew it was right because it just happened so naturally. That's one piece of advice that I would give to women who are struggling in this crazy world of dating.” ThinkingWorldGivingStruggleCrazyAdviceHusbandDatingCall MeMy HusbandOne PieceCrazy World Author:Lindsay Ellingson