“In my personal life, my family makes me laugh more than anybody; I think that is the same for everybody. I certainly hope it is.” ThinkingLaughingMy FamilyPersonal LifeMake Me Laugh Author:Dylan Moran
“I think what we do is really, at times, a complicated thing. But at the end of the day it's so important that we make art for people that need to escape reality for a second. That's what music has always been for me. It's been a way to tap out of what's going on in my personal life.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsArtImportantEndsRealityComplicatedThe End Of The DayPersonal LifeComplicated ThingsEscape Reality Author:Bethany Cosentino
“These days, more than any other time, we are worried about our personal life, our private life. When we talk about our private life, it means our home, our body even. It seems that when we want to have calmness in this world, we make a wall around us. This gives us a very calm environment, and when we feel that somebody is intruding into that, it makes us very angry and we feel we have to do something about it.” WorldWantGivingFeelsMeanHomeBodySeemsEnvironmentThis WorldWallAngryCalmWorriedThese DaysPersonal LifePrivate LifeCalmness Author:Asghar Farhadi
“I think thing that makes Batman so endlessly interesting is that he's one of the most flawed and deeply human characters, even though he seems completely the most inhuman and infallible in costume. Psychologically he's one of the most complicated in both his strengths and his weaknesses. For me, one of his great strengths and weaknesses is that confidence. His emotional self-protection is one of the things that makes him heroic and sacrificing; he doesn't have a personal life. He sacrifices those to be the best hero he can be.” ThinkingHumansSelfCharacterSeemsInterestingSacrificeEmotionalHeroWeaknessComplicatedProtectionBeing The BestHeroicPersonal LifeCostumesFlawedInfallibleInhumanStrength And WeaknessSelf ProtectionBest Hero Author:Scott Snyder
“Two things were falling apart, my personal life, my professional life. And I realized that all those things were supposed to make me happy, but nothing could fill me up except myself. So I went into analysis. I went to see a doctor, to talk about my lack of self-esteem. I don't know how to say it better: my lack of self-esteem, my insecurity, and how these things were not going to fill me up. And I'd better fix myself and then find out what I liked. For me, therapy was the greatest gift I could ever give myself. There's nothing I could have done for myself that would've been better.” KnowsGivingTwoSelfDoneFallKnow HowSelf EsteemDoctorsI RealizedEsteemAnalysisTherapyTwo ThingsInsecurityPersonal LifeFalling ApartGreatest GiftsMake Me HappyProfessional Life Author:Sherry Lansing
“We can't have extraordinary dynamism, innovation, and change in the economy and expect to have predictability and stability in our personal lives. It's not as if there are these big, giant institutions existing between us and the economy. In fact, these institutions have become tissue-thin. There is no mediation anymore. We are the economy; the economy is us.” EconomyInnovationExtraordinaryStabilityPersonal LifeMediationPredictability Author:Robert Reich
“There is a profound injustice at the heart of the American economy. You look at the media and realize that these corporate-run commercial entities are failing to give Americans the information they need to make informed choices. You look at the food we're eating and the obesity epidemic and realize there is something fundamentally wrong about our nutritional habits. So across the board there is something fundamentally unjust about every aspect of our personal lives.” GivingHeartChoicesRealizingEconomyFailingHabitEatingProfoundInjusticePersonal LifeObesity Author:Kalle Lasn
“Paparazzi will sit outside my house to see where I'm going, and when they see it's the studio, they'll be like, "This is boring," and drive off. But you'd never catch me dancing on tables in public. I have no desire to be known for my personal life.” DesireHouseDancingBoringPersonal LifePaparazziCatch Me Author:America Ferrera
“I think it's kind of a stretch. You know, it's one thing if somebody working for the U.S. government has sold secrets to the other side, it's another if they have something in their personal life that they're hiding for which they could be blackmailed. Having evidence that they didn't tell the truth to somebody in the same building where they work, maybe it's just the old intel guy, is - it's a problem.” ThinkingKindProblemGuySecretBuildingEvidenceTelling The TruthHidingPersonal Life Author:Robert M. Gates
“The whole decision to do my show was that I was trying to "true up" my work life and my personal life and I wanted the principles in both of them to be the same. And the only way that I could think of to do that was to make a show about exploring cultures through food that demonstrated those principles with every story that we told.” ThinkingTryingCultureDecisionExploringPersonal Life Author:Andrew Zimmern
“Just because my personal life may not be in shambles any more it doesn't mean anything has been solved. A ring doesn't solve problems. I think I'm still having dark visions. I think I'm just a little bit fatalistic. There is a personality flaw at work perhaps.” ThinkingMeanProblemDarkVisionPersonalityRingsFlawsPersonal Life Author:Marissa Nadler
“I never really put pressure on myself to make things seem new and spontaneous, mostly because I think everything is kind of derivative at this point. I enjoy the old-fashioned idea of like, His Girl Friday and Bringing Up Baby, those old movies. Those relationships are kind of where I've gotten inspiration for this character and this relationship. But I think what makes it new is just the words coming out of my mouth personally, and my take on it based on my own personal life experience is hopefully going to add something a little different, and add some flavor to it.” ThinkingKindDifferentCharacterInspirationGirlEnjoyBabyHopefullyLife ExperienceSpontaneousPersonal LifeFridayOld Movie Author:Judy Greer
“If you can just focus on creating your art whether that's music or writing a book or painting trust me it is really hard to balance that with a personal life. You have to be willing to sacrifice sometimes things in your personal life if your ultimate goal is to pursue things as an artist.” WritingArtBookSometimesArtistGoalFocusSacrificePaintingBalanceUltimatePersonal LifeTrust MeWriting A Book Author:Butch Vig
“My album Pain Medicine might not make all of America feel better, but for single mothers and women who have been hurt as well as women who seek personal life fulfillment it will make them feel as if they have someone they can relate too. The obstacles and issues that I have gone through in my life are more then one could imagine so if I can make it they can also make it through anything.” PainMotherHurtImagineObstaclesFulfillmentFeel BetterPersonal LifeBeen HurtSingle Mother Author:K.Michelle
“What I discovered with acting is that you step out of your own personal life and you connect with characters that are not you and you try to understand their journey. I have three Chihuahuas, but I'm not a father. I can put myself in the position of playing a father on a TV show, by paying closer attention to my friends that have kids and by spending more time with my nephew.” TryingCharacterKidsFatherActingAttentionJourneyPersonal LifeNephew Author:Travis Aaron Wade
“Some cynical people may see that the only reason I'm doing something more mainstream is part of a strategy to become more successful but I just see it as a bonus. It just happened... that's the way it is and there's an opportunity there and we're going to take advantage of it. I'd rather if I'm going to be working as hard as I've been working for the last two years - non-stop, solid, no personal life, no break - then I want what I've been working on to be as successful as possible. And I will take advantage of every opportunity that comes my way.” PeopleReasonOpportunityBreakSuccessfulStrategyMy WayCynicalPersonal Life Author:Ben Drew
“Whether people identify as feminists or not, if they're doing work that furthers a feminist cause, I think that's wonderful, like if it works for me, right, it works for the movement. But I do think that personally they're missing out. If you don't identify as a feminist, you're missing out on this whole community that's out there that could really help you with your work, help you with your personal life, and just give you support.” PeopleThinkingGivingHelpingCommunitySupportWonderfulMissingFeministPersonal LifeMissing Out Author:Jessica Valenti
“I don't talk about my personal life in great detail. I write about it in my songs, and I feel like you can share enough about your life in your music to let people know what you're going through.” PeopleWritingEnoughSongShareLike YouPersonal Life Author:Taylor Swift
“This album is my life, and my life's really not that interesting. It's not "not interesting," but I'm just some dude just like everyone else. But by recording it in an album format, it becomes a product. That's the idea of Built on Glass; it's the relationship between my personal life and the music I make.” InterestingPersonal Life Author:Nick Murphy
“Everything that happens to me gets put into a song. For some reason, I'm really comfortable talking about my personal life in songs. There, I don't hold back: names, dates, times, expressions on people's faces, exactly where we were and how it felt, what I wish I would have said to them in the moment. So I'm not only excited about sharing the songs with fans; I'm also pretty interested to hear the response from the guys I've written about on the record.” ReasonMomentsGuySongWishResponseExcitedPersonal Life Author:Taylor Swift
“For the future, I don't want to make solid plans, because you never know what will happen, but I know I don't want to be bored. I really try to focus on the present and be ready for every opportunity. I am so happy with my career and personal life. I never thought I would be working in television and movies, so I am very lucky.” TryingOpportunityFocusLuckyBoredPersonal Life Author:Rebecca Romijn
“I'm not in the media that much, so people don't know my personality very well - they just know my work. I feel bad for people who have to read about my personal life and my relationships and see photos of me going through security at an airport. It's like watching a commercial for a hamburger that looks delicious, like a Big Mac, and then going to where they make it and taking photos of what it looks like behind the counter, and it's horrifying.” PeopleSecurityPersonalityPersonal Life Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“I've been very lucky and fortunate to meet people that are very inspirational in their spirits, too, and not just as filmmakers - in their personal life. I mean, Steven Spielberg is very inspirational just to sit down and talk for an hour, like Ingmar Bergman was. They know so much about life and, you know, movie-making, so it's just wonderful to be around those people.” PeopleMeanSpiritHoursWonderfulLuckyFilmmakerPersonal Life Author:Peter Stormare
“When you're a songwriter, people wonder about your personal life and the meanings behind the songs, and that can feel pretty invasive, so you become protective about your inner world.” PeopleWorldSongWonderPersonal Life Author:Will Sheff
“This is one of the good parts of being a freelancer - you get to choose the spot you're going to be working at. But I wouldn't base everything on my social media or my work. I'm also a person and I have my personal life. So my social media is my work. It's an important part of my life but it's not my life. People tend to get the wrong idea because they only see the good stuff but it's just my work. I'm trying to portray only the good stuff and what I think is going to be inspiring. I have a personal Instagram where my friends follow me.” PeopleThinkingTryingImportantSocial MediaPersonal LifeFollow Me Author:Aubrey Plaza
“I doubt that I would have been successful in my career and happy in my personal life if I hadn't prioritized health and fitness. Staying active ensures mental preparedness and the courage to try new things. It helped me to stay focused on work but also to have fun and try new approaches and explore new places. That's the spirit behind Virgin Sport - we wanted to introduce fitness activities that are enjoyable, accessible and part of your overall lifestyle.” TryingSpiritFunSportsSuccessfulDoubtFocusedLifestyleHaving FunIntroducingPersonal LifeEnjoyableStay FocusedPreparedness Author:Richard Branson
“The most important lesson of all: Go home. Make time for the ones you love. The easiest thing to think about living like an entrepreneur is that these skills apply to only one part of your life: your job. That's a mistake. In the same way that entrepreneurs are redefining many of the traditional rules of the workplace, they're also helping to break down one of the most stubborn boundaries of all, the one between work and family. While it's popular to say you can have either a successful career or a meaningful personal life, I'd like to suggest you can aim for both.” ThinkingImportantHelpingHomeMistakeBreakSuccessfulAimEntrepreneurMeaningfulBoundariesWorkplaceStubbornPersonal LifeBreaking DownMaking TimeSuccessful Career Author:Linda Rottenberg
“I envy people that have separate lives - that their job is one thing, their personal life is another. I've never been able to have that going on for me. I always try and keep some distance. I mean you can never give everything, so there is some distance, but it's pretty raw on some levels.” PeopleGivingTryingMeanDistanceEnvyPersonal Life Author:Slater Bradley
“If I ever treated being gay as a problem, then I'm going to continuously find problems, I'm never going to find solutions. Students consistently ask about my personal life, and I kindly let them know, "That's my personal life, you don't need to know that." I've never had a negative interaction with students or parents. I try to become a part of the community so that parents can feel as comfortable with their child moving along in the curriculum more so than me being a problem.” TryingChildrenProblemMovingParentCommunityStudentsGaySolutionsNegativeConsistentlyPersonal LifeBeing Gay Author:Jason Bailey
“I don't want to make it sound too much like I'm telling people how to read the book A Thousand Pardons, but what Ben Armstead is doing, he's doing more or less on purpose as a very elaborate way of making a sacrifice in his personal life. He needs to start over. This is how he chooses to do it - by blowing up where he is.” PeopleBookPurposeSacrificePersonal LifeStarting Over Author:Jonathan Dee
“After my stroke I put down much of the luggage of my life. I didn't have to prove anything anymore - in business, in my personal life or whatever. And now, as I work on my autobiography, I enjoy looking back, seeing the connections, the causes and effects of my life.” EnjoyProveLooking BackAutobiographyPersonal LifeCause And Effect Author:Hugh Hefner
“When I talk to Ryan Murphy or Ali Adler about my past or things in my personal life, occasionally pieces of that will end up in the script, and I think that's true of everybody. It's true of that entire writer's room, certainly of Ryan and Ali. I think that he writes really well for actors, for his actors, and he writes to their strengths. I always feel very well taken care of with him.” ThinkingWritingCarePastTakenPersonal LifeMy PastMurphy Author:Andrew Rannells
“Maybe I just have a different line than other people in terms of where my personal emotional space becomes public and private. There's almost nothing I wouldn't tell somebody about my quote - unquote "personal life" if they asked in any conversation. There's nothing I've done or said that's that great. I don't see anything I've done to be that different than any other normal person.” PeopleDifferentDoneTermEmotionalPersonal Life Author:Terence Nance
“I'm more interested in talking about what I do. And I don't think people are interested in my personal life. I've never had a Hollywood life. I've always been a worker. But it's true: If you know something about a person outside of the movie that is really repulsive to you, it's hard to shake. So I prefer to do my speaking through the work. I don't want people to know anything about me, because that's not important. I'm more interested in the me that takes shape through these characters. The other stuff is personal and too easy to trivialize out of context.” PeopleThinkingImportantCharacterEasyPersonal LifeOf Context Author:Willem Dafoe
“Michael Vick is a work in progress. I think he really is wanting to do the right thing. I think the Philadelphia Eagles have been a great organization for him. He's had some ups and downs. He still has to learn to not put himself in, maybe bad situations, in terms of personal life and friends, and that kind of thing. But all in all, I think he's growing every day.” ThinkingKindTermSituationProgressRight ThingPersonal LifeUps & DownsWork In Progress Author:Tony Dungy
“People probably long for something genuinely personal in a society where the personal is often indistinguishable from the "personalized." Maybe the poetry audience member is searching for his or her own "personal space" and they expect the poet to be a sort of avatar of the private life. But that sort of representation is distasteful to me. Asking a poet to represent the personal life is, paradoxically, to turn the poet into something other than a person.” PeopleLongAudiencePoetRepresentationPersonal LifeDistastefulPersonal Space Author:Rae Armantrout
“Don't get paparazzi following me everywhere. My life there is exactly the same as it would have been if I had not been in Harry Potter. So for me, Harry Potter isn't something that changed my life. It's just something I did that was a lot of fun, and I got to experience amazing things from. But my actual, personal life is the same.” FunChangedHarry PotterPersonal LifeChanged My LifePaparazzi Author:Matthew Lewis
“I don't really know what makes someone want to be a cartoonist, but part of it is trying to get in trouble. You're looking where the line is and seeing how much you can step over it, and I mean, I do that in my personal life, too. I try to anger and piss people off a little bit to try to see what I can get away with. I got in trouble with more than one cartoon.” PeopleTryingMeanTroubleGet AwayOver ItCartoonPersonal LifeCartoonist Author:Barry Blitt
“Until the moment I came out as a gay, I have kept my personal life and my career strictly separate from each other. No one was supposed to know that I'm gay. This game of hide-and-seek was incredibly strenuous and it took a lot of energy out of me. Now I'm hoping that I can put that energy into my training.” MomentsEnergyGayTrainingPersonal Life Author:Orlando Cruz
“I think all those years that I spent as a nurse, from the age of seventeen, just allowed me an insight into human emotion at those times of life when it's so important. And to see and witness those times of grief and love and loss and all those things was such a huge privilege, both in my own personal life, but it also, I think, spills over into my writing. I think the one thing that most novelists have is some degree of emotional intelligence, and if you don't have that, then perhaps you might struggle to be a novelist, because that has to come out somewhere.” ThinkingWritingImportantAgeLossGriefEmotionStruggleEmotionalInsightWitnessNursePersonal LifeLove And Loss Author:Christie Watson
“It's hard no to work, so I find a way to put myself back to work. And I think it's important, in between projects, for me to sit down with who I've just become and allow her to continue to evolve and find a home inside me before I go and become somebody else. But I think I also need to learn to relax and not prepare too much, just enjoy life. I notice that my characters go out to dinner and have fun and take these great trips, but I spend so much time on their lives, I don't have much of a personal life of my own. I have to sort of remember to fill out that little notebook on me.” ThinkingImportantCharacterHomeRememberFunEnjoyEvolveHaving FunRelaxPersonal LifeEnjoy LifeNotebookBack To Work Author:Angelina Jolie
“I don't think that you should be perfectly candid and frank about the intimate details of your personal life with the public at large. Subsequently, it creates considerable personal problems.” ThinkingProblemIntimateFrankPersonal LifePersonal Problems Author:Tom Waits
“I was terrified of being on television - and also I overcompensated, I'm sure, because I know I did this in my personal life too at the time, when I was younger.” Personal Life Author:Janeane Garofalo
“There's my personal life, my sensitive side, and then me as a performer, sexy and energised and fun.” FunSidesSexySensitivePerformersPersonal Life Author:Beyonce Knowles
“In my personal life, I'm a comic novel. But then, so are we all, because we're human beings.” HumansLiteratureHuman BeingsNovelComicPersonal Life Author:Dean Koontz
“I do give myself a break in my personal life but I think in work, if you don't push yourself you get bored and want to do something else.” IfsThinkingWantGivingBreakBoredPersonal LifePush Yourself Author:Diane Kruger
“I have a kind of boring personal life, to the paparazzi anyway, and I don't hang with the cool crowd.” KindCrowdsBoringPersonal LifePaparazzi Author:Diane Kruger
“I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I don't like, but I always remember how lucky we are that we're playing football.” PeoplePersonsRememberOne ThingFootballLuckyPersonal LifePlaying Football Author:Frank Lampard
“I don't feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don't care if people think I'm gay or not. Assume whatever you want. You do it anyway.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNeedsFeelsCareShareGayAssumingDon't CareI Don't CarePersonal Life Author:Queen Latifah
“I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.” IfsKnowsGivingWritingTwoHardDealsTeachCreativeHard WorkGiving UpProgramTelling The TruthPersonal LifeCreative WritingWhole TruthCreative Writers Author:Doris Lessing