“I kind of don't believe in actors directing themselves. Obviously some people have done it well, but I don't see how I could. It's funny that you ask, because I've just been thinking that maybe I'd rather direct The Bell Jar than act in it. It's a huge leap to go from a short to a feature, so I'm tentative - I'm like, Well, that's just so triple-type-A personality of you.” PeopleThinkingBelieveWellsKindDoneActorsAsksHugeTypePersonalityDirectDon't BelieveFeaturesLeapBellsJarsBell Jar Author:Julia Stiles
“Psychiatrists are usually very well imbued with the clinical role, where helping the sick person is the goal. And that's quite incompatible with the truthseeking role. That's probably true of the other fields, too, but maybe more so of the personalities that gravitate toward psychiatry. They tend to care about people and wish to be helpful.” PeopleWellsPersonsHelpingCareWishGoalRolesFieldsPersonalitySickHelpfulPsychiatryPsychiatristClinicalsSick Person Author:Park Dietz
“It's shot by Ben Rayner who I think is very talented at doing portrait photography as well as fashion photography. His images never look like a model. You know, it doesn't look like a faceless model just wearing whatever. There's always personality that comes through. That was quite important for me to capture.” ThinkingKnowsWellsLooksImportantFashionPersonalityPhotographyModelsShotsCapturePortraitsFacelessFashion PhotographyPortrait Photography Author:Alexa Chung
“My personality does well with people who are deemed difficult. I don't know why it does but I just seem to get along with them. The more difficult the better.” PeopleKnowsWellsDoeSeemsDifficultPersonality Author:Nicole Kidman
“I'm a touring artist - I love going out and playing live, and I was sick of making records didn't translate well live - that misrepresented who I was as an artist. I'm not saying those records weren't good. I think they're great. I think a lot of them have great songs. My challenge was making the songs that were specifically great for the type of personality I wanted to present which was my personality - I wanted to get that across on record - and have something that was fun and energetic live.” ThinkingWellsWantedArtistSongFunChallengesRecordsTypePersonalitySickTranslateGoing OutTouringEnergetic Author:Todd Carey
“It's a deep and all but certain truth about narcissistic personalities that to meet them is to love them, but to know them well is to find them unbearable. Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm.” KnowsWellsCertainTurnsPersonalitySmartArroganceCharmUnbearableNarcissisticSmugness Author:Jeffrey Kluger
“I've had years of bizarre hallucinogenic magical experiences in which I believed I had communicated with entities that may well have been disassociated parts of my own personality or conceivably some independent entity of a metaphysical nature. Both would seem equally interesting.” YearsWellsMayHas BeensSeemsMy OwnInterestingPersonalityIndependentEntityMetaphysicalBizarreMy Own Personality Author:Alan Moore
“The lesson of the last year is this: foreign policy can't be managed through the politics of personality, and our President would do well to take note of an observation John F. Kennedy made once he was in office - that all of the world's problems aren't his predecessor's fault.” WorldYearsWellsMadeProblemLastsPresidentPolicyPersonalityLessonsOfficeFaultsNotesObservationForeign PolicyLast YearPredecessors Author:Sarah Palin
“We are all born with a unique genetic blueprint, which lays out the basic characteristics of our personality as well as our physical health and appearance... And yet, we all know that life experiences do change us.” KnowsWellsChangeBornPersonalityUniqueLaysAppearanceCharacteristicsLife ExperienceBlueprintsPhysical HealthUnique Characteristics Author:Joan D. Vinge
“I've never been a fan of personality-conflict burgers and identity-crisis omelets with patchouli oil. I function very well on a diet that consists of Chicken Catastrophe and Eggs Overwhelming and a tall, cool Janitor-in-a-Drum. I like to walk out of a restaurant with enough gas to open a Mobil station.” WellsEnoughWalksFansIdentityPersonalityConflictFunctionCrisisOilDietsRestaurantsGasEggsStationsChickensTallOverwhelmingCatastropheBurgersIdentity CrisisJanitorOmeletsPatchouli Author:Tom Waits
“When someone tells you they’ve just bought a house, they might as well tell you they no longer have a personality. You can immediately assume so many things: that they’re locked into jobs they hate; that they’re broke; that they spend every night watching videos; that they’re fifteen pounds overweight; that they no longer listen to new ideas. It’s profoundly depressing.” WellsIdeasMightJobsNightHateHousePersonalityAssumingVideoBrokePoundsLockedEvery NightNew IdeasDepressingFifteenOverweight Author:Douglas Coupland
“The cheesecake was smooth and lush, with the personality of a warm and well-to-do uncle who knows a hundred dirty jokes and will die of sexual exertions in the arms of his mistress.” KnowsWellsDiesArmsPersonalityJokesHundredWarmDirtySmoothUnclesMistressExertionLushCheesecakeDirty Jokes Book:Underworld: Picador Classic Source: Underworld: Picador Classic
“Man is an onion made up of a hundred integuments, a texture made up of many threads. The ancient Asiatics knew this well enough, and in the Buddhist Yoga an exact technique was devised for unmasking the illusion of the personality. The human merry-go-round sees many changes: the illusion that cost India the efforts of thousands of years to unmask is the same illusion that the West has labored just as hard to maintain and strengthen.” MenYearsHumansWellsMadeHardEnoughEffortPersonalityCostIllusionHundredYogaIndiaWestRoundsAncientTechniqueBuddhistThreadTextureMerryOnionsMerry Go RoundUnmasking Book:Steppenwolf: A Novel Source: Steppenwolf: A Novel