“From an acting perspective, I would say that you should always try to make your own stuff. Always be ambitious about your own projects and always know better than anyone else what you're good at.” KnowsShouldTryingStuffActingPerspectiveProjectsAmbitious Author:Michael Urie
“If you cannot be on the project each day to check on things, then you should not try and be your own contractor.” IfsShouldTryingProjectsChecksEach DayContractor Author:Robert Metcalfe
“I love what Chris & Katy are bringing to the table with Coal Train Railroad. It makes ME feel like a kid again! I think children of all ages will love the humor, silliness and the catchy, cool, and crazy music that reminds us all that music should be fun to listen to. I’m honored (and slightly tickled) to be part of this wonderful project. Thanks!” ThinkingFeelsShouldChildrenKidsAgeFunWonderfulCrazyProjectsTablesTrainThanksCoalHonoredRailroadsCatchySilliness Author:Jeff Coffin
“Today's announcement projects a picture of profound weakness in U.S. diplomacy. It should not have been a heavy lift for our diplomats in New York and in foreign capitals to recruit the necessary 96 affirmative votes to seat the United States in the new council.” ShouldHas BeensStatesTodayUnitedUnited StatesNew YorkProjectsWeaknessVoteProfoundHeavyLiftsSeatsDiplomacyCouncilDiplomatsAffirmativeAnnouncementsRecruit Author:Tom Lantos
“Cultivate your own garden and let go of your tendency to examine and judge how others cultivate theirs. Catch yourself in moments of gossip about how others ought to be living and rid yourself of thoughts about how they should be doing it this way, or how they have no right to live and think as they do. Stay busy and involved in your own projects and pursuits.” ThinkingWayShouldMomentsMotivationalJudgingOughtInvolvedLetting GoProjectsGardenBusyPursuitTendenciesAspirationGossipMind Your Own Business Author:Wayne Dyer
“I myself hate that old Hemingwayesque paradigm of the writer as prizefighter and I have tried hard to create an alternate one for myself. When Anne Sexton admonished me, "We are all writing God's poem," I took it to mean there should be no competition between writers because we are all involved in a common project, a common prayer. But to Gore's and Norman's generation, particularly those male writers who served in the second world war, the prizefighter paradigm remains.” WorldShouldWritingMeanWarHardHatePrayerCommonGenerationsInvolvedProjectsRemainsCompetitionMalesWar Of The WorldsParadigmGoreSecond World WarSelf Hate Author:Erica Jong
“The one word you should forget when you start a new project is the word 'I' - you need to replace that word 'I' with the idea of 'everybody else.” NeedsShouldIdeasForgetProjectsOne WordNew Projects Author:Adam Leipzig
“One of the leading causes of divorce is sexual incompatibility. Why not mandate premarital sex, overseen, of course, by the Marriage Board to ensure that it was carried out and completed as required? The final exam question could be: "Was it good for you two?" For good measure, the engaged couple should be required to work together on a home improvement project like installing a kitchen sink or finishing a basement. That's the ultimate test of a marital relationship.” ShouldTwoHomeTogetherCoursesSexCausesCoupleProjectsTestsUltimateFinalsDivorceImprovementBoardsEngagedKitchenWorking TogetherWhy NotFinishingMandatesBasementsExamIncompatibilityLeading CausesKitchen SinksHome ImprovementFinal Exams Author:Mike Rosen
“When you choose a language, youre also choosing a community. The programmers youll be able to hire to work on a Java project wont be as smart as the ones you could get to work on a project written in Python. And the quality of your hackers probably matters more than the language you choose. Though, frankly, the fact that good hackers prefer Python to Java should tell you something about the relative merits of those languages.” ShouldMatterFactsAbleLanguageCommunityQualityWrittenProjectsSmartMeritRelativeYou ChooseProgrammersHackersJavaPython Author:Philip Greenspun
“Every relationship should eventually become a long-term relationship. Any director that I meet now isn't just a director. He's potentially a friend, and someone I can call to do a project that I want or that I have. That's what I mean when I say branding and developing yourself, as a business.” WantShouldMeanLongI CanTermDirectorsProjectsDevelopingLong TermBrandingLong Term Relationship Author:Kevin Hart
“When we find ourselves devoid of passion and purpose, the first thing we need to do is stop. But that's not easy. The rest of the world is zooming by at full speed. Left alone with ourselves, without a project to occupy us, we can become nervous and self-critical about what we should be doing and feeling. This can be so uncomfortable that we look for any distraction rather than allowing ourselves the space to be as we are.” WorldNeedsShouldFirstsLooksSelfFeelingsPurposePassionLeftEasySpaceProjectsCriticalSpeedNervousUncomfortableAllowingDistractionLeft Alone Book:I Will Not Die An Unlived Life: Reclaiming Passion and Purpose Source: I Will Not Die An Unlived Life: Reclaiming Passion and Purpose
“My greatest disappointment in all the projects I worked on during the White House years was the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment to be ratified. ... Why all the controversy and why such difficulty in giving women the protection of the Constitution that should have been theirs long ago?” GivingShouldYearsLongHas BeensHouseWhiteRightsEqualProjectsShould HaveConstitutionDifficultyDisappointmentProtectionWhite HouseAmendmentsLong AgoWomens RightsControversyEqual RightsShould Have BeenEqual Rights Amendment Author:Rosalynn Carter
“I'm truly blessed to be doing what I've always wanted - CREATE. I have found a freedom that is hard to put into words. I always wondered about my projects - which artists are working on what, and which directions should I take? I don't even think of those things now. I passionately go into my studio and ask myself, what would I like to create today?” ThinkingShouldHardTodayWantedArtistAsksFoundProjectsBlessedStudiosShould I Author:Steve Kaufman
“When I was younger, I didn’t know that I should just listen to my own voice, my own artistic sense of things when I was choosing projects, because one of the biggest creative decisions that an actor can make in the film business is what you will work on.” KnowsShouldFilmActorsVoiceMy OwnDecisionCreativeProjectsArtisticJust Listen Author:James Franco
“I do not feel that we should allow a shortage of funds to prevent cities from financing needed projects.” FeelsShouldCitiesNeededProjectsFundShortageFinancing Author:Hubert H. Humphrey
“Literature should not be exclusive, it should be inclusive. My general view is that you can't, based on your own experience, project what a book will do for someone else. That's why I don't review books.” ShouldBookLiteratureViewsProjectsReviewsExclusive Author:Richard Ford
“As a director, you should choose a project that will educate you and enrich your life, because you're going to be doing it for two years.” ShouldYearsTwoDirectorsProjectsTwo YearsEducate Author:Rob Marshall
“When the back-to-the-cities trend started taking root, albeit very unevenly, cities were so glad to finally land deals that they routinely overpaid, not having a solid grasp of the demographic and market forces they should have been channeling instead of subsidizing. It’s especially true for retail and entertainment projects, which generate very poor-quality jobs. I have yet to find a city that has figured out how to ‘take the foot off the pedal’ and stop over-subsidizing, even when gentrification becomes a problem.” ShouldHas BeensProblemJobsForcePoorDealsCitiesQualityFeetLandProjectsRootsShould HaveEntertainmentGladTrendsShould Have BeenDemographicsChannelingRetailPedalsGentrificationPoor Quality Author:Sandy Smith
“I actually think leaving your children alone to fantasize, to write, to make projects on their own is good for them. Breathing down their necks is a form of control. Children should have their own space.” ThinkingShouldWritingChildrenFormSpaceProjectsShould HaveOur ChildrenLeavingBreathingYour ChildrenNecks Author:Erica Jong
“I did extensive research on media and anorexia and found out that the fashion magazines are to blame in a way. They project an image of a woman that is completely absurd, but girls and women believe they should be very skinny. They don't look like real woman anymore.” WayShouldBelieveLooksRealGirlFoundMediaFashionProjectsResearchBlameAbsurdMagazinesSkinnyAnorexiaReal WomenFashion Magazines Author:Oliviero Toscani
“I try not to think in terms of what poems or poets should do. Most of us appreciate a wide diversity in music, in cooking, in movies, but in our own medium, poetry, we often fail to make allowances for tastes and projects other than our own.” ThinkingShouldTryingTermFailingPoetTasteDiversityProjectsAppreciateCookingWideMediumsAllowance Author:James Arthur
“I realize that in a happy life, making your bed should play a very small part, I don't know why this is so helpful to people getting started on a happiness project, but for some reason, making your bed - it's concrete, it's manageable. There's a big difference between having a bed that's unmade and a bed that's made. That little bit of outer order in people's lives seem to help them get started. So, that's a very small thing that you can do.” PeopleKnowsShouldLittlesMadeReasonPlayHelpingBigsSeemsOrderBitsCan DoRealizingDifferencesBedProjectsLittle BitHelpfulHappy LifeConcreteSmall ThingsSmall PartsManageableGetting Started Author:Gretchen Rubin
“I should like to enflame the whole world with my taste for gardening. There is no virtue that I would not attribute to the man who lives to project and execute gardens.” MenWorldShouldWholeVirtueHe ManTasteEssentialsProjectsGardenWhole WorldAttributesGardening Author:Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne
“Americans should never underestimate the constant pressure on Canada which the mere presence of the United States has produced. We're different people from you and we're different people because of you. Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is effected by every twitch and grunt. It should not therefore be expected that this kind of nation, this Canada, should project itself as a mirror image of the United States.” PeopleIfsWayShouldKindI CanDifferentMatterStatesNextNationsSleepUnitedUnited StatesProjectsPressureMirrorsConstantMereExpectedBeastCanadaFriendlyUnderestimateElephantsDifferent PeoplesNever UnderestimateBecause Of YouGruntMirror ImageCanada Being GreatAmerican Identity Author:Pierre Trudeau
“If you want a more democratic EU, communication has to be among its core tasks. There should be a legal foundation for it: Fifty years after the founding of the European project, communication belongs in the constitution.” IfsWantShouldYearsCommunicationProjectsTasksConstitutionFoundationDemocraticCoreFiftyFounding Author:Margot Wallstrom
“Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as possible.” ShouldWholeShowsBodyAttitudePersonalityProjectsPunk Author:Billy Idol
“I think about my art works as paintings, because they refer to the history of painting. I also have to think about them as sculptures, because every part of the process is part of the project. They're sculptures because they play on the idea of what should be hanging in a gallery. In that sense they're also kind of ready-mades.” ThinkingShouldKindArtMadeIdeasPlayProcessPaintingReadyProjectsSculptureGallery Author:Cory Arcangel
“Haiti should remind us all that there is an immediate need to invest in and promote long-term development projects that are sustainable, scalable, and proven to work.” NeedsShouldLongTermDevelopmentProjectsLong TermProvenHaiti Author:Bill Gates
“See... What I felt they should have done, for our first public works project, is build a giant wall... across the entire border of Canada. Because that's where the cold air comes from.” ShouldFirstsDoneFeltAirWallColdProjectsShould HaveBordersGiantsCanadaCold Air Author:Lewis Black
“I'm not a nice girl; I'm a photographer. (On being told by a Federal Art Project official, after she photographed the Bowery, that a nice girl should not go into such neighborhoods )” ShouldArtGirlNiceProjectsPhotographerOfficialsNeighborhoodNice GirlArt Projects Author:Berenice Abbott
“Referring to professor Muller's Berkely Earth Surface Temperature Project, "The Best project's treatment of science and of the public has been shoddy. That so many so-called reporters in the mainstream media should have been so uncritical and accepting of what was clearly misrepresentation is shocking. Once again they have been found to be supporters and advocates for a particular point of view when they should have been critical commentators and journalists. Climate science is important. It deserves better.” ShouldHas BeensImportantEarthFoundViewsAcceptingMediaParticularProjectsDeserveShould HaveClimateCriticalSurfacePoint Of ViewJournalistTreatmentProfessorsMainstreamReportersSupporterShockingTemperatureShould Have BeenCommentatorsReferringMainstream MediaMisrepresentationDeserve Better Author:David Robert Whitehouse
“I think we should allow for schools within schools, where 100 out of 500 kids may be organized by the way they work and what they do, and what they do often is more progressive. I would like to see a lot of kids of different ages, maybe even some adults, work together on a project.” ThinkingWayShouldMayDifferentKidsAgeSchoolTogetherProjectsAdultsOrganizedWorking TogetherProgressiveOften IsDifferent Ages Author:Seymour Papert
“I visualise what I want through meditation. The process of meditating is a great way of making sure I have my priorities sorted. It's not about money - I focus on my career and the kind of film projects I want to do. Film-making is a passion for me, and my mantra is that you should do what you love, and the money will follow.” WayWantShouldKindFilmPassionProcessCareersFocusMeditationProjectsPrioritiesWhat You LoveMantrasMeditating Author:Shilpa Shetty
“A priori one should expect a chaotic world which cannot be grasped by the mind in any way... The kind of order created by Newton's theory of gravitation...is wholly different. Even if the axioms of the theory are proposed by man, the success of such a project presupposes a high degree of ordering of the objective world.... That is the "miracle" which is being constantly reinforced as our knowledge expands.” IfsMenWorldWayShouldMindKindDifferentOrderTheoryDegreesProjectsMiracleObjectivesNewtonChaoticAxiomsGravitation Author:Albert Einstein
“I think it's a real danger, as an actor, when you try to make some statement through your career about what the business should be doing or ultimately what your image should be or how you want to be perceived. I look at every project that comes along and say, "Is this something I can sink my teeth into and can do a good job on?" That's really how I choose roles.” ThinkingWantShouldTryingLooksI CanRealJobsActorsCan DoCareersRolesDangerProjectsStatementsTeethGood Job Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“I've been dreaming about having a press forever, like the '90s. I've always known so many great writers who aren't as connected to the publishing world as they should be, and I have the energy and the enthusiasm to sort of gather and promote people, so I've always thought someday I might embark on a big project like that.” PeopleWorldShouldDreamBigsMightEnergyKnownForeverProjectsPressesConnectedEnthusiasmSomedayPublishingGreat Writers Author:Michelle Tea
“You do hear from people that the things that you have done or projects you have worked on have made an impact on people's lives. I think it is important to take that seriously and to recognise that you are being followed and watched by some degree in what you do and you should use that. It's a real blessing to be able to make an impact on people's lives and to use that for the bettering of them.” PeopleThinkingShouldMadeImportantRealDoneUseAbleBlessingDegreesProjectsImpactRecognise Author:Bridgit Mendler
“And so as a director, as a leader, and myself as a director and a leader, I kind of try to make sure that we hold onto the vision and kind of corral it, but by the time you finish whatever the project is, a TV show, a series, a movie, a stage show, it should be a product of what all those people can do, and therefore, it can never be what you imagined it would be in the beginning.” PeopleShouldTryingKindShowsWould BeCan DoLeaderVisionStageTvsProductsDirectorsProjectsSeriesTv Shows Author:Brian Henson
“If we succeed in learning more about how to expand program innovations from pilot projects so that they have broader program impact, this should be very relevant for public health initiatives in Michigan and elsewhere in the US.” IfsShouldSucceedProjectsProgramInnovationImpactRelevantPilotsElsewhereInitiativePublic HealthMichiganLearning More Author:Ruth Simmons
“I would like to see policy makers and international donor agencies realize that it is not enough to give money for demonstration projects. From the very beginning plans should be made for the scaling-up of successful innovations.” GivingShouldMadeEnoughRealizingSuccessfulPlansPolicyProjectsInnovationInternationalAgencyMakersDemonstrationDonorsPolicy Makers Author:Ruth Simmons
“If you could ever do a project that really has magic in it, and justifiable magic, you should do it.” IfsShouldMagicProjects Author:Robert Redford
“The Electoral College is a project that calls on their judgment. If we don't like it, we can talk about how to eliminate it. I'm not quite convinced we should eliminate it completely. I think it's important to have a final check be somebody other than the Supreme Court. But given that it's there, we should take it seriously. And taking it seriously says they should exercise their judgment according to the moral values, the principles that are part of our constitutional tradition today. And those principles say equality.” IfsThinkingShouldImportantTodayValuesGivenMoralPrinciplesCollegeExerciseJudgmentProjectsTraditionCourtFinalsConvincedSupremeChecksSupreme CourtMoral ValuesElectoral College Author:Lawrence Lessig
“I believe that if we do have a commonality of beliefs we should clarify them, we should strengthen their coherence and we should also develop common projects that produce a lived community of relationships.” IfsShouldBelieveBeliefI BelieveCommunityCommonProduceProjectsCoherenceCommonality Author:Murray Bookchin
“It is not enough to give money for demonstration projects. From the very beginning plans should be made for the scaling-up of successful innovations.” GivingShouldMadeEnoughSuccessfulPlansProjectsInnovationDemonstration Author:Ruth Simmons
“There's probably more of a struggle to get material and narratives published that really speak to black culture. And that has a lot to do with the mergers and buyouts and the corporations being more in control of the purse strings. We find that the projects have to come with higher expectations rather than books that just should be published. That's disturbing because we might find fewer and fewer children's books by African Americans or with black cultural themes.” ShouldChildrenBookMightCultureSpeakBlackStruggleMaterialsHigherProjectsExpectationsAfrican AmericanNarrativeCorporationsThemeStringsFewerDisturbingPursesChildren's BooksMergersBlack Culture Author:Jerry Pinkney