“There might be people out there who wouldn't hire me because they thought I should keep my mouth shut, but I'm not aware of that. Even if I saw evidence of that, it wouldn't really concern me.” PeopleIfsShouldMightSawsMouthsEvidenceConcern Author:Viggo Mortensen
“When I first decided to be a writer, that meant dealing with preoccupations and concerns that took little account of Indian traditions. I saw India's past as part of an antiquity rendered irrelevant by modernity, which with its science, nation states, free enterprises, and consumer societies was supposed to have solved all problems.” FirstsLittlesStatesProblemPastNationsSawsConcernTraditionDecidedAccountsIndiaConsumersIndianEnterpriseIrrelevantModernityAntiquityPreoccupationFree Enterprise Author:Pankaj Mishra
“Gandhi saw how people have to re-think their own individuality before engaging in political activity. Otherwise they're just playing the game that the adversary has set out.” PeopleThinkingPoliticalGamesSawsActivityIndividualityEngagingAdversaries Author:Pankaj Mishra
“I have always championed the concept of administrators of color. My mother worked in advertising, and growing up, I saw my mother's community of women working behind the scenes. I had the opportunity from a young age to know that I could do this work.” KnowsAgeYoungMotherOpportunityCommunityBehindsGrowing UpSawsGrowingColorSceneConceptsAdvertisingYoung AgeBehind The ScenesAdministratorsWorking Behind The Scenes Author:Lisa Lucas
“I had a very good English teacher who said to me that she thought I ought to do it. She - I don't know, she saw something thank goodness because I think if it hadn't been encouraged by somebody that serious, I'm not sure what would've happened to me.” IfsThinkingKnowsSaidSawsTeacherHappenedSeriousOughtGoodnessVery GoodNot SureEnglish Teacher Author:Maggie Smith
“There was a band in San Diego, Bluegrass Etc, that played a weekly gig. My parents would take my brother and me every Saturday night for 7 or 8 years. Sean and I started taking lessons with them and they gave us a great foundation in bluegrass instrumentation. They were the lens through which I saw music for a very long time.” YearsLongNightParentSawsBrotherLessonsBandLong TimeFoundationMy BrotherEtcSaturdayLensesGigsSaturday NightSeanSan DiegoBluegrassInstrumentation Author:Sara Watkins
“One of my oldest friends from Kansas, his sister was married to Ben [Folds] and wrote lyrics on his first couple of albums. I got to meet him the first time I saw them in concert at The Bottleneck, a great bar in Lawrence, Kansas. Then, he was the musical guest my first or second week as a writer on SNL. I was like, "I don't know if you remember me?" And he was like, "Oh my god, yeah!" He's a big photography fan, as am I.” IfsKnowsFirstsBigsRememberSawsWeekFansCouplePhotographyMarriedFirst TimeYeahMusicalAlbumsBarsConcertsGuestsFoldsRemember MeKansasSnlBottlenecksOldest Friends Author:Jason Sudeikis
“I saw what I could [in Mexico City], but we rarely got anything other than big, mainstream American films.” BigsFilmCitiesSawsMexicoMainstreamAmerican FilmMexico City Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I remember, the first time I saw a [Andrei] Tarkovsky film, I was shocked by it. I didn't know what to do. I was fascinated, because suddenly I realized that film could have so many more layers to it than what I had imagined before. Then others, like Kurosawa and Fellini, were like a new discovery for me, another country.” KnowsFirstsCountryRememberFilmSawsDiscoveryFirst TimeI RealizedFascinatedLayersShockedNew DiscoveriesKurosawa Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“You hear about bombings in other countries, or numbers like "10,000 people died" - you hear that number and you think, "Well, I saw that yesterday in a film, and that didn't look so bad." Younger viewers, in particular, lose perspective on reality.” PeopleThinkingWellsLooksCountryRealityFilmLosesNumbersSawsParticularPerspectiveDiedYesterdayOther CountriesViewersBombing Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I think that [Chris] Christie`s endorsement is, you know, it`s a sign that - you know, he is who we thought he was in so many different respects. He`s someone who ambition is the only thing that I think is bigger than his appetite.I think in this case, it`s a situation where he saw the one guy who he thinks he can maybe get a cabinet post with if he wins in Donald Trump. I think, you know, he kind of went out the door doing a number of favors in beating up Marco Rubio the way he did.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayKindDifferentGuyWinningNumbersSituationCasesSawsDoorsTrumpAmbitionBiggerFavorsPostsAppetiteCabinetsMarcosEndorsementsChristie Author:Ben Domenech
“Well, if you were the American public, you saw a catastrophe. In general, you would say, "The biggest institutions of America - Washington, broadly, and Wall Street, broadly - they're to blame." And, broadly, they're right.” IfsWellsAmericaSawsStreetsWallInstitutionsBlameCatastrophe Author:Jamie Dimon
“So if it resonates with fans - and that's always the bottom line, fans have the final say - then I'm sure we'll see more of it. I'd be honored to do it. I saw the first one today, and I cracked up. I literally laughed out loud. I saw how the sausage was made, and I still laughed.” IfsFirstsMadeStillsTodayLinesSawsFansFinalsBottomLoudLaughedHonoredBottom LineCrackedSausage Author:Phil Morris
“A good friend of mine told me you should take a break and you should go see the world. Go somewhere. That is when I chose to go to Egypt, and so I took this beautiful trip to Egypt. It was the first time ever in my whole life I took three weeks off, and I sailed down the Nile and I saw the tombs and the temples, and I experienced a place that was so magical and so incredibly powerful and intelligent and inspiring.” WorldShouldFirstsWholeBeautifulThreePowerfulBreakSawsWeekMinesFirst TimeIntelligentWhole LifeTemplesGood FriendEgyptTombsNile Author:Alicia Keys
“I was reading the paper and saw a cartoon with Ray Kelly frisking Obama, and I was like "Wait, what's happening?" so I Googled it. For everything Obama stands for and the things he's said in the past in his books, especially with the Trayvon Martin thing - and I'm not sure if he [made his comments on Trayvon] because he was asked a question and he was trying to be diplomatic and neutral - that can't happen.” IfsTryingMadeSaidBookHappensPastReadingWaitingSawsPaperHappeningsNot SureCommentRaysCartoonDiplomaticTrayvon MartinTrayvon Author:Adepero Oduye
“We saw groups of people gathering in front of Lula's house in Sao Paulo this morning. You had people shouting at one another, and some fistfights even broke out. Some of his supporters are claiming that this is equivalent of a coup attempt, an attempt to remove Rousseff from power and prevent Lula from running again. And other people are saying that this is simply a display of rule of law in Brazil, that no one in Brazil can be above the law at this time.” PeopleRunningLawHouseMorningSawsGroupsFrontsBrokeRemoveDisplaySupporterGatheringRule Of LawShoutingBrazilCoupsAbove The LawSao Paulo Author:Simon Romero
“I've grown up watching and admiring Norm. Sherie actually starred in the first off-Broadway show I ever saw in New York, which was The Last Five Years. It's amazing how things come full-circle and how the community (once you hang around it long enough) grows smaller and smaller as it grows. Sharing the stage with these people is more than a dream come true it's so special. They're so warm and giving and offer the best advice. Sherie is very nice and maternal and nurturing.” PeopleGivingYearsFirstsLongEnoughShowsDreamLastsGrowsCommunityFiveSawsNiceSpecialAdviceStageNew YorkOffersWarmCirclesFive YearsNormBroadwayDreams Come TrueNurturingVery NiceBest AdviceAdmiringFull CircleBroadway ShowsLast Five Years Author:Tituss Burgess
“I've worked with Emily Skinner and I've seen Linda Balgord's work. I saw Harvey Keitel at the call-backs. But generally I don't know many people. They're not only good performers; they're really good singers! This show is for people who have more of a history in reading music. From what I already know about the ensemble, it's going to be great. And I can't wait to meet the rest of them. They're the real deal.” PeopleKnowsI CanRealShowsReadingWaitingDealsSawsSingersPerformersEmilyEnsembleHarveySkinnerReading Music Author:Max von Essen
“I think because my brother was an actor and I just saw how he struggled through, I guess I'm sensitive to it.” ThinkingActorsSawsBrotherSensitiveMy Brother Author:Adam Rapp
“I saw, he was in a different league on a different planet. Everybody says we need substance in these debates, you've got it. You've got it from [Ted] Cruz.” NeedsDifferentSawsPlanetsDebateSubstanceLeagueCruz Author:Rush Limbaugh
“As the great naturalist Charles Darwin saw clearly, individual and collective interests often coincide, as in the invisible hand narrative. But he also saw that in many other cases, interests at the two levels are squarely in conflict, and that in those cases, individual interests generally trump. That simple observation suggests that market failure is often the result not of insufficient competition (the traditional charge from social critics on the Left), but of the very logic of competition itself.” TwoHandsIndividualLeftSocialInterestSimpleLevelsResultsCasesSawsTrumpConflictLogicCompetitionCriticsInvisibleTraditionalObservationNarrativeCollectivesInsufficientNaturalistInvisible HandMarket Failure Author:Bob Frank
“I saw an interview with Jay-Z where he said he didn't write down any of his lyrics, so I tried that.” WritingSaidSawsInterviews Author:Travis Morrison
“When you wrote a song way back in the day, you were writing material to play live. And you would buy the CD at the shows if you like the show. You may not listen to the CD, you might just throw it in the back of your car and let it warp in the sun. The main thing was you saw the song at the show.” IfsWayWritingMayPlayShowsMightSongSunSawsCarMaterialsCdsBack In The DayWarp Author:Travis Morrison
“I was just really appalled, and I really kept quiet until I saw the governor [Rick Perry] get on and repeat the same words that the prosecution had used in the penalty phase: that he [Todd Willingham] was a monster. And that got me to get on to the computer and connect with some of the media and say: "I have his letters. He wasn't a monster. He was a caring individual." Let them see another side.” UsedIndividualSidesSawsMediaQuietComputerLettersCaringMonstersRepeatsGovernorsPhasesPenaltiesProsecution Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“The Satanic Jews and their Allies fear being exposed and that is the role of the Messiah, to reveal the Man of Sin. When He comes, He has to expose those forces, those wicked ones that have caused the blood shedding and the mischief that's going on in the world. So the moment they saw a Black man standing who was not afraid to tell the truth of them, given to him by the Messiah, they had to come against him. And they will continue to do that because their survival is at stake.” MenWorldMomentsGivenForceBlackSinRolesSawsBloodHe ManSurvivalStandingJewWickedTelling The TruthAlliesStakesExposedNot AfraidMischiefMessiahSatanic Author:Louis Farrakhan
“I saw this wide-eyed girl with big ears and a pink nose who's too excited. I wanted that part of myself to sing lead.” BigsWantedGirlSawsEarsExcitedWideNoses Author:Caroline Polachek
“I've been into gear for a long time, but I never saw myself as a producer because I didn't have the patience to finish things in a professional way.” WayLongSawsLong TimeProducersGears Author:Jamie Woon
“If you look at our records, I stood up to corporate America time and time again. I went to Mexico. I saw the lives of people who were working in American factories and making $0.25 an hour.” PeopleIfsLooksAmericaHoursRecordsSawsCorporateFactoriesMexicoStood UpCorporate America Author:Bernie Sanders
“I started to really believe in myself, and my abilities, when I won the World Under-10 championship in Doral, Florida. I was nine and saw for the first time that I was amongst the best players in the world for my age. This was a massive confidence-builder for me.” WorldFirstsBelieveAgeAbilitySawsPlayerFirst TimeNineMassiveChampionshipFloridaBuilderBest Players Author:Rory McIlroy
“With all the touring and distractions going on, I would get a sound together but I wouldn't have time to work on it. So I sat on the road with the sketches and saw how they revealed themselves emotionally.” TogetherSoundSawsSatDistractionTouring Author:Justin Vernon
“I grew up as this very carefree, happy kid then things turned darker for me. Maybe it was because I saw that the world wasn't as happy a place as I had hoped it would be for me.” WorldWould BeKidsSawsGrewGrew UpCarefreeHappy Kid Author:Angelina Jolie
“The first show I ever saw was Meat Loaf, and it was on the Bat Out of Hell tour. Meat Loaf actually had a huge 20-foot bat behind him. Smoke came out of the bat's nose and his eyes glowed red - which is still one of the most mindblowing productions I've ever seen.” FirstsStillsShowsEyeBehindsHellSawsFeetHugeRedProductionsSmokeNosesMeatHis EyesBats Author:Simon Taylor-Davis
“I saw a lot of drugs and strange things when I was younger, but I also think it was a positive experience because I was surrounded by these really interesting, beautiful people that were trying to get their lives back on track.” PeopleThinkingTryingBeautifulInterestingSawsStrangeDrugTrackReally InterestingStrange ThingsBeautiful PeopleBack On TrackPositive Experiences Author:Tamaryn
“I had Paterson, and The Art Lover, to guide me for The Tales of Horror (written from 1988-'97 and published in 1999), but I still was so lost, back then, as I tried to understand what I was writing and how it went together. There was a draft of that manuscript that had all these brightly colored paper clips on the pages so I could visualize what I saw as the book's themes and threads - that was a long time ago.” WritingLongArtStillsBookTogetherLostSawsWrittenLoversHorrorPaperPagesLong TimeGuidesTalesThemeThreadLong Time AgoManuscriptsClipGuide MeArt LoversPaper Clips Author:Laura Mullen
“I love the community and the entertainment too much. I'm used to it - it's what I saw first.” FirstsUsedCommunitySawsToo MuchEntertainment Author:Zach Condon
“I don't really watch too many remakes. I saw Scorsese's version of Cape Fear, which was good. That was a good remake.” WatchesSawsVersionsRemakesCapesScorsese Author:Sune Rose Wagner
“Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis are just great in that, and Don's direction is sublime. Love it, and I was glad to be a part of it, if just in spirit and Don's desire for it to be a good film and for me to be happy with it. When I first saw it I was very impressed, and it gets better with repeat viewings.” IfsFirstsFilmSpiritDesireSawsGladGet BetterRepeatsImpressedSublimeGood FilmsIt Gets Better Author:Joe R. Lansdale
“I never saw the point in listening to only one thing. The low art/high art distinction comes from the establishment telling me how I'm supposed to think.” ThinkingArtSawsOne ThingListeningLowsDistinctionEstablishmentHigh Art Author:Matt Tong
“Even when I was a little boy, when I was seven, I absolutely loved Wonder Woman, and I saw her as one of the superhero greats with Superman and Batman, and I think it's because she was her own thing. She always felt like the real deal the same way that Superman and Batman did. Whereas the She-Hulks and Spider-Women and all that kind of thing felt like a continuation of a concept.” ThinkingWayKindLittlesRealFeltDealsWonderBoysSawsConceptsSevenSuperheroSpidersLittle BoysContinuationWonder WomanSuperman And Batman Author:Mark Millar
“I have a good black friend who is a doctor, but he didn't become a doctor because he saw other black men who were doctors. He became a doctor because his mother cleaned office buildings at night, and because she loved her children. She grew bowlegged from cleaning office buildings at night, and in the process she taught him something about courage and bravery and dedication to others.” MenChildrenMotherNightProcessBlackSawsBuildingTaughtGrewOfficeDoctorsBraveryDedicationCleaningBravery And CourageOffice Buildings Author:Richard Rodriguez
“The university has become so stultified since the sixties. There is so much you can't do at the university. You can't say this, you can't do that, you can't think this, and so forth. In many ways, I'm free to range as widely as I do intellectually precisely because I'm not at a university. The tiresome Chicanos would be after me all the time. You know: "We saw your piece yesterday, and we didn't like what you said," or, "You didn't sound happy enough," or, "You didn't sound proud enough."” ThinkingKnowsWaySaidEnoughWould BeSoundSawsPiecesProudUniversityYesterdayRangeSixtyTiresome Author:Richard Rodriguez
“I had an Indian face, but I never saw it as Indian, in part because in America the Indian was dead. The Indian had been killed in cowboy movies, or was playing bingo in Oklahoma. Also, in my middle-class Mexican family indio was a bad word, one my parents shy away from to this day. That's one of the reasons, of course, why I always insist, in my bratty way, on saying, Soy indio! - "I am an Indian!"” WayReasonAmericaFacesCoursesParentClassSawsMiddleIndianMiddle ClassShyThis DayCowboyMexicanOklahomaBad WordSoyBingoCowboy Movie Author:Richard Rodriguez
“It took me a long time to realize that being a girl is so much more powerful than being a guy, but I really saw myself as boy for a long while.” LongGuyGirlRealizingPowerfulBoysSawsLong TimeBeing A Girl Author:Lizzy Caplan
“My mom used to sell Avon when my mom was a kid for about three years, and so it was like the first make up I saw. And when I first found out about makeup it was Avon makeup and I remember putting my mom's red lipstick on my cheeks and thinking that is where it went, and that was Avon. So it's weird how your life turns out and how things come round, and it is brilliant.” ThinkingYearsFirstsKidsRememberUsedTurnsThreeFoundSawsMomRedSellsRoundsMy MomBrilliantMakeupThree YearsCheeksLipstickRed LipsRed LipstickAvon Author:Gemma Arterton
“Everybody when they saw it, they said, "Did Willie Nelson sign your hat?" I'd say, "No, that'd be Willie Knucklehead - Robertson, OK?" We were at an event for the fans and I took my hat off and set it down on the couch, and he signed it. I said, "What are you doing, idiot?" He said, "Look, I was in the zone, and you just happened to put your hat in my zone."” LooksSaidSawsHappenedFansEventsIdiotHatsZoneThey SaidCouchesNelsonHats OffKnuckleheads Author:Si Robertson
“Americans were in love with mesmerism because it was something that you could do in your own home. You could mesmerize or hypnotize your aunt or your mother or your father and people would go into these trance states and you could introduction autosuggestions tot hem or as some people saw it, you could cure them of illnesses.” PeopleStatesHomeMotherFatherSawsIllnessCuresAuntIntroductionTranceHemTots Author:Mitch Horowitz
“I saw an article where the manager of the Pussycat Dolls, which is kind of this like striptease band, girl band, said, oh well, the girls are totally third-wave feminist. This is what third-wave feminism is about. Like you don't get to use that word. You don't get to say that something is feminist as a way to sell back sexism to women, as a way to further consumerist ideas.” WayWellsKindSaidIdeasUseGirlSawsFeminismLike YouBandThirdsSellsWaveFeministManagersSexismArticlesDollsOh Well Author:Jessica Valenti
“I saw an interview with Keith Richards. He said, 'How else could a kid in Dartford suddenly connect with and understand what Muddy Waters is singing?' There's a cultural difference, but there's just something in that music that subconsciously or internally you just understand; it just makes sense.” SaidKidsWaterDifferencesSawsSingingMake SenseInterviewsMuddyKeithCultural Differences Author:Paul Weller
“Girls are removing pubic hair before fully having it. They would say I feel cleaner, it's for me, but then they'd say if a boy saw pubic hair down there they'd head for the hills.” IfsFeelsGirlBoysSawsHairHillsCleanersPubic Hair Author:Peggy Orenstein