“With the development of the Christian Lacroix house in Paris and my work notably for the theater, it wasn't serious doing things by half.” ChristianHouseHalfChristianitySeriousDevelopmentTheaterParis Author:Christian Lacroix
“On the show, I do a very serious thing. And a lot of people have a hard time reconciling that with what I'm going to do after the show. They can't get it into their heads: "How can he be talking to Madeleine Albright one minute and then somebody half his age...." They're just jealous. But I never made any bones about it. I am a player. Always have been.” PeopleHas BeensMadeHardShowsAgeHalfTalkingPlayerMinutesSeriousBonesHard TimesJealousOne MinuteSerious ThingsMadeleines Author:Bill Maher
“Whatever work you undertake, do it seriously, thoroughly and well; never leave it half-done or undone, never feel yourself satisfied unless and until you have given it your very best. Cultivate the habits of discipline and toleration. Surrender not the convictions you hold dear but learn to appreciate the points of view of your opponents.” FeelsWellsDoneMotivationalGivenWorkViewsHalfSeriousHabitDisciplinePoliticianAppreciateDearConvictionPoint Of ViewSurrenderSatisfiedOpponentsSeriousnessUndoneThoroughTolerationMotivational WorkLearn To AppreciateThoroughnessWhatever Works Author:Syama Prasad Mukherjee
“If you want to be watched 24 hours a day in everything you do, you can't turn that around. You can't wake up three years later and say, 'Stop bothering me, I'm a serious actor,' if all you've done is wear certain clothes and show up half-loaded at clubs.” IfsWantYearsDoneShowsCertainTurnsThreeActorsHoursHalfSeriousClothesWake UpClubsBotherThree YearsLoaded Author:Ali MacGraw
“In the past, in order to continue as a candidate, a serious candidate, you had to be in the top three finishes in Iowa. You had to be in the top two out of New Hampshire. All our presidents elected in the past half-century finished either first or second in New Hampshire and in the top three in Iowa. That changed with the Citizens United, when we gave unlimited amounts of money.” FirstsTwoPastOrderThreePresidentUnitedHalfCenturyChangedSeriousAmountCitizensFinishedCandidatesUnlimitedIowaHampshireNew HampshireCitizens United Author:Mark Shields
“I wrote, I think, half a dozen films that were completely out of genre. Comedies, love stories, even one serious film about Vietnam, and we couldn't get backing for any of it. And we both sort of drifted from making, at that time, serious money on Last House to going through it all in the course of almost three years and only getting offers to do something scary again.” ThinkingYearsStoriesLastsFilmThreeCoursesHouseHalfComedySeriousOffersScaryLove StoryGenreVietnamThree YearsDozen Author:Wes Craven
“The next most dangerous thing [after nuclear proliferation] is probably... global warming, and then, right behind that are overpopulation -- we need to get serious about family planning-and trying to alleviate poverty, to get clean, renewable energy, probably with solar panels to the billion and a half people in the world who don't have access to electricity.” PeopleWorldNeedsTryingNextEnergyBehindsHalfPovertyDangerousSeriousCleanAccessNuclearBillionsPlanningGlobal WarmingElectricityDangerous ThingsRenewable EnergyAbout FamilyProliferationAlleviateOverpopulationFamily PlanningNuclear ProliferationSolar Panels Author:Ted Turner
“For someone who loves literature, and all books on principle, being asked to name three titles over a half century of serious reading is akin to asking one to recall their three favorite sunsets.” BookThreeReadingLiteratureNamesHalfPrinciplesCenturySeriousAskingTitlesSunsetRecallsLove Literature Author:Thomas Steinbeck
“I've been rapping and writing since junior high school, just having fun with it as a hobby. Then I got signed to a label Poe Boy Entertainment four years ago, I started taking it serious about a year and a half, two years ago.” WritingYearsTwoSchoolFunHalfBoysFourSeriousHigh SchoolYears AgoEntertainmentRapLabelsHaving FunTwo YearsFour YearsHobbiesJuniorsJunior HighTwo Years AgoJust Have FunHigh School Junior Author:Jacki-O
“It always sounds kind of trivial, but when I was a kid I was always so impressed by how serious the comic books were. I always liked how they were half way between literature and the cinema. I liked the visuals and I liked the simplicity of a certain type of moral dilemma.” WayKindBookKidsCertainLiteratureSoundHalfMoralSeriousTypeSimplicityComicCinemaVisualsImpressedComic BookDilemmaHalf WayMoral Dilemma Author:Walter Hill