“I think, in my own state, I can tell you that people do want to hear a serious discussion on serious issues.” PeopleThinkingWantI CanStatesMy OwnIssuesSeriousDiscussionSerious Issues Author:Bernie Sanders
“I even asked [Saniyya Sidney] why she wanted to be an actor and she said, "I'm serious about this. These other little kids they want to play, and I don't have time for that."” WantLittlesSaidPlayKidsWantedActorsSeriousLittle Kid Author:Denzel Washington
“You've got to deploy serious political assets around a plan [in Darfur]. And the George W.] Bush administration has never had a plan. Ever. The Europeans don't want to do anything, saying, "The Americans are in charge of that." And in fact the Americans are in charge of naming it and bringing these resolutions every few weeks to the Security Council.” WantFactsPoliticalPlansWeekSecuritySeriousAdministrationResolutionAssetsCouncilSecurity CouncilDarfur Author:Samantha Power
“Team America must have been the biggest pain in the ass. And if we want to talk well-organized, they got Bill Pope, who is the DP on The Matrix, because he was just like, "I want to do something less serious."” IfsWantWellsHas BeensPainAmericaTeamSeriousBillsAssOrganizedPopeTeam America Author:Neal Brennan
“If you accuse me of being on drugs because I'm very focused on what I do, because I'm very serious, because I'm very hungry, because I can squat 800 lbs, because I can bench 500 lbs, because I can press 315 behind my neck, and if these things don't fit under what you consider to be natural, then I don't want to be a natural. I don't want to be what you depict as a natural. I want to define myself for me.” IfsWantI CanNaturalBehindsSeriousFitDrugPressesFocusedHungryNecksBecause I CanBenchesSquat Author:Kai Greene
“I hate being too serious about anything. If I'm with my friend, I want to be having fun with him or her. And if anybody is reading my story, I want them to be not only reading the story, but I want them to feel they're having fun; that they're enjoying it. So any way you can make it more informal, more fun-filled, more amusing - instead of just a dry story that goes on and on - if there's any way to do that, I like to try and do it.” IfsWayWantFeelsTryingStoriesHateReadingFunEnjoySeriousGoes OnMy FriendsI HateFilledHaving FunDryAmusing Author:Stan Lee
“Donald Trump basically said: One state, two states, do whatever you like. I do not think this was a serious statement of American policy. This was him shrugging his shoulders and saying: Who cares about it. I think he doesn't even have the faintest idea of what he wants to do in the Middle East.” ThinkingWantSaidTwoIdeasStatesCareMiddlePolicySeriousTrumpEastShouldersStatementsMiddle EastWho Cares Author:Amos Oz
“One woman I interviewed, Amanda Ghost, said, "Let's not bullshit, there are no women at the top of the music business, and that is a serious problem." And I said, "Yes!" And I didn't shy away from saying that. But I still don't want to be in the firing line. I'm not clever or witty or brave enough to get into the political nitty-gritty with it.” WantSaidStillsEnoughProblemPoliticalLinesSeriousBraveWittyCleverGhostShyBullshitMusic BusinessOne WomanFiringAmanda Author:Laura Marling
“If you want to be a serious writer, then you have to write what there is to write about. If you're going to pull your punches and second-guess yourself and not do things because you're worried, then don't write. Stay home and do something else.” IfsWantWritingHomeSeriousWorried Author:Salman Rushdie
“I want to say it to so many people, 'why you have to be so serious?' And I also want people to think 'this kid has really gone crazy' when they see my performance on the stage. Luckily, I am able to achieve all of these.” PeopleThinkingWantKidsAbleGoneCrazyAchieveStageSeriousPerformancesGone Crazy Author:G-Dragon
“I really think that people who want to think more serious have to go and watch theater. Theater is a very sterilized art form. Not as much as music, but very close to music.” PeopleThinkingWantArtFormWatchesSeriousTheater Author:Asghar Farhadi
“There are some serious limitations in Mo Yan's situation as a writer in China today - just as there are for Jia Zhangke, one of the world's greatest film directors. He can only phrase his dissent obliquely, in his art. Writers in "free" societies labor under no such constraints. They can write more or less whatever they want in both their fiction and their commentary. Yet so many of them look oddly inhibited, even timid, and depressingly a couple of prominent figures actually positioned themselves to the right of their governments, intelligence agencies, and corporations.” WorldWantWritingLooksArtGovernmentTodayFilmFictionSituationFiguresSeriousCoupleDirectorsLaborChinaLimitationCorporationsPhrasesAgencyDissentConstraintsCommentaryFree SocietyProminentFilm DirectorsIntelligence Agencies Author:Pankaj Mishra