“I think most people are fascinated by chess for that reason. It's just these mystical shapes. It's almost like Harry Potteresque, like wizard's chess in a way. The pieces come alive and you're the sorcerer. You're the magician and you get to do what you want with them and hopefully you don't screw it up.” PeopleThinkingWayWantReasonPiecesAliveShapesWhat You WantChessHopefullyFascinatedHarry PotterMysticalScrewsMagicianWizards Author:Maurice Ashley
“There's a great variety of people in Washington, but I think because of the great concentration of people in New York, that variety is more visible. You walk the streets and there are people of every color, shape and size, ethnic background, religion, it doesn't matter. It's always present.” PeopleThinkingMatterWalksStreetsNew YorkColorShapesSizeBackgroundsVarietyVisibleConcentrationEthnic Background Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“There seems to be for a long time now a range of issues that the Australian people want to talk about, but for some reason politicians of various shapes and stripes have decided they don't want to talk about.” PeopleWantLongReasonSeemsIssuesPoliticianShapesLong TimeDecidedVariousRangeAustralianStripes Author:Cory Bernardi
“I think there's been an overestimation of how much the press can shape coverage and people's decisions.” PeopleThinkingDecisionShapesPressesCoverage Author:David Folkenflik
“The historian Arthur Schlesinger has pointed out that people tend to get interested in politics again every 30 years. The universe moves in cycles of three. The number figures in everything from Pythagoras's theory that the universe is based on three to the Father-the-Son-and-the-Holy- Ghost to the three-sided pyramidal shapes that intersect in the Jewish Star of David. The notion of the mystical three, metaphysically, spiritually, and even politically, is quite interesting to me.” PeopleYearsMovingUniverseThreeFatherStarsInterestingNumbersFiguresSonTheoryHolyShapesNotionGhostCyclesHistorianMysticalHoly GhostArthur Author:Marianne Williamson
“People from the rock and roll world have felt for years that electronic music had no soul, but now electronic music can not only have soul but have all the shapes in the world.” PeopleWorldYearsSoulFeltRocksShapesRock And RollCan NotElectronic Music Author:Bjork
“I get letters from kids from all over the country. I always try to answer them because there were people I looked up to in my youth and just wanted to be in contact with. It's also important to realize that you find your role models in a lot of different places. I've never believed that your role models have to look like you. You can find them in all sort of colors, shapes and sizes.” PeopleTryingLooksImportantDifferentCountryKidsWantedRealizingAnswersRolesYouthColorLike YouShapesModelsLettersSizeContactRole ModelsDifferent Place Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I guess I'm interested in people and society and what we do collectively in the realm of decisions that shape our world. You know, at least on a human level.” PeopleKnowsWorldHumansDecisionLevelsShapesRealmsOur World Author:Reggie Watts
“What we can do is to shape how that process of global integration proceeds, so that it's increasing opportunity for ordinary people, so that it's creating better jobs, so that we are strengthening protections for workers, so that we are addressing some of the environmental challenges that come with rapid growth.” PeopleJobsOpportunityProcessGrowthCan DoChallengesShapesCreatingOrdinaryEnvironmentalWorkersProtectionIntegrationOrdinary PeopleRapidsStrengtheningBetter JobsRapid GrowthEnvironmental Challenges Author:Barack Obama
“Everyone's going to have a racist tweet, a homophobic tweet, a xenophobic tweet, a misogynist tweet. Everyone's going to have a tweet or a post or something that's not going to be ideal, and because of that, you can't really throw stones too hard at the people that do, because if we examined your life in every way, shape, or form, went through every single post with a fine-toothed comb and under that microscope, would it come out all sunshine and lollipops?” PeopleIfsWayHardFormFineShapesIdealsStonesPostsRacistSunshineTweetMicroscopesCombsHomophobicLollipop Author:Brad Williams
“One of the fashion things I ever did was for Helmut Lang for Visionaire magazine and I used people from all genders. People from the age of 18 - like James King - to people like my friend Sharon [Stone] who's about 50 or older. People of all different shapes and literally all different genders and my boyfriend at the time and his daughter who was 11.” PeopleDifferentAgeUsedFashionKingsShapesDaughterMy FriendsStonesGenderMagazinesMy BoyfriendOlder PeopleSharon Author:Nan Goldin
“Most of the time, I'm fighting guys who are 22 years old, former college wrestlers, athletes, kids who are in much better shape than me. Often people who are much bigger and wider than me. It can be dispiriting at first.” PeopleYearsFirstsKidsGuyFightingCollegeShapesBiggerAthleteFormerWrestler Author:Anthony Bourdain
“People are like, "Oh, I want to make your eyes almond." I don't have almond eyes! Why are you trying to change my eye shape?” PeopleWantTryingEyeShapesTrying To ChangeAlmonds Author:Miley Cyrus
“I try to help people see that God uses pain, that pain is one of the ways God shapes us into the kind of beings He wants us to be for eternity.” PeopleWayWantTryingKindHelpingUsePainShapesEternityWant U Author:Max Lucado
“Turkey has its own interests and historically, Turkey conquered most of the Arab world, and the Arabs had to fight wars of liberation to free themselves from the Turks. That's in the past and that doesn't necessarily shape what is going on but it's there and it's there in people's memories.” PeopleWorldWarPastFightingInterestMemoriesShapesLiberationTurkeysArab World Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“I wouldn't necessarily assume that because Capricornia has traditionally been a Labor seat, that it'll go back to the Labor Party this time because the big issue in Capricornia which is based on the city of Rockhampton is the fact that the economy is - the regional economy is in a poor shape as a result, in particular of the decline of the mining industry and they are looking to the Carmichael mine, the Adani project as containing all of the prospects that they see for their future and that is why people in Rockhampton are very, very fearful of a Labor-Greens government.” PeopleFactsBigsGovernmentPoorResultsPartyCitiesEconomyIssuesMinesParticularIndustryShapesProjectsLaborAssumingSeatsFearfulDeclineProspectsContainingMining Author:George Brandis
“I want my mom to be able to wear my clothes, I want my older sister to be able to wear my clothes, and the people in my life aren't necessarily built like I am, you know? They're built in a million different beautiful bodies, shapes, and sizes, and so why would I exclude anybody from being able to have it? This is the point.” PeopleKnowsWantDifferentBodyAbleBeautifulMillionsMomShapesClothesBuiltSizeMy MomBeing A MomOlder SisterBeautiful BodyBody Shapes Author:Zendaya
“You have to be completely open to what people would tell you. You do not shape them; you do not force the materials into your ideas. You have to have all windows and doors open.” PeopleIdeasForceDoorsMaterialsShapesWindowWindows And Doors Author:Werner Herzog
“I was confident and in good shape when I first came to L.A. but nobody would cast me in any well written roles. People assumed based on my looks I was an asshole and a one trick pony. They never let me improv or do comedy. It wasn't until I built a shlubby exterior, which stood in stark contrast to my inner confidence that people gave me room to play.” PeopleFirstsWellsLooksPlayRoomsRolesComedyWrittenShapesBuiltLet MeCastsTricksContrastStarksExteriorWell WrittenPonies Author:Chris Pratt
“The people definitely shape the two, put stamps and classify mainstream and underground music.” PeopleTwoShapesMainstreamStampsUnderground Music Author:Kendrick Lamar
“To look at long term trends in our economy, in our society, in the international sphere and using my best judgment, shape policies that will serve the American people, keep them safe, keep our economy growing, put people back to work.” PeopleLooksLongTermEconomyGrowingPolicyShapesSafeJudgmentInternationalLong TermOur SocietyTrendsSpheresBack To Work Author:Barack Obama
“["War Horse"] does have action as well, but we allow the audience to appreciate the environment where these characters are from because the lens shapes the people, as we know.” PeopleKnowsWellsDoeWarCharacterActionAudienceEnvironmentShapesAppreciateHorseLensesWar Horse Author:Janusz Kaminski
“I'm working on "Living the Bill of Rights," and it's about people - well, it starts with Brennan and Douglas as people who not only live the Bill of Rights, but try to shape the reason for that.” PeopleTryingWellsReasonRightsShapesBillsBill Of Rights Author:Nat Hentoff
“There are still many homeless trans folk wandering the streets. They are still harassed on the street by bystanders and police officers. We still face many administrative hurdles in every aspect of our lives. If anything, things are actually getting harder for us, because now there are people who are using our visibility as an excuse to say that we are already receiving fair and honest treatment, when the reality is that we are still in bad shape as a community.” PeopleIfsStillsRealityFacesCommunityOur LivesStreetsHonestShapesFairsAspectHarderPoliceFolksExcuseWanderTreatmentOfficersReceivingHomelessTransPolice OfficerHurdleAdministrativeVisibilityBystanders Author:Chelsea Manning
“It's important to meet with the people who can shape future events, and who might be causing a current problem. And to ignore them means that the problem will continue.” PeopleMeanImportantProblemMightEventsShapesCurrentsFuture Events Author:Jimmy Carter
“I'm enormously interested in freedom and retaining the right to have whatever economy we want and to shape it as we want and a having sufficient Democracy so that the people actually hold their Government in their own hands.” PeopleWantHandsGovernmentEconomyDemocracyShapesSufficientRetaining Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“I do not consider myself opposed to any of these Republicans, because any of these people if they were gonna get the nomination are gonna get my vote over Hillary Clinton. I am not in any way, shape, manner, or form trying to damage any of them.” PeopleIfsWayTryingFormRepublicanShapesVoteClintonDamageNominations Author:Rush Limbaugh
“With couture you have faithfulness - people are faithful to you. In couture, you will see that the cut looks like a lace dress from a distance, but it's only when you get nearer you understand that it's layers of lace, hand stitched in a certain shape, all the work - the zips, the buttons, the hooks... it goes on.” PeopleLooksHandsCertainCuttingGoes OnShapesDressesDistanceFaithfulHave FaithLayersButtonsHookFaithfulnessLaceZipsCouture Author:Riccardo Tisci
“That's the perennial appeal of magic - that we ourselves have power and we can shape our world. I sometimes think its very analogous to having a lot of money that people think - 'cause that's kind of like a super power.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindSometimesCausesMagicShapesAppealsOur WorldLots Of MoneySuper Power Author:J. K. Rowling
“The British inclined more towards the feudal mentality, the feudal structures rather than the more radical progressive elements who would re-shape society and institute pretty egalitarian systems of governance with opportunity for even disadvantaged people and so I found that decolonisation was not just the end of political struggle in Nigeria.” PeopleEndsPoliticalFoundOpportunityStruggleShapesElementsStructureBritishRadicalProgressiveMentalityGovernanceInstituteNigeriaDisadvantagedPolitical Struggle Author:Wole Soyinka
“I never wanted to accept that. And so I have always fought against that in some way, shape or form and had - I've had people who have supported trying to get me in for things that were beyond the character description.” PeopleWayTryingCharacterWantedFormAcceptingShapesDescription Author:Mahershala Ali
“Popular culture does a lot to shape attitudes. You can't compare different communities to each other, but in my lifetime the gay and lesbian community has become much more mainstream in society. I would venture to say it's in part because people began to feel more comfortable when they saw that group on TV.” PeopleFeelsDoeDifferentCultureCommunityAttitudeSawsGroupsTvsGayShapesComfortableLifetimeCompareMainstreamVenturePopular Culture Author:Jay Ruderman
“Politics will take whatever shape it needs for people to get elected. But at the end of the day, the population remains and that's really, as an educator, who I care about.” PeopleNeedsEndsCareShapesRemainsPopulationThe End Of The DayI CareEducator Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“There's an effort on the part of many people to attack women's rights, women's health, and the ability to control our own lives. No doubt about it. And it is not a majority of the country, in any way, shape, or form. I know on the contraceptive issue, 70 percent of the country agrees with me. Will that stop my opponents? No. Because they are so radical. They chip away and chip away.” PeopleKnowsWayCountryFormAbilityEffortIssuesDoubtRightsShapesPercentAgreeMajorityRadicalOpponentsNo DoubtWomens RightsChipsContraceptivesWomen's Health Author:Barbara Boxer
“I've always believed the world would be a better place if more people everywhere have a chance to shape their own future and realize their full potential. I think that is what life is about.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWould BeLife IsRealizingChanceShapesBetter PlaceAlways BelieveFull Potential Author:Thomas Friedman
“Does the presence of pain mean the absence of God? I try to help people see that God uses pain, that pain is one of the ways God shapes us into the kind of beings He wants us to be for eternity.” PeopleWayWantTryingKindMeanDoeHelpingUsePainShapesEternityAbsenceWant U Author:Max Lucado
“You can't just pick people for their hair color or the shape of their face. You have to go with the best actors.” PeopleFacesActorsColorHairShapesPicks Author:George R. R. Martin
“As a producer, I really get to tell stories that I care about in a way that I want to. I get to shape them. I get to choose the collaborators. That's really gratifying as a storyteller. And also, frankly, it's really fun to create jobs for other people.” PeopleWayWantStoriesCareJobsFunShapesProducersI CareStorytellerCollaborators Author:Elizabeth Banks
“It's tough to make music and make it your own, and not have somebody call it something you don't agree with but can't control. Sometimes the press doesn't realize how much power they have and how they can shape somebody's life. I think there's a lot of people just trying to make music and get their art out there, and their heads get f**ked by the press calling them this or calling them that.” PeopleThinkingTryingArtSometimesRealizingCallingShapesToughAgreePressesKeds Author:Jim James
“Like a historian, I interpret, select, discard, shape, simplify. Unlike a historian, I make up people's thoughts.” PeopleShapesHistorianSelectSimplify Author:Hilary Mantel
“When people see my makeup, they think all types of crazy things that I'm doing to my skin, but it's makeup. It's the weirdest thing. They'll see contouring and think you had surgery on your nose. No. No. No. Look at 'RuPaul's Drag Race' and you'll see... you can make your nose look... what ever shape you want it.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksRaceCrazyTypeShapesSkinsNosesMakeupDragSurgeryCrazy Things Author:Nicki Minaj
“All of the people who work in the kitchen with me go out into the forests and on to the beach. It's a part of their job. If you work with me you will often be starting your day in the forest or on the shore because I believe foraging will shape you as a chef.” PeopleIfsBelieveJobsI BelieveShapesStartingForestsBeachKitchenShoreChefOften IsForaging Author:Rene Redzepi
“The people at the top of the league think they need to rein me in so I don't become another Michael Jordan, somebody they aren't able to mold and shape and make their puppet.” PeopleThinkingNeedsAbleShapesBasketballLeagueMoldJordanPuppetsReins Author:Dennis Rodman
“Certainly, poverty and economic decline have a lot to do with the so-called rage of Islam. You've got all these young men in countries which are economically in bad shape. The idea that they might be able to make a good living and get married and have a family, a decent life, seems very remote to a lot of people in a lot of the world.” PeopleMenWorldIdeasCountrySeemsMightAbleYoungPovertyEconomicShapesMarriedIslamRageYoung ManDecentDeclineGood LivingDecent Life Author:Salman Rushdie
“You should never step outside of your life and look at it like it’s this malleable thing you can shape so that people view it a certain way.” PeopleWayShouldLooksCertainViewsStepsShapes Author:Kristen Stewart
“Fitness is a curve. You can be Lance Armstrong, or you can be really out of shape at the opposite end. People enter the curve wherever they are and then they can move up the curve, by better nutrition and better exercise.” PeopleEndsMovingExerciseShapesOppositesNutritionCurvesArmstrong Author:Gordon Strachan
“People used to laugh that academics would study Disney movies. There's nothing more important for academics to study, because they shape the minds of our children possibly more than any single thing.” PeopleMindChildrenImportantUsedLaughingStudyShapesOur Children Author:Joss Whedon
“Fashion doesn't look good only on models, it can look good on different people of different ages and different body shapes.” PeopleLooksDifferentBodyAgeFashionShapesModelsDifferent PeoplesDifferent AgesBody Shapes Author:Alber Elbaz
“The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of people, and then they take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature.” PeopleMenWorldHumansFaithChristLordEnvironmentHuman NatureShapesBehaviorTrust In GodHuman BehaviorMoldConfidence In GodGreatness Of GodSlumsMighty God Author:Ezra Taft Benson
“Maybe I'd never see him again... maybe he'd gone for good... swallowed up, body and soul, in the kind of stories you hear about... Ah, it's an awful thing... and being young doesn't help any... when you notice for the first time... the way you lose people as you go along ... the buddies you'll never see again... never again... when you notice that they've disappeared like dreams... that it's all over... finished... that you too will get lost someday... a long way off but inevitably... in the awful torrent of things and people... of the days and shapes... that pass... that never stop.” PeopleWayFirstsKindLongSoulHelpingStoriesDreamBodyYoungLostLosesGoneShapesFirst TimeFinishedAwfulSomedayLong WayBuddy Author:Louis-Ferdinand Celine