“Feminism is just about equality, really, and there's so much stuff attached to the word, when it's actually so simple. I don't know why it's always so bogged down.” KnowsStuffSimpleFeminism Author:Mia Wasikowska
“When you go to jail, there's so much simple stuff missing. You just want some good toilet paper or a real toothbrush, a real blanket and a real bed to lay in.” WantRealStuffSimpleMissingBedPaperLaysJailToiletsBlanketToilet PaperToothbrushes Author:Ja Rule
“Bikes are clearly a superior form of transportation when it comes to just simple getting around. A car makes sense if you need to carry a bunch of stuff.” IfsNeedsFormStuffSimpleCarBunchSuperiorsMake SenseBikeTransportation Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“For the last year and a half, I went from being a crazy workout girl to sort of saying, "My body wants a little bit a of break." So I kind of stay with more simple stuff and taking walks and not being neurotic about working out and eating right. I started to enjoy life a little bit more. The only downside to that is there's that couple extra pounds and about 4,000 pregnancy rumors, but you know, other than that, it feels great.” KnowsWantFeelsYearsKindLittlesBodyLastsGirlStuffBitsEnjoySimpleWalksHalfBreakCrazyCoupleEatingLittle BitWork OutExtrasPoundsPregnancyLast YearWorkoutEnjoy LifeRumorNeuroticEating Right Author:Jennifer Aniston
“When I was there at Marvel, everybody thought if you could draw well and you could do sensational panels, that you were going to be a success. The truth is that no matter how good or bad you are as a draftsman, if you can't tell a story, you don't last in comics. ...About halfway through my stay at Marvel, I realized I was being paid to tell a story, not do a drawing. That's why my stuff is always rather simple and uncomplicated compared to a lot of guys.” IfsWellsBookMatterStoriesLastsGuyStuffSimpleTruth IsDrawsPaidDrawingI RealizedComicComic BookHalfwaySensationalUncomplicatedDraftsman Author:John Romita, Sr.
“All I look for is good quality stuff. Whatever I read, if I like it, then I want to do it. It's as simple as that. I don't have a master plan of, "I should do this genre, and then this."” IfsWantShouldLooksStuffSimpleQualityPlansMastersGenreGood Quality Author:Karen Gillan
“If something feels right, I do it. If it feels wrong, I don't. It's really very, very simple, but you've got to be willing to take your chances doing stuff that may look crazy to other people - or not doing something that looks right to others but just feels wrong to you.” PeopleIfsFeelsLooksMayStuffChanceSimpleCrazyWillingFeels Right Author:Oprah Winfrey
“If you start using a medication in a person with autism, you should see an obvious improvement in behavior in a short period of time. If you do not see an obvious improvement, they probably should not be taking the stuff. It is that simple.” IfsShouldPersonsStuffSimplePeriodsBehaviorObviousImprovementAutismMedication Author:Temple Grandin
“You know, they say you can reduce genius to someone who spent 10,000 hours trying to get good at something. I'm not claiming either one of those. I haven't done anything for 10,000 hours but sleep. But you do stuff enough, you get better at it. Usually it's a simple thing like that. Essentially, a brainless endeavor.” KnowsTryingDoneEnoughStuffHoursSleepSimpleHavensGeniusGet BetterEndeavorSimple ThingsBrainless Author:Randy Newman
“I love making down-home Southern cooking, and just chilling out and having cakes and pies and baking stuff, you know. I'm a pretty simple girl.” KnowsHomeGirlStuffSimpleCookingCakeSouthernPieChillBakingLove MakingChilling Out Author:Nicole Scherzinger
“My music is simple stuff. Anybody can sit down, look at a set of symbols and produce sounds the music represents.” LooksStuffSoundSimpleProduceMusic IsSymbols Author:Chuck Berry
“We live in an increasingly sophisticated world that makes it difficult to make simple comments on stuff. There are too many people on both sides of the border who are taking advantage of circumstances and the situation.” PeopleWorldStuffDifficultSidesSimpleSituationCircumstancesAdvantageBordersCommentSophisticatedBoth SidesTaking Advantage Author:Arlo Guthrie
“My view is that musicals are love stories with great final scenes. It's just that simple. Musicals are also conflicts between two worlds. And by those criteria, 'The Color Purple' is actually exactly the kind of story that makes for a great musical. Yes, it's got hard stuff in it, but so does 'Les Miserables' and 'Phantom of the Opera.'” WorldKindDoeTwoHardStoriesStuffSimpleViewsColorSceneConflictFinalsMusicalLove StoryOperaPurpleCriteriaPhantomsGreat MusicTwo Worlds Author:Marsha Norman
“It's something he used to say when he was happy. It could be a very, very simple day. We might be sitting out on the front lawn. Dad loved classical music and we might be listening to some Stravinsky or something and having some tea and eggs. And he'd say, 'Oh, good stuff, isn't it?'” MightUsedStuffSimpleFrontsListeningDadSittingTeaEggsClassical MusicLawnsStravinsky Author:Jennifer Grant
“What interested me about Chuck Berry was the way he could step out of the rhythm part with such ease, throwing in a nice, simple riff, and then drop straight into the feel of it again. We used to play a lot more rhythm stuff. We'd do away with the differences between lead and rhythm guitar. You can't go into a shop and ask for a "lead guitar". You're a guitar player, and you play a guitar.” WayFeelsPlayUsedAsksStuffDifferencesSimpleStepsNicePlayerGuitarRhythmEaseShopsThrowingGuitar PlayerChuckBerries Author:Keith Richards
“Poets are political, they have to be reflections of their times [because] they're living in their times... Poetry is political in that it's standing in opposition to fascism. Good poetry asks a bunch of questions and asks the audience to interact with themselves or see themselves in it; maybe you like it or you don't like it. But the fascist sort of stuff plays on your fears and tells you to jump on the party line and gives some simple excuses - blame this person.” GivingPersonsPlayPoliticalAsksStuffLinesSimplePartyAudiencePoetReflectionStandingBlameExcuseBunchOppositionPoetry IsFascismFascistsYou Like ItGood PoetryTime Poetry Author:John Cusack
“I want to be simple. I think that we try - and we think when we grow up - that we have the truth, because we experience and stuff. But that bullsh*t actually.” ThinkingWantTryingGrowsStuffSimpleGrowing UpTruth Is Author:Stromae
“If you're going to invest a valuable asset (like time), go ahead and make it productive. Use a postit or two, or some index cards or a highlighter. Not to write down stuff so you can forget it later, but to create marching orders. It's simple: if three weeks go by and you haven't taken action on what you've written down, you wasted your time.” IfsWritingTwoUseActionOrderThreeStuffSimpleForgetBusinessTakenWrittenWeekHavensValuableCardsProductiveAssetsForget It Author:Seth Godin
“PhotoShop is a program I use all the time with my 2D stuff. And that's an extraordinary program - you really can do anything there, and I've never hit my head on the ceiling. The 3D stuff is incredibly complicated, monstrously complicated, but for the things that I want to do, I've found very simple and interesting ways, I hope, of making images without getting tied up too much in the maps and technicalities.” WayWantUseFoundStuffCan DoSimpleInterestingToo MuchProgramExtraordinaryComplicatedMapsTiedCeilingsTied UpInteresting WaysPhotoshopTechnicalities Author:Dave McKean
“I've got a lot of wonderfully talented, creative directors I've worked with in Texas, but the market we're in, they kind of have to write to that. I think we've done some cool, simple spots. I was very comfortable in Texas, and getting ready to push out into national stuff, try to get to that national-type creative, and then I got sidetracked with this stuff.” ThinkingWritingTryingKindDoneStuffSimpleCreativeReadyTypeDirectorsComfortableSpotsTexas Author:Jackie Earle Haley
“I mean, the thing about Guns N' Roses was that it wasn't trying to attach itself to the '80s, or anything that had to do with the '80s. It's just who we were at that time. We were doing what we wanted to do. That had really nothing to do with anything around us, except for the simple fact that we were rebelling against that stuff.” TryingMeanFactsWantedStuffSimpleGunRose80sGuns N Roses Author:Slash
“The trick, though, is to not lose compassion, to not allow the sense of absurdity to outweigh the awareness of real beings, with real feelings. Mean-spirited humor turns the world into cardboard, the way Midas's simple-minded greed turned food into inedible and useless stuff.” WorldWayMeanRealFeelingsTurnsStuffLosesSimpleCompassionAwarenessGreedTricksUselessAbsurditySpiritedMean SpiritedReal FeelingsMidasUseless Stuff Author:Jane Hirshfield
“You can build the most important companies in history with a very simple to describe concept. You can market products in less than 50 characters. There is no reason why you can't build your company the same way. So force yourself to simplify every initiative, every product, every marketing, everything you do. Basically take out that red and start eliminating stuff.” WayImportantReasonCharacterForceStuffSimpleCompanyProductsConceptsRedMarketingReason WhyNo ReasonInitiativeSimplifyEliminating Author:Keith Rabois
“However, I think that sometimes when shows do, you know, have a good season or a bad season, it comes down to something as simple as the crop of contestants that year, and do they break through in a way that makes the audience excited. Those are the kinds of things that tend to make a difference, more so than tweaks to the format and that sort of stuff, as much as we, obviously, would all like to try to assume that it's in our power.” ThinkingKnowsWayTryingYearsKindSometimesShowsStuffDifferencesSimpleBreakAudienceSeasonsAssumingExcitedMaking A DifferenceDo You KnowCropsFormatBreak ThroughTweakContestants Author:Dan Cutforth
“If you're into writing and making people laugh, or just want to video blog something, you should get a simple digital video camera. And all computers now come with an easy video editing software program. Just mess around with that for a little bit, try to figure it out, then just put stuff online and have fun. Never give up!” PeopleIfsWantGivingShouldWritingTryingLittlesFunEasyStuffBitsSimpleLaughingFiguresGiving UpComputerLittle BitProgramCamerasVideoMessHaving FunDigitalOnlineSoftwareEditingNever Giving UpBlogsMaking People LaughVideo CamerasEditing SoftwareVideo Editing Author:Lucas Cruikshank