“To play a lawyer and have one year of law school under your belt, you sort of know what you're talking about! I'm able to memorize the legal courtroom stuff a lot faster than I would have been able to otherwise.” KnowsYearsHas BeensPlayAbleSchoolLawStuffTalkingLawyerFasterBeltsLaw SchoolCourtroom Author:Jerry O'Connell
“You are talking to a man who can only play a plastic keyboard. Give me anything weighted and I've had it. I haven't got the strength in my fingers to push them down. So I don't get a lot of expression on the keyboard.” MenGivingPlayTalkingHavensExpressionGive MeFingersPlasticKeyboards Author:Midge Ure
“I'm 100 percent sure this is it. I know that I'll never play in the NHL again. It's not a hard decision. I think the hardest thing is you get a little emotional talking about your family. I couldn't have played any longer than I did and I accomplished what I wanted to.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesHardPlayWantedDecisionTalkingEmotionalPercentHardestOur FamilyAccomplishedHardest ThingNhlHard Decision Author:Chris Chelios
“The great fun of doing new plays is that people have no idea what's going to happen next. That goes quite soon, as people start talking about it, and the only way you can keep hold of that is genuinely to keep changing it.” PeopleWayIdeasPlayHappensNextFunTalkingNo Idea Author:Stephen Daldry
“Adults are interested if you don't play down to the little 2 or 3 year olds or talk down. I don't believe in talking down to children. I don't believe in talking down to any certain segment. I like to kind of just talk in a general way to the audience. Children are always reaching.” IfsWayYearsBelieveKindChildrenLittlesPlayCertainTalkingAudienceAdultsDon't BelieveReachingTalking Down Author:Walt Disney
“I’m definitely excited to have a fresh start. Talking to the coach [Bob Hartley], talking to management, they want me to have success, and that definitely makes your life easier. It keeps your mind free to just go out there and play as good as you can, instead of worrying about giving up bad goals and having to prove yourself every night – not just to the public, but to the coaching staff and everybody else. That’s definitely a nicer way to feel comfortable, if you know they have your back.” IfsKnowsWayWantGivingFeelsMindPlayNightGoalTalkingWorryEasierProveGiving UpComfortableManagementExcitedCoachesCoachingWant MeBobEvery NightStaffFresh StartProving YourselfMind FreeCoaching Staff Author:Jonas Hiller
“The person who's receiving the food cooks as much as the chef. They have a very important role to play... There's no other activity that the person who receives it can destroy the work, can participate in how it's being done. It's emotional. Sometimes journalists are going to have to start talking more about the diners than the chefs.” PersonsImportantSometimesDonePlayTalkingRolesEmotionalActivityEatingCooksJournalistReceivingChefBeing DoneDiners Author:Ferran Adria
“I've been talking to Martina [Hingis] about playing for a couple of years. Maybe I can convince her to play some doubles.” YearsI CanPlayTalkingCoupleConvince Author:Martina Navratilova
“I think Chris Paul is a great player. He is very unselfish and plays very hard, so he would be a guy if he plays. I think his hand is still questionable, though. I hear they are talking about resting him that weekend. I'm excited to play with all the guys. Marvin Williams is starting to play well, and Salim Stoudamire, I think he should be there.” IfsThinkingShouldWellsStillsHardPlayHandsWould BeGuySportsTalkingPlayerStartingExcitedWeekendUnselfishQuestionableMarvin Author:Andrew Bogut
“The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.” IfsFirstsMadePlayCharacterWould BeWantedTalkingLaughingWrittenPhonesSydneyFiance Author:Victor Garber
“If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, "What would make me happy?" In other words, let your feelings guide you. This doesn't work well if you focus narrowly on your personal needs. I am not talking about selfishness or self-interest. When I ask, What will make you happy?, I mean, What way of loving others feels right for you? Choose a way of loving that makes you happy, and your efforts will be play rather than work.” IfsWayNeedsFeelsWellsMeanSelfPlayFeelingsAsksInterestAnswersEffortTalkingRolesFocusModelsGuidesSelfishnessRole ModelsYou ChooseSelf InterestMake You HappyMake Me HappyNot TalkingFeels RightLoving OthersPersonal Needs Author:Bernie Siegel
“I think it's relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that's not what we're talking about here with Seattle.” ThinkingPlayEasyTalkingOne ThingTeamDefenseNflSuper BowlSeattle Author:Bill Belichick
“I think it's relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that's not what we're talking about here with Seattle. They have a great running back - they have a great group of running backs - but Lynch obviously is really kind of in a class by himself. The quarterback's a problem, the receivers are a problem, they have a good offensive line.” ThinkingKindPlayProblemRunningEasyLinesTalkingClassOne ThingGroupsTeamDefenseNflOffensiveQuarterbackSuper BowlSeattleReceiverGreat RunningRunning BackOffensive Line Author:Bill Belichick
“I kind of play like a guy. I don't hold grudges. I don't get dramatic with things. If somebody slide tackles me in training and we leave the field, I'm still talking to them. I think that there's very few of us out there that can just take confrontation, and if you've got an issue with something, you can go to that person and say it.” IfsThinkingKindPersonsStillsPlayGuyTalkingIssuesFieldsTrainingDramaticSlidesConfrontationGrudge Author:Carli Lloyd
“Women lead in ways different from men's. Men, I think, have been programmed to give orders. Women have been programmed to motivate people, to educate them, to bring out the best in them. Ours is a less authoritarian leadership. I think women tend to play hardball less often. This is the trend of office politics anyway: the days of warring factions are over. We're talking now in terms of cooperation, and I think that is the game women play best.” PeopleThinkingMenWayGivingHas BeensDifferentPlayOrderGamesTermLeadershipTalkingOfficeTrendsCooperationEducateFactionsLead In Author:Muriel Fox
“It's just part of whatever motivates guys and whatever they say. Ultimately it comes down to how well you play. What I've learned over the years, a lot of guys talk. What you need to do is go out there and play, back it up. They've been able to back it up, so that's why it works for them. Hopefully we can go out there and do our talking on the field.” NeedsYearsWellsPlayAbleGuyTalkingFieldsHopefullyI've Learned Author:Tom Brady
“Whats different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. Its all part of the suffocating spin cycle were in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base.” GivingDifferentPlayPoliticalUsedTalkingLeaderMediaRadioCyclesHostPublishingConventionalPolitical LeadersConventional WisdomSuffocatingTalk Radio Author:John Avlon
“Have we become a cupcake league? We already have better helmets and gear. Wonder how the old school players feel about this. Not in the back of minds when talking about 18 game season so let's play football please... Even guys using shoulders to hit are getting flagged for helmet-to-helmet. Defense is getting sloppy because guys are avoiding fines and will get worse if suspending comes into play.” IfsFeelsMindPlaySchoolGuyGamesTalkingWonderPlayerFootballFinePleaseSeasonsDefenseShouldersLeagueAvoidingGearsOld SchoolHelmetSloppyCupcakesTacklingNfl Players Author:Phillip Daniels
“When I was a kid and my parents started talking about politics, I'd run to my room and put on the Rolling Stones as loud as I could. So when I see all these rock stars up there talking politics, it makes me sick... If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we're morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal.” IfsPlayRunningKidsNightOrderReadingStarsParentSleepRoomsTalkingRocksInformationListeningStonesVoteSickBiggerLoudRollingJournalRock StarMoronRolling StonesTalking Politics Author:Alice Cooper
“It's a grave mistake in publishing, whether you're talking about Internet or print publication, to try to play to a limited repertoire of established reader interests.” TryingPlayInterestMistakeTalkingReaderInternetGravesPrintPublishingPublication Author:Denis Dutton
“If I'm not directing it, I need to be right in the director's ear so we can be talking about this." You do something like use the wrong music, the tone's off, and everything feels off". And I was like, "I'm not going down with this one. I wrote it, but I don't like that play." Then I thought, "Well, no one's producing my stuff, letting me star in it, and direct it at these theaters, so I'll just do them in comedy clubs."” IfsNeedsFeelsWellsPlayUseStarsStuffTalkingComedyDirectorsDirectEarsTheaterClubsToneComedy Clubs Author:Jake M. Johnson
“There's not one reference in that thing that doesn't play. People deal with emotions in music all the time, but comedians are always talking about what they see. But we seldom talk about what we feel.” PeopleFeelsPlayDealsEmotionTalkingComedian Author:Chris Rock
“Talking about success in society, no one can complain, because today everyone can choose what he or she wants. They don't just have to choose between being proletarian or middle-class. Those kinds of things do not exist anymore. Today working class boys can play football and become multimillionaires. On football! There are no longer classes, who say that we are poor, we are suppressed by you etc.” WantKindPlayTodayPoorTalkingClassBoysMiddleFootballComplainingEtcMiddle ClassWorking ClassAbout Success Author:Odd Nerdrum
“I could sing and play as well. I've got some brothers; one of them is the drummer in the band. They're good musicians. I play for fun. They play properly. Music in general, I grew up in a house of musicians. Everybody's life has a soundtrack, I'm sitting here talking to you but there are horns beeping outside. I know I'm in New York. That's an element in the film as well. How strong that sense can be.” KnowsWellsPlayFilmHouseStrongFunTalkingNew YorkBrotherGrewBandElementsGrew UpMusicianSittingHornsDrummerSoundtracks Author:Jonathan Rhys Meyers
“If I learned to play guitar it was so that I would have something to sing to, if I learned to write a song it was so that I would have something to sing. So the gut feeling you're talking about comes from singing and communicating the lyrics and what it is that we feel.” IfsFeelsWritingPlayFeelingsSongTalkingSingingGuitarCommunicateGutsGut Feelings Author:Brandi Carlile
“My life has been a kind of mystery to me. By all my logical, linear thinking I started out in school as a little boy, I didn't have a clue about anything. What they were talking about in school, couldn't play sports, couldn't learn, and I was bottom of the class.” ThinkingKindLittlesHas BeensPlaySchoolSportsTalkingClassBoysMysteryBottomLogicalClueLittle BoysLinear Author:Anthony Hopkins
“The Internet makes it easier to find good music I would have to say. The radio stations that play the kind of music you were talking about, I don't think me and Curt Smith would be that inclined to listen to. It doesn't really affect us and I certainly don't remember the last time I watched MTV.” ThinkingKindPlayWould BeLastsRememberTalkingInternetEasierRadioStationsLast TimeMtvRadio Stations Author:Roland Orzabal
“I could never get bored talking about him, he was my favourite player. I loved watching him because he did everything you'd want to see in a footballer. He could dictate the pace of a game; he could take it by the scruff of the neck and control it; he could score decisive goals; he could make the killer pass; he could switch the play, open teams up, slow the game down, quicken it up; whatever was needed. He would take the ball anywhere on the pitch He was such a selfless footballer, too Scholesy was the man, all right.” MenWantPlayGamesGoalTalkingPlayerTeamHe ManNeededBallsBoredNecksScorePaceKillersSelflessFavouriteFootballer Author:Rio Ferdinand
“He came from a rock band and even though he was not a lead singer, I knew he was musical just from that. I also knew that he was intelligent enough from talking to him, that he would not play this part unless he could handle it vocally. I knew he was not about to get up there and have to have his voice dubbed or come off croaking. So Johnny Depp casted Johnny Depp. I trusted him entirely. I knew that he was no fool and he would only do it if he felt he could handle it. I told him to listen to the score carefully and if you can handle it, fine by me, and I was right.” IfsEnoughPlayFeltVoiceTalkingRocksFineFoolBandIntelligentMusicalSingersHandleGet UpScoreTrustedRock BandsTalking To Him Author:Stephen Sondheim
“Talking about music and talking about drums brings me back to my beginning and the simplicity, and the excitement about trying to play something and see if it works for your band.” IfsTryingPlayTalkingBandSimplicityExcitement Author:Patty Schemel
“In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking about what you think about X, Y and Z. Unless you've got a twin brother who's also a stand-up.” IfsThinkingPlayHelpingFeelingsTalkingFailingBrotherOriginalsTwinsTwin Brother Author:Eddie Izzard