“You know, I'm not real tall. I'm 6'0, 6'½, but I think people think I'm shorter than I am because I'm not the most muscular cat in the world.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldRealCatTall Author:Mark McGrath
“I never really thought we'd fitted into the cross-over drawer. But I think the real Sugar Ray fans did like us because we always had variety and because we experimented a lot.” ThinkingRealFansCrossesVarietyRaysSugarDrawers Author:Mark McGrath
“To me, the whole idea of fame and I think it can be a real test of somebody, of who they are. You know, 'cause some strange things happen. I've seen some peculiar things as far as a person just living their life.” ThinkingKnowsPersonsIdeasRealWholeHappensCausesStrangeFameTestsThings HappenPeculiarStrange Things Author:Tobey Maguire
“Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.” IfsThinkingWorldRealWould BeMorningMagicTearsGet UpReal WorldVeilsDreary Author:Victoria Moran
“I'm busier than a busy person. People aren't scared to play this raucous, harsh music over radio speakers, so I think it's the perfect time to get in with some real serious, heavy bands.” PeopleThinkingPersonsRealPlayPerfectSeriousBandBusyScaredRadioHeavySpeakersHarshBusierBusy Person Author:Jason Newsted
“I don't think that word - the word pirate - has any real meaning. Or it's something that's had meaning imposed on it.” ThinkingRealPirate Author:Will Oldham
“I used to look at horror movies as being really real and it would totally freak me out and give me nightmares. Now I watch and think, 'whoa how'd they do that?” ThinkingGivingLooksRealUsedWatchesHorrorGive MeNightmareFreakBeing Real Author:Evan Peters
“I would love to do comedy. I think I'm funny and that comedy is my strong suit, at least in real life. I have yet to prove myself in the movies, but I'd love to get the opportunity to do that.” ThinkingRealOpportunityStrongComedyProveReal LifeSuitsProve Myself Author:Evan Peters
“I think especially in her position, a highly successful professional woman, it would be a real exception to have an unwed child.” ThinkingChildrenRealWould BePoliticsSuccessfulPositionException Author:Dan Quayle
“I think it's vital to have something outside your acting to keep you rooted in the real world, and help you fill the vacuum. If you have nothing else, it can be unhealthy. For me being a Christian has been invaluable: it simply means acting isn't the centre of my life.” IfsThinkingWorldMeanHas BeensRealHelpingChristianActingReal WorldRootedCentreVacuumsUnhealthyInvaluable Author:David Oyelowo
“I don't think there are beautiful women out there trying to lure men into any kind of conspiracy. I think people are out there just trying to meet someone new and interesting and live in the real world.” PeopleThinkingMenWorldTryingKindRealBeautifulInterestingReal WorldConspiracyBeautiful WomenLure Author:Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
“I think real life couples on screen are kind of deadly. For the most part, they're kind of deadly. You'd be surprised. Unless they're falling in love onscreen for the first time, you don't have quite the same energy for some reason.” ThinkingFirstsKindRealReasonFallEnergyCoupleFirst TimeFalling In LoveScreensReal Life Author:Amy Poehler
“So I think it's important to communicate with the people in terms of what the real facts are on these proposals and try to have a discussion and a dialogue that gives people information. I think they're hungry for that rather than just political rhetoric.” PeopleThinkingGivingTryingImportantRealFactsPoliticalTermInformationCommunicateHungryDialogueDiscussionRhetoricProposalPolitical Rhetoric Author:John Podesta
“With some CGI, I think the brain slightly perceives that things aren't real. There's no gravity, the light's not quite real, the shadows aren't quite real.” ThinkingRealLightBrainShadowPerceiveGravityCgi Author:Nick Park
“I always tell myself that when you're playing a character, pretend they're on trial and you're giving the best witness of their life. You really need to think about every element of the character and represent them properly, as if they were a real person. You want to give 100 percent of what they're worth and what they deserve as people.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNeedsGivingPersonsRealCharacterElementsPercentDeserveTrialsWitnessReal PersonGive 100 Percent Author:Pauley Perrette
“I think there's an awful lot of noise about the Church being persecuted but there is a more real issue that the conventional churches face - that the people who are really driving their revival and success believe in an old-time religion which, in my view, is incompatible with a modern, multi-ethnic, multicultural society.” PeopleThinkingBelieveRealFacesChurchViewsIssuesModernDrivingNoiseAwfulConventionalRevivalPersecutedMulticulturalOld TimeMulticultural Society Author:Trevor Phillips
“Making a film or doing a play are completely different experiences and entirely fulfilling, but completely unique. I also think one complements the other. People often say that theater is about flexing your muscles, and is actually real acting, whereas I sort of disagree.” PeopleThinkingDifferentRealPlayFilmActingUniqueTheaterMusclesDisagreeFulfillingComplementDifferent ExperiencesFlexing Author:Eddie Redmayne
“The thought processes that go through my head when I'm playing a game compared to the thought processes in real life are very, very different. And they're more interesting to me than what you think about when you're doing the dishes, cleaning the yard, watching TV, driving or watching a movie.” ThinkingDifferentRealGamesProcessInterestingTvsDrivingReal LifeDishesYardsCleaningThought ProcessWatching Tv Author:John Romero
“Researching real people and doing them, I think, is harder than anything else. You don't want to do a caricature of them and you don't want to do an impression. You just want to do the best you can, in terms of presenting their views and a general impression of the guy. That's the hardest thing to do, real people.” PeopleThinkingWantRealGuyTermViewsHarderImpressionHardestThings To DoHardest ThingDo The BestPresentingCaricaturesHardest Thing To Do Author:Stephen Root
“I think 'Horace Silver' was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St. Louis. So along with most players of my generation, I have a real affection for the music of 'Horace Silver.” ThinkingFirstsRealKidsPlayerGenerationsHeardGroupsJazzAffectionSilverMy GenerationBack When Author:David Sanborn
“I often think about image, and image is something that - but in truth, the real artistic process, as I've understood it, is 95 percent intuitive, like seat-of-the-pants, at-the-moment decisions that you can't even explain, you know?” ThinkingKnowsRealMomentsProcessDecisionPercentUnderstoodArtisticSeatsPantsIntuitiveArtistic Process Author:George Saunders
“I think with world building, it's important to create a sense of culture even if it is just a fantasy, and the best way to do that is to look at a real human culture and see what makes it cohesive.” IfsThinkingWorldWayHumansLooksImportantRealCultureFantasyBuildingBest WayReal Human Author:Laini Taylor
“I think anything that requires real global breakthroughs requires a degree of intensity and sustained effort that cannot be done part time, so it's something you have to do around the clock, and that doesn't compute with our existing educational system.” ThinkingRealDoneEffortDegreesEducationalClockIntensityBreakthroughEducational SystemPart Time Author:Peter Thiel
“So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that's a big part of where I came from. I'm not a real prissy girl.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingI CanRealHelpingBigsGirlCan DoHelp MeI Can Do ItLuggage Author:Carrie Underwood
“That's something - you laugh about Eminem... It's funny, man, because I didn't like him when he first came out, ya know. It seemed like a big joke. But I think the guy's for real, and I like his lyrics!” ThinkingKnowsMenFirstsRealBigsGuyLaughingJokesFunny Men Author:Alan Vega
“No one blames themselves if they don't understand a cartoon, as they might with a painting or "real" art; they simply think it's a bad cartoon.” IfsThinkingArtRealMightPaintingBlameCartoon Author:Chris Ware
“There's also something happening in television similar to what happened in the '80s, when people stopped taking so many drugs and wanted to hear real instruments in music again. I think people want plot, story and characters. Those are more important than having a big star.” PeopleThinkingWantImportantRealCharacterStoriesBigsWantedStarsHappenedTelevisionDrugHappeningsInstrumentsPlot80s Author:Jessica Pare
“Washington tends to be full of too many traps. I think reporters there do a lot of attending news briefings and news conferences expecting to get the real news out of those relatively sterile environments. But you've got to deal with the obscure people as well as the names.” PeopleThinkingWellsRealNamesDealsEnvironmentNewsExpectingTrapsReportersObscureConferencesAttendingBriefing Author:Tom Brokaw
“I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better , if less "showily." Let him come and go freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself... Teaching fills the mind with artificial associations that must be got rid of before the child can develop independent ideas out of actual experiences.” IfsThinkingMindKindChildrenIdeasRealSeemsLeftTeachingSpecialTaughtBuiltIndependentImpressionIdiotSuspectsAssociationArtificialComes And GoesReal ThingsEducation SystemSchooledEpistemologyHomeschoolingUnschoolingPedagogySupposition Author:Anne Sullivan Macy
“Real meditation engenders humility and purity, always. Yet I don't really think it demands any kind of lifestyle.” ThinkingKindRealMeditationHumilityBuddhismDemandLifestylePurity Author:Frederick Lenz
“...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care about, who have no self-respect and no respect for anybody or any institution....And I don't want to sound preachy or Victorian, but I'm tired of amorality in fiction and in real life. Immorality is a fascinating human dilemma that creates suspense for the readers and tension for the characters, but where is the tension in an amoral situation? When people have no personal code, nothing is threatening and nothing is meaningful.” PeopleThinkingWantWritingHumansPersonsBookRealSelfCharacterCareSoundFictionSituationReaderPaperInstitutionsTiredDon't CareMeaningfulReal LifeSuspenseCodeTensionSelf RespectFascinatingThreateningDollsDilemmaI'm TiredImmoralityVictorianNo RespectBooks And MoviesAmorality Author:Olive Ann Burns
“Here's my answer to the very real existential crisis that grips me midway through everything I've ever tried to do: I think stories help us fight the nihilistic urges that constantly threaten to consume us.” ThinkingWritingRealHelpingStoriesFightingAnswersCrisisUrgesExistentialExistential CrisisMidway Author:John Green
“V-Day...if you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care for "your loved one" I think it's quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. It's all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love.” IfsThinkingNeedsYearsRealShowsBodyCareHateSexTechnologyRelationshipStupidOne DayI HateLoved OnesArtificialReal LoveLove RelationshipCare For YouCommercialism Book:Business Plan: Building Brand Identity: An Indie Author's Advertising Plan Source: Business Plan: Building Brand Identity: An Indie Author's Advertising Plan
“Man is flawed; universe is imperfect; the functioning of the cosmos is defective! Everything seems to be severely punished by the imperfection! May be the real challenge of men is to correct all these flaws! It is possible to think that God is an evolutionary perfectionist! He creates things as unimportant and faulty; then let them all alone and fateless to evolve to perfection!” ThinkingMenMayRealSeemsUniverseChallengesPerfectionEvolveCosmosFlawsImperfectionImperfectFlawedUnimportantPerfectionistAll AloneDefective Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Teenagers all think their life is a movie. If you break up with someone or you have a fight, you walk around with movie scores playing in your head. You sort of see yourself suffering as you're suffering. There's a lot of melodrama attached to the real events of your life.” IfsThinkingRealLife IsSufferingFightingWalksBreakEventsTeenagerScoreMelodrama Author:Kenneth Lonergan
“I think Clinton fatigue was a real thing. It's just hard to get comfortable with Gore - it was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.” PeopleThinkingKnowsPersonsRealHardComfortableProjectsClintonFatigueReal ThingsGore Author:Al Franken
“I think there's something quite interesting about the almost tragic quality of a lot of overwrought prose, because it has a much more self-conscious awareness of its own failure to touch the real.” ThinkingRealSelfInterestingQualityAwarenessConsciousProseTragicSelf ConsciousConscious Awareness Author:China Mieville