“At the beginning of 'The Hills,' I couldn't watch myself because I'm very critical and would pick myself to pieces. But with movies I feel like it's different because you're playing a character. So it's like watching yourself but not watching yourself.” FeelsDifferentCharacterWatchesPiecesPicksCriticalHills Author:Audrina Patridge
“If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the sun set. I know how to live. There's a whole creation out there full of magic and wonder to be explored.” IfsKnowsI CanPlayWholeFilmInterestWonderWatchesKnow HowSunMagicCreationPicksLibraryMagazinesMuseumsSun Set Author:Phylicia Rashad
“Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze over the dunes, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over a pond and a stand of pines. Get a life in which you pay attention to the baby as she scowls with concentration when she tried to pick up a Cheerio with her thumb and first finger.” FirstsWaterPayAttentionWatchesBabyPicksRedFingersSmellCirclesPay AttentionConcentrationPushingSaltBreezeThumbsPondsHawksSalt Water Author:Anna Quindlen
“So after 11 years you're just picking up all this information. I'm a basketball junky, so I watch old players. The '90s was a great era of basketball. I watched so much of that. That just helped me be a student of the game and pick up any moment. It's the 10,000 hour rule. You're just trying to master your craft.” TryingYearsMomentsGamesHoursWatchesPlayerInformationStudentsMastersBasketballPicksCraftsErasChampionshipNba Championships Author:Andre Iguodala
“I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.” HardCertainWatchesDirectorsPicksInspiredWatch Movie Author:Noah Baumbach
“From the window, I watch the city and the freeway. In the distance, the sky-rises look like mystic spires, unbearably close and far. I want to pick them up and eat them. I want to scream out loud sometimes, but I never do.” WantLooksSometimesCitiesWatchesSkyPicksWindowDistanceLoudScreamMysticFreewaysSpires Author:Brenna Yovanoff
“You ever find yourself being lazy for no reason at all? Like, you pick up your mail, you go in your house, you realize you have a letter for a neighbor. You ever just look at the letter and go "Hm. Looks like they're never getting this. It'll take too much energy to go back outside. I'm gonna get that to them later on. Right now I gotta watch some 'Love Connection.' They got some new host on there."” LooksReasonHumorFunnyHouseEnergyRealizingWatchesToo MuchLike YouRight NowPicksLettersConnectionsNeighborLazyNo ReasonFinding YourselfHostMailBeing LazyLove Connection Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I'm a bit obsessive. I've just bought this Wi-Fi radio, which can pick up 7,500 stations from all over the world. I'm boring my wife to death with it. I've got a thing about technology, so I've got four sat-nav systems and loads of gadgets, including a 100% accurate watch. Any new development and I'm there buying it. My best trait is that I'm happy and optimistic.” WorldBitsWatchesTechnologyFourWifeDevelopmentPicksIncludingRadioBoringMy WifeOptimisticSatBuyingStationsTraitsAccurateLoadObsessiveGadgets Author:Tony Blackburn
“If I see a movie for the first time on DVD, I watch it all the way through, the lights are down, I don't pick up the phone. The third or fourth time you see a movie, sometimes you just have them on and you check in every once in a while with things that you liked. I think it's a different expectations from that environment.” IfsThinkingWayFirstsDifferentSometimesLightWatchesEnvironmentPicksExpectationsFirst TimeThirdsPhonesChecksFourthDvds Author:David Fincher
“There are still people who essentially live in intellectual silos and either read Mother Jones or watch Fox News, based on their worldview. And they pick information out that reinforces it rather than keeping an open mind.” PeopleMindStillsMotherWatchesInformationNewsIntellectualPicksFoxesOpen MindWorldviewFox NewsKeep An Open Mind Author:Andrew Revkin
“I don't know how smart I am, but I was a student of the game and I still watch games and still pick up things. If you watch individual players you will see genius.” IfsKnowsStillsGamesIndividualWatchesKnow HowPlayerStudentsGeniusSmartPicks Author:Tony DiCicco
“I can watch anybody all day long if they're really doing what they're doing. I have a fascination with human behavior, watching people talk, when they pick at their face or how they hold their hand or if they're listening to you, if they're not listening to you.” PeopleIfsHumansLongI CanHandsFacesWatchesListeningBehaviorPicksHuman BehaviorFascination Author:Scoot McNairy