“I'm probably an actor that tends to, instead of putting things on, think about it more in terms of taking away what's not in the character, until I'm left with what is. If that makes sense. That's probably a particularly American way of working, but maybe not. The end of any movie is a readjustment.” IfsThinkingWayEndsCharacterActorsLeftTermMake Sense Author:Molly Parker
“I'm sure there are a lot of things I should have done differently. But I don't think I've stepped on anyone along the way. If I have, I didn't mean to.” IfsThinkingWayShouldMeanDoneShould Have Author:Patti Page
“Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not very inventive about new ways of telling stories.” ThinkingWaySometimesStoriesTricksNew WaysTelling StoriesPonies Author:Sara Paretsky
“They say baseball is a slow game. It sure doesn't seem that way when you're in the dugout. You think you have it figured out, but things come up quick.” ThinkingWaySeemsGamesBaseballCome Up Author:Mike Quade
“I'm not saying standardized tests are the worst ever, but there's an in-between and I don't think we're there yet. That's what I mean when I say I have an issue with it. There's no way a kid can learn in a class with 40 to 45 people. I had the power to get out of that system and pursue things that I wanted to do and I did that.” PeopleThinkingWayMeanKidsWantedClassIssuesWorstTestsPursue Author:Ashley Rickards
“The weird thing about rap is that you don't get compared in the same way that athletes do, even though it's probably the most competitive sport in music. In basketball, they look at a player and say: 'This guy was the best in his prime at this sport.' But in rap it's not until you're dead or retired that people think about it like that.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksGuySportsPlayerBasketballAthleteRapPrimeThis GuyRetiredWeird ThingsCompetitive Sports Author:Chance the Rapper
“At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ideas.” ThinkingWayIdeasPicksAll TimeNew IdeasTwitching Author:Ian Rankin
“I love it when television is shot in a cinematic way and I think to aspire to that is no bad thing.” ThinkingWayTelevisionShotsBad ThingsAspireCinematic Author:Matthew Rhys
“I think the musicians I play with solo do a certain thing that the musicians we play with with the Indigo Girls don't do. It's just a different thing. And it sort of steers my writing in some ways.” ThinkingWayWritingDifferentPlayCertainGirlMusicianDifferent ThingsSoloSteersIndigo Author:Amy Ray
“I still love hockey. It's just I'm at a different stage of my life and I think I'm just ready to grow in other ways outside of just being a hockey player.” ThinkingWayStillsDifferentGrowsPlayerStageReadyHockeyJust BeingHockey Player Author:Angela Ruggiero
“A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem.” ThinkingWayNeedsProblemNaturalDealsEconomyApproachEconomist Author:Christina Romer
“I started to be much happier in my relationships when I realized that I can only control myself. That way, you don't worry about people and don't waste your time thinking, 'What if he cheats on me?' You can't control that.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayI CanWorryWasteI RealizedWhat IfCheatDon't Waste Your TimeControl MyselfThinking What If Author:Crystal Reed
“I need to react to a script, to feel strongly about it in some way. And I need it to be a complex character for sure. And also, I think a lot about what kind of audience there is for the film, what they're looking for and ways to connect with them in the playing of a character.” ThinkingWayNeedsFeelsKindCharacterFilmAudienceComplexesScriptsComplex Characters Author:Jeremy Renner
“I think the reason that I like so many different games is because I like the way my brain works when I'm playing games. It's more fun.” ThinkingWayDifferentReasonGamesFunBrainPlaying Games Author:John Romero
“I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him.” PeopleThinkingWayMaySelfSuccessfulNiceAirCarPoliticianSouthBelovedDriversSouthernSuspicionPetty Author:John Shelton Reed
“I think violence has always been popular, way before movies started being made.” ThinkingWayMadeViolenceMovie Star Author:Norman Reedus
“I think fashion is the best value way, the most affordable way in the 21st century, that men and women can express their personality...” ThinkingMenWayValuesCenturyFashionPersonalityMen And Women21st CenturyAffordable Author:Stuart Rose
“A lot of people would think I have led this easy kind of charmed life, or maybe even a fairytale in some ways. But it has been anything but that.” PeopleThinkingWayKindHas BeensEasyFairytaleCharmedCharmed Life Author:Alana Stewart
“I think I gravitate towards people who express themselves in a simple and funny way.” PeopleThinkingWaySimple Author:John Slattery
“No I don't really write thinking about specific actors because it can get in the way a little bit.” ThinkingWayWritingLittlesActorsBitsLittle Bit Author:Lorene Scafaria
“I've done a lot of theater work that has been quite diverse. I feel very fortunate to have had many different people think of me in many different ways. So, as an actor that's all you - all I want is diversity. So far in film and television work I have done has not been as diverse, and I hope it grows to be.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsHas BeensDifferentDoneFilmActorsGrowsTelevisionDiversityTheaterFortunateDifferent WaysDiverseDifferent PeoplesThink Of MeFilm And Television Author:Michael Stuhlbarg
“I think every writer has got to direct. If you don't direct, you can't protect your work. The only way to ensure that it's going to be as close as possible to what you put down on paper - and what you see and hear in your head - is to do it yourself.” IfsThinkingWayProtectPaperDirectDo It Yourself Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino
“Standards are a little crazy these days. I think that, when you go to sleep, as long as you're happy with the way you are and the way you look, that's the most important thing. I think it's an internal thing. As long as you feel good with who you are and comfortable with what you're wearing, but not if that's the most important thing.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsLooksLittlesLongImportantSleepCrazyComfortableStandardsImportant ThingsWho You AreFeel GoodThese DaysInternalsGoing To Sleep Author:Ashlee Simpson
“You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayShouldLittlesDifferentDifferent WaysDifferent Peoples Author:Brent Scowcroft
“I've been boxing ever since I was 16. I love surprising people who think a short, blond girl can't fight! Just because I look a certain way doesn't mean I'm weak.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksMeanCertainGirlFightingWeakBoxingSurprising Author:Brittany Snow
“I just try to approach and serve the music in the way that I think is right for the band I'm in at the time.” ThinkingWayTryingBandApproach Author:Chad Smith
“Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive.” IfsThinkingWayTryingWellsPersonsLife IsImagineSincereCompassionateSincerelyLife Is LikeSatirical Author:Curtis Sittenfeld
“In some ways I think it would be very dignified if I went away for twenty years and then wrote my fourth book.” IfsThinkingWayYearsBookWould BeTwentiesFourth Author:Curtis Sittenfeld
“I do write by hand. I just think - I don't know, it's a physical thing for me. It's a bodily thing. It literally has to earn its way through my hand.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingHandsPhysical Things Author:Elizabeth Strout
“In a way, I'm very interested in writing about Maine, because I think Maine represents its own kind of history. It's the oldest state, and it's the whitest state.” ThinkingWayWritingKindStatesMaine Author:Elizabeth Strout
“Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.” ThinkingWayNeedsFunStyleTvsBaseballEntertainingCalories Author:Gail Simmons
“I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization.” ThinkingKnowsWayDesireEmotionFictionNiceInformationOur TimeRemindingNeurologyPolarization Author:George Saunders
“As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.” ThinkingWayJobsLastsFormActorsShapesScrewsGoing To Work Author:Ian Somerhalder
“I think there is an immense charm and humanity about the Bollywood structure, probably in the way there was about Hollywood film in the '30s and '40s. Somehow they were less distracted about hardware, and more about production values and people, you know?” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayFilmValuesHumanityHollywoodStructureProductionsCharmImmenseDistractedHardwareBollywoodHollywood Films Author:Julian Sands
“I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid.” ThinkingWayKindSelfFactsKidsGrowing UpGrowingSelf EsteemCallingComfortableSingersEsteemCards Author:Katey Sagal
“Fear can be used to get into your attention. Any way a person can get you to think of them, allows them to drain you.” ThinkingWayPersonsUsedAttentionDrains Author:Frederick Lenz
“There are people who will think of you in negative ways. You will feel it sometimes. It can actually be physically painful if they're somewhat powerful. You simply have to remove yourself inwardly from these individuals.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFeelsSometimesIndividualPowerfulNegativePainfulRemoveThink Of You Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you listen to what entities say, the gradually work their way into your thoughts. After a while you will start thinking their thoughts. You won't know they aren't your thoughts. Soon you will be fully possessed.” ThinkingKnowsWayPossessedEntity Author:Frederick Lenz
“Now, we don't get rid of it in round one because we don't think that that's politically smart, and we don't think that's the right way to go through a transition. But we believe it's going to wither on the vine because we think people are voluntarily going to leave it - voluntarily.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveValuesSmartRoundsConservativeTransitionRight WayVinesConservative Values Author:Newt Gingrich
“There are a lot of other people out there that some of us wish had run for President, but they didn't. I think Mitt Romney would be a fine President, and he'd be way better than the guy who's there right now.” PeopleThinkingWayWould BeRunningGuyWishPresidentFineRepublicanRight NowRomney Author:Marco Rubio
“Everybody prays whether [you think] of it as praying or not. The odd silence you fall into when something very beautiful is happening or something very good or very bad. The ah-h-h-h! that sometimes floats up out of you as out of a Fourth of July crowd when the sky-rocket bursts over the water. The stammer of pain at somebody else s pain. The stammer of joy at somebody else's joy. Whatever words or sounds you use for sighing with over your own life. These are all prayers in their way.” ThinkingWayLifeSometimesUsePainBeautifulJoyFallSoundWaterPrayerSilenceSkyPrayingHappeningsVery GoodCrowdsOddOver YouFourthFloatsRocketsJulyVery Beautiful Author:Frederick Buechner
“And I do think that great fiction, even when it's comedic, has an urgency or an inevitability to it, a sense that the writer absolutely had to write this particular story in this way.” ThinkingWayWritingStoriesFictionParticularUrgencyInevitabilityComedic Author:Karen Russell
“Obstructions on the way to enlightenment, are you kidding? Hey, they crucify people here. You think this is an easy place?” PeopleThinkingWayHumanityEasyBuddhismEnlightenmentHeyObstruction Author:Frederick Lenz
“You do have an effect on the universe. If you think positive thoughts, if you are happy and progressive, then that energy affects everyone on the whole planet, in subtle ways, perhaps, but it does.” IfsThinkingWayDoeWholeHumanityUniverseEnergyEffectsPlanetsBuddhismSubtleProgressivePositive ThoughtsThink PositiveThinking Positive Thoughts Author:Frederick Lenz
“I tend to be a great optimist when it comes to the United States and the American way of life, I think precisely because I wasn't born into it.” ThinkingWayStatesBornUnitedUnited StatesOptimistAmerican Way Of Life Author:Paullina Simons
“Business has a way of talking about how to create value, which is in some way isn't bad... We just need to start thinking about if the value we want to create is consistent with all social and environmental well being.” IfsThinkingWayWantNeedsWellsValuesSocialTalkingEnvironmentalWell BeingConsistentWay Of Talking Author:Peter Senge
“The way I look at humanity, I don't think there's good guys or bad guys. We're all potentially bad and potentially good.” ThinkingWayLooksGuyHumanityBad GuysGood Guy Author:Stellan Skarsgard
“Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more relevant place to talk about the issues facing our community today than the place where African culture became American culture.” ThinkingWorldWayI CanTodayCultureNationsCommunityIssuesChangedRelevantAmerican CultureOur CommunityAfrican CultureJamestown Author:Tavis Smiley
“As a small business owner for the last 15 years, when I think of what truly changed my life, it was my faith, a strong family, my mom did a really, really good job of encouraging me in very clear and discernible ways.” ThinkingWayYearsJobsLastsStrongClearChangedMomMy MomOwnersGood JobSmall BusinessChanged My LifeBusiness OwnersSmall Business OwnersStrong Family Author:Tim Scott
“I think predictability is built into any good novel in some way - you begin reading Anna Karenina and you know pretty much what's going to happen at the end. But that doesn't mean you know what's going to happen in the middle. For me, it's that sense of what happens in the middle that's important.” ThinkingKnowsWayMeanImportantEndsHappensReadingNovelMiddleBuiltAnnaPredictability Author:Scarlett Thomas