“There's something bigger than improvised music versus pop music versus something else. What actually succeeds in being communicated are human feelings, things that people can latch onto and say, "Yeah, I feel like that sometimes." It can be inspiring or it can be something that keeps you sane when you're not feeling well.” PeopleFeelsHumansWellsSometimesFeelingsSucceedBiggerYeahPopsSaneVersusPop MusicLatchesNot Feeling Well Author:John Dieterich
“Punk gave me the strength to think, "Yeah, you can stand up and be counted, and do what you want in life, and not be hoodwinked by it all," in a simple, very general sweeping way.” ThinkingWayWantSimpleYeahWhat You WantPunkSweeping Author:Steve Diggle
“Yeah, people seem to really relate to it and feel moved by it. It's been the most positively received of all my movies so far. I don't know why. I like it just as much as I like my others, but people think this one is the best or the most interesting. I'll take it, though. I wouldn't want them to be saying my films are getting worse.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantFeelsSeemsFilmInterestingYeahMovedRelatePositivelyMost Interesting Author:Nicole Holofcener
“I jumped horses over big dangerous fences in competition. And got very, very good at it, at quite a high level. And I realized long since that, yeah, it's the same thing that appeals to me about it. You can't think about anything else, in either case; jumping horses in competition, show jumping, or flying an airplane, for whatever purpose.” ThinkingLongShowsBigsPurposeLevelsCasesDangerousHorseYeahCompetitionVery GoodI RealizedFlyingAppealsAirplaneFenceJumpingHigh Level Author:James Lipton
“Whoever is holding the power says, "Yeah, let's keep things civil and quiet." Whoever's outside say's, "No, I'm not going to keep things civil and quiet, I'm going to bang on the door."” DoorsQuietYeahBangs Author:Jeff Sharlet
“Because there's no accountability on line in the same way there is in real life, all of a sudden you can say like, yeah, I hate women; I want to kill women. And you can say that online, and not only will you find a place to say it, but you'll find a place to say it where people are like, yeah, me too.” PeopleWayWantRealHateLinesI HateYeahReal LifeOnlineAccountability Author:Jessica Valenti
“I did all my guitar playing at my house. And then finally, I was throwing hay and stuff working in Stockton and somebody offered - somehow they had heard me singing at the house and said: Hey, I'll hire you for our fraternity party or sorority party. And I said: Well, are they going to pay me? And he said: Yeah, we'll pay you 50 bucks.” WellsSaidHouseStuffPartyPayHeardSingingYeahGuitarHeyThrowingBucksFraternityHayGuitar PlayingSorority Author:Chris Isaak
“When a really cute dog shows up on your doorstep, you can't be like, Yeah, no. You're like, Oh, yay, puppy!” ShowsDogYeahCutePuppyDoorstepCute DogReally CuteYay Author:Emmy Rossum
“Yeah, I did need a lot of breath [to play Margaret Thatcher]. I needed much more breath than I have, after all of my expensive drama school training. I couldn't keep up with her.” NeedsPlaySchoolNeededDramaTrainingBreathsYeahExpensive Author:Meryl Streep
“So yeah, when I was a kid, when I was 16, 17, I'd come home from high school, and my dad collected all of Barbra Streisand's records. And she was very young then. I think she probably had three records out, and she was 21, and we had them all. And I knew every single song, every breath, every elision, every swell. And I sang along to it.” ThinkingHomeKidsSchoolYoungSongThreeRecordsDadHigh SchoolBreathsYeahMy DadComing HomeStreisand Author:Meryl Streep
“Well, I got better after this, and my entire family really did appreciate it. Usually, they're resentful of movies that I go off and make, but this one had a bonus attached. But yeah, she had no breath.” WellsAppreciateBreathsYeahBonusResentful Author:Meryl Streep
“What led me to that was I have never - I mean, I watch movies and I don't care who is the protagonist. I feel what that guy is feeling. You know, if it's Tom Cruise leaping over a building - I want to make it, you know? And I'm going to - yes, I made it. And yeah, so I get that.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsMeanMadeFeelingsCareGuyWatchesBuildingYeahDon't CareMade ItI Don't CareTomsThat GuyCruiseProtagonistsWatch Movie Author:Meryl Streep
“Some of my friends would lie to girls to get them, or do things that - you know, they would cheat on girls. I was just never in the realm of what, you know, what's instilled to me, you know? Yeah, I mean, my mom's a social worker, for God's sakes.” KnowsMeanLyingGirlSocialMomMy FriendsYeahWorkersSakeMy MomRealmsCheatSocial Worker Author:Seth Rogen
“You can just keep getting it worse until you have to pull back and let the audience breathe. But yeah, I really love digging.” AudienceYeahBreatheDigging Author:Ricky Gervais
“The Daily Show writers are incredibly smart and very well plugged-in but occasionally they would need me for certain specific things, and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I completely know how to do that; I can solve that problem,and then I'd be like, 'Mom?” KnowsNeedsWellsI CanShowsProblemCertainKnow HowMomSmartYeahSolveDaily Show Author:Aasif Mandvi
“My father got a job at Bradford University in textiles. And he came for - I guess, you know, why do people immigrate? - like, for a better life to find, you know, a new world. And, you know, I think he always - he saw it as an opportunity. And so yeah so we came to this coal mining town in the north of England and that's where I grew up.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldJobsFatherOpportunitySawsGrewGrew UpEnglandTownsYeahUniversityNew WorldCoalBetter LifeMiningTextilesCoal MiningBradford Author:Aasif Mandvi
“Performing alone - it's a very solitary experience. When you're in a band, when something amazing happens on stage you can look at each other, "Yeah! we're so locked in." Or if something goes wrong, you can look at each other and shrug and say, "Oops." If you're doing it by yourself, you reflect on it in a completely different way.” IfsWayLooksDifferentHappensStageBandYeahPerformingDifferent WaysLockedSolitary Author:Aoife O'Donovan
“I was a superlate bloomer, and I was kind of a prude. I always wanted to be able to keep the number of people I've had sex with very low, because I never wanted to have to tell my future wife, "Oh, yeah, I was with 30 people."” PeopleKindAbleWantedSexNumbersWifeLowsYeahMy FuturePrudesFuture Wife Author:Pete Wentz
“So yeah, how do I think of my environment and what happens with sound art? I love to play with the idea of elusive and intangible things. That could be psychological. It could be perceptual. It could be just the way your ears help you just navigate around.” ThinkingWayArtIdeasPlayHelpingHappensSoundEnvironmentEarsYeahPsychologicalElusiveNavigateIntangible Author:DJ Spooky
“Would I love to run around and check out if Jennifer Aniston was looking for a boyfriend? Yeah, it would be interesting for a minute. But would I trade in my life to get her and Angelina [Jolie]? No way. I've got something better. And I don't need the neuroses of two type-A personalities in my life. One is enough.” IfsWayNeedsTwoEnoughWould BeRunningInterestingMinutesTypePersonalityYeahTradeChecksSomething BetterNeurosisJennifer Author:Jon Bon Jovi
“Lenin thought abstract art was a conspiracy by the bourgeois to demoralize the proletariat. Yeah, socialist realism!” ArtYeahAbstractConspiracyRealismSocialistBourgeoisProletariatAbstract Art Author:Carl Andre
“I've been told the weirdest things: 'Yeah, I love taking a bath to your music!' or 'I gave birth to my daughter while listening to your music.'” MotherListeningBirthDaughterYeahMy DaughterBaths Author:Norah Jones
“There's always competition, especially in the EDM scene, but that keeps me motivated and focused. Everybody is really friendly though. I always enjoy seeing other guys at gigs or festivals. So yeah, there is competition but there are also lots of good vibes.” GuyEnjoySeeingSceneYeahCompetitionFocusedFriendlyMotivatedFestivalsGigsOther GuysVibesGood VibesEdm Author:Martin Garrix
“Yeah, I look at the box office as an indication as how many lives that you've touched, so my hope is touch as many lives as possible.” LooksOfficeYeahBoxesTouchedIndicationBox Office Author:DeVon Franklin
“I'm trying to steal from everybody. So yeah, there's cats that I'm personally affiliated with - Carl Franklin, Paul Thomas Anderson - and others that I don't know personally but their work I'm a big admirer of, like Martin Scorsese. But I'm hoping to come up with a language that is mine, that's specific to my take on this material.” KnowsTryingBigsLanguageMinesMaterialsCatYeahCome UpStealingFranklinAdmirerScorsese Author:Don Cheadle
“Nimai [Larson] and I are very psychically connected to each other, I guess just being sisters, so as soon as we started watching sports videos we thought, "Oh yeah, we could totally get into this zone.” SportsYeahConnectedVideoZoneJust BeingWatching Sports Author:Taraka Larson
“I feel it's easier to sit in the backseat and go, "Oh, yeah, let's go there." You're not worried about getting to the destination. But the guy or the woman who has to get you to the destination is worried about a lot of other things, so my job as an actor is to try as many things as possible, be as open as possible, listen, and keep my heart open.” FeelsTryingHeartJobsGuyActorsMy HeartEasierYeahWorriedDestinationBackseat Author:Susan Sarandon
“I need what I'm thinking to come out into the world, even if it's a two-word approval, like, "Yeah, I agree," I need that approval so that in the morning I can get up and use that when I go to work. It's a weird version of focusing.” IfsThinkingWorldNeedsI CanTwoUseMorningAgreeYeahVersionsGet UpWorking ItApproval Author:Anton Yelchin
“There were days on that show where I had to go in and record a song, then I had to rehearse the dance for that song, and then I had to go and shoot a separate scene. That would be one day. So yeah, it was about the value of time and being prepared, and not to freak out.” ShowsWould BeValuesSongRecordsSceneOne DayYeahPreparedFreakValue Of Time Author:Blake Jenner
“Yeah, this is what I think was a quality of movies, is you're in a group of people. You're sharing something with people. Whether those other people make you laugh more, you're all laughing. You're all happy together. There's something... manmade about that in a way that's - I'm not sure how that manifests itself in nature, but culturally we've set that up when we invented theater and the movies and all that stuff.” PeopleThinkingWayTogetherStuffQualityLaughingGroupsTheaterYeahNot SureMake You LaughHappy Together Author:Paul Reubens
“We started filming [with Brandy Burre ]and didn't really know, at first, what we were doing. Eventually, the thing just grabbed a hold of both of us and became what it is. But, yeah, we were very close before and we're even closer now.” KnowsFirstsYeahBrandy Author:Robert Greene
“Yeah, I mean, I think I'm obsessed with tone in the movies. Tone has always been the main thing that I go after with a movie.” ThinkingMeanYeahObsessedTone Author:Zack Snyder
“Johnny [Depp] got this rock 'n' roll old soul to him. If I say a song, he goes, 'Oh yeah. I know that song.' A song he shouldn't know, a song that's not his generation at all. So he might as well have been there.” IfsKnowsWellsHas BeensSoulMightSongGenerationsRocksYeahRock N RollOld Soul Author:Alice Cooper
“Having been familiar with "drunk" once or twice myself, that lick just came to me - and yeah, it sounded very drunk, so I presented it to Alice [Cooper]. It felt like he wrote the lyrics in about a minute.” FeltMinutesYeahFamiliarDrunk Author:Johnny Depp
“I have a green card now, but they can take that away, yeah, they can take that away at any moment. So please don't; please let me keep it.” MomentsPleaseLet MeYeahGreenCardsGreen Card Author:John Oliver
“The media says, "How in the world can you do this? You're here, you're in Great Britain, you're in the UK, and they just had the Brexit vote, and you're talking about your golf course?" Trump says, "Yeah, and you know what? The falling pound is even gonna help my business here."” KnowsWorldHelpingFallCoursesTalkingMediaTrumpVoteYeahGolfBritainPoundsGolf CourseGreat Britain Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Remember, the conventional wisdom is, "Yeah, you can do this like [Donald] Trump has done it during the primaries, buuuut once you get to the general, it's not about national votes. It's about states! It's about swing states. It's about battleground states. And you've gotta have targeted expenditures, great ads running against your opponent in those swing states."” StatesDoneRunningRememberCan DoTrumpVoteYeahPrimariesOpponentsAdsSwingsConventionalExpendituresConventional WisdomBattleground Author:Rush Limbaugh
“American exceptionalism, in the broad sense, is not a bunch of braggadocious words people say, "Yeah, we're better people. We have a better country. We are higher class people." That's not what it is. America was the exception to the way human beings prior to America, most of which lived.” PeopleWayHumansCountryAmericaHuman BeingsClassHigherYeahBunchExceptionBroadsExceptionalismAmerican Exceptionalism Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We in Wales see ourselves as a nation. We're not English. We're far from it. Yeah, we're part of the U.K. We've benefited from being members of the U.K.” NationsMembersYeahBeing MeWales Author:Carwyn Jones
“Oh yeah, I would have been a coal miner, I would think, if I hadn't had tuberculosis when I was 12.” IfsThinkingHas BeensYeahCoalMinersTuberculosisCoal Miners Author:Tom Jones
“[Regarding President Obama] Yeah, yeah, yeah, I talked to him. I sorta, I guess, helped him get elected.” PresidentYeahPresident ObamaYeah Yeah Yeahs Author:Ralph Stanley
“One of the cool things, obviously there's 'Scandal,' 'House of Cards,' there was 'West Wing.' Other than that Jack Lemmon/James Garner movie about ex-presidents, no one's ever done anything in this area, whereas a lot of times, we do a story where someone goes, "Oh, yeah, they did someone sleeping with a Secret Service agent on 'House of Cards.'"” DoneStoriesHousePresidentSleepSecretAreasYeahWingsWestCardsAgentsExesScandalCool ThingsSecret ServiceHouse Of Cards Author:David Mandel
“This particular one was very, very heartwarming and is the relationship of an older man and a young boy that are essentially on the run. And so yeah, as I say, Barry Crump wrote a lot of books and this one got into the hands of Taika Watiti who then writing the screenplay decided to really vamp up if that's the word, or ramp up and modernize certain phrases - getting in the humor. So he added a lot of a real comedy perspective onto it which is what I think the story needed anyway, especially for it to turn into a film. And it worked.” IfsThinkingMenWritingBookRealStoriesHandsRunningFilmYoungCertainTurnsBoysComedyParticularPerspectiveNeededDecidedYeahPhrasesScreenplaysHeartwarmingRampOlder ManVamp Author:Rhys Darby
“One thing I've experienced and I feel really grateful for now that I'm on my way out is that I felt that the justices gave that back to me. I really did. You know, of course, you can have some sharp exchanges. That's the nature of the thing, and that's fine. But really in the main I felt like the tone from them was, "Yeah. We may not agree with you, but we're going to have a discussion about this." And it did.” KnowsWayFeelsMayCoursesFeltJusticeOne ThingFineAgreeYeahGratefulMy WayDiscussionToneDid You Know Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“When you approach it, and I hate sounding like the pretentious actor, but yeah, I think you have to find things within the character that are likeable, or at least human, and not to go at it with any sort of predetermined notions as to what that character is.” ThinkingHumansCharacterHateActorsApproachI HateYeahNotionPretentiousPredeterminedLikeable Author:Steve Carell
“A few years ago, when I was writing songs for my first album, I was staying with Michael Feinstein as I often did. I was working on a pilot. My grandma was very sick at the time. She died of complications from alcoholism. She always used to say [in his grandma's voice], "Red wine is good for my heart. That's what my doctor said." And we'd say, "Yeah, but not for breakfast." Unfortunately, it was the thing that killed her. I felt inspired to write a song about her and what that meant for her life and for all of us. I was writing it in Michael's house.” WritingYearsFirstsHeartSaidUsedSongHouseFeltVoiceMy HeartRedYears AgoDoctorsSickDiedYeahWineInspiredAlbumsStayingBreakfastPilotsAlcoholismGrandmaWriting SongsComplicationMy GrandmaRed Wine Author:Cheyenne Jackson
“Having done television for almost 20 years now, a pilot is kind of like a rough draft. It's like bringing people into your ultrasound and hooking up to the monitor and going, "Isn't my baby beautiful?" "Yeah. I can only see the outline of it, but it looks like it might be."” PeopleYearsLooksKindI CanDoneMightBeautifulTelevisionBabyYeahRoughPilotsOutlinesMy BabyRough DraftsUltrasounds Author:Matt Bomer
“[People] need to find words that can reconnect them with each other. That is the gift of good liturgy, yeah. We're not talking about fluffy stuff. We're talking about real life for people around the world. Our prayers should be said like the daily breath that gives us life.” PeopleWorldNeedsGivingShouldSaidRealStuffPrayerTalkingBreathsYeahReal LifeAround The WorldOur PrayersNot TalkingFluffyLiturgy Author:Shane Claiborne
“I have a lot of guitars. Yeah, I'm not like a guitar collector, I don't have all vintage instruments. I don't even own a Strat or Les Paul. I don't have one.” YeahInstrumentsGuitarCollectorsVintage Author:John Petrucci
“One of the many things I want to do is dig us out of that hole so that guys, in particular, can go: "Oh, yeah. Those people are really funny. I've seen that person. It's a woman. They are funny."” PeopleWantPersonsGuyParticularYeahHolesThat Guy Author:Paul Feig