All Quotes

One of the things I thought a lot about was how can we get the views, for instance, the main plaza, you look up to Telegraph Hill from there and therefore it would be a disaster to close that view off.
‐‐ Lawrence Halprin

One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight.
‐‐ J. G. Ballard

One of the things I try to be very careful of is not taking a movie when I know I have no inspiration left.
‐‐ Trevor Rabin

One of the things I try to do with my writing is try to evoke the spirit of the place. I think these things imprint on the landscape and the culture.
‐‐ Sarah Hall

One of the things I've always enjoyed is moving around and staying fit. Physicality is such a big part of being an actor, but it's also about stillness and silence.
‐‐ Joel Edgerton

One of the things I've always liked about my husband is he's very good at lots of stuff. He was an English teacher when I met him. He wrote poetry and played the guitar. As time went on, he decided to go into economics, so he's very analytical and mathematical in addition to his artsy side.
‐‐ Ally Condie

One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings.
‐‐ Annabelle Selldorf

One of the things I've always loved about queer culture is the openness and passionate curiosity about love, desire and the myriad forms of affectionate ties.
‐‐ Stacey D'Erasmo

One of the things I've always personally tried to stress with this band was to have some kind of visual aspect and to be consistent with it - like, not to change.
‐‐ Peter Steele

One of the things I've always thought is a drag in so many period adaptations is that they are always buttoned up to the neck in so many clothes all the time. I'm always looking for excuses to get them out of their clothes.
‐‐ Andrew Davies

One of the things I've become immune to is people talking about market cap and social media platforms.
‐‐ Ashton Kutcher

One of the things I've been most excited by is U.S. television drama. For my money, it's some of the greatest narrative art of our time. Each series is like a 19th-century Russian novel: you need to do a lot of work in the first few episodes, just as you do in the first 50-60 pages of those books.
‐‐ Kevin Barry

One of the things I've been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when the time is right.
‐‐ Joseph Bruchac

One of the things I've come to realize is that, like every new technology and like every disruption, broadband has downsides.
‐‐ Julius Genachowski

One of the things I've discovered at my age is I must have enchantment. And that was not clear to me in my earlier years. When I look at my favorite films, the Frank Capra - even Scorsese, even 'Goodfellas,' what makes that movie so remarkable is there's enchantment in their world.
‐‐ David O. Russell

One of the things I've discovered, thanks to the Japanese, is that you should enjoy yourself. In the old days, I used to think: 'Oh, never be satisfied, never admit to being happy.' But there's no curse in being happy.
‐‐ Jane Birkin

One of the things I've done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews.
‐‐ Eddie Trunk

One of the things I've found most challenging about writing a multibook series is keeping it fresh and evolving while still delivering the familiarity that keeps longtime fans devoted to the characters and story world.
‐‐ Tina St. John

One of the things I've learned as a filmmaker is to have some aspect of the movie be something that I admire greatly, whether that's an actor I'm working with, the subject matter, or a book.
‐‐ James Franco

One of the things I've learned by working on the 'Walking Dead' and other TV shows is to be more tolerant of other people's process.
‐‐ Glen Mazzara

One of the things I've learned is that baseball is something that happens over time.
‐‐ Mark Walter

One of the things I've learned is to be receptive of feedback.
‐‐ Ben Silbermann

One of the things I've learned over the years is that you only do what you can do as an actor. You do the best job you can, but you have no control over so many elements that are going to determine the outcome of that film. I never pay attention to what happens after.
‐‐ Matt Dillon

One of the things I've learned with doing 'xkcd' is that you sort of give people, 'Here's the thing, and here's the button you can press to get another thing.' Sometimes that can be more easy to digest than, 'Here's a long page of things.'
‐‐ Randall Munroe

One of the things I've learnt is not to depend on there being a woman in your life to make it work. I love my work, I love my children, I've got wonderful friends, you know, I have a nice life.
‐‐ Salman Rushdie

One of the things I've never been accused of is not caring about people.
‐‐ Joe Biden

One of the things I've observed since I was a kid, is that if you work on something long enough you'll find I, even if you're lost for a while you'll find it.
‐‐ Chris Wedge

One of the things I've realised is that I am very simple. My wife asked me once if I loved her. I said: 'Look love, I'm a simple man. I love you. End of story.' But I guess you gotta keep saying it with women. I guess she needed reassurance.
‐‐ Bob Hoskins

One of the things I've really come to realise is that the chances of arriving at a universal truth are increased if you remain absolutely faithful to the contingencies of your own experience and the vagaries of your own nature.
‐‐ Geoff Dyer

One of the things I've really gotten past in the last couple of years is the idea of being made uncomfortable by the way things appear, rather than how things are. Clearly in this business you have to contend with a lot of that.
‐‐ Aimee Mann

One of the things I've started doing lately is tracking my dreams. I feel like there's a lot of information there and you can really bring those emotions to the situations that may feel mundane or familiar. That gives them new life and gives you a new relationship with it - if that makes any sort of sense.
‐‐ Jennifer Carpenter

One of the things I've thought about 'Midnight's Children' is that it is a novel which puts a Muslim family at the centre of the Indian experience.
‐‐ Salman Rushdie

One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I'm able to broaden people's expectations of what I'm allowed to do.
‐‐ Lauren Oliver

One of the things I want to do as an artist is to connect generations.
‐‐ Isaac Hanson

One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America.
‐‐ Jeff Bridges

One of the things I want to do with 'Desi Rascals' is go a bit deeper into the characters and their family lives and have a bit more heart and a bit more inter-generational story-telling, so it's not all about young people.
‐‐ Gurinder Chadha

One of the things I wanted to do was direct. There've been a couple of times that a director will walk up and say something to me, and all it does is make me mad. Inside I'll go, 'Well, that wasn't helpful at all.'
‐‐ Justin Hartley

One of the things I wanted to do with my own books was bridge the gap between 'Goosebumps' and adult horror.
‐‐ Darren Shan

One of the things I wanted to do with 'The Turn' was write a production of songs that could be stripped down to one or two instruments if you chose to do it.
‐‐ Alison Moyet

One of the things I wanted to introduce in The Same Sea beyond transcending the conflict, is the fact that deep down below all our secrets are the same.
‐‐ Amos Oz

One of the things I was hoping to do in the Secretary of the State's Office when I came was to provide businesses with more information about business opportunities in Connecticut. That's both to businesses that are here already and also to businesses that are not located here, but might be interested in coming.
‐‐ Susan Bysiewicz

One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was that I learned to relax.
‐‐ Ted Shackelford

One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.
‐‐ Anita Hill

One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.
‐‐ Tablo

One of the things I worked very hard on all my life was to be like everyone else. I tried very hard to fit in.
‐‐ Mark Helprin

One of the things I would have loved to have had was a family that worked better together, although I love my mother and father to bits.
‐‐ Andy Murray

One of the things I would like to do is make up stories that I would have enjoyed when I was a kid. So, if I'm thinking about an audience, it's usually a younger version of myself.
‐‐ Matt Groening

One of the things I would love for people to think about is social responsibility. If you are fortunate enough to be someone who owns land, I think you ought to be making the most efficient use of that land possible.
‐‐ Adam Dell

One of the things I would love to do is 'Axe Cop,' which is a comic book. I would like to be involved in 'Axe Cop' someday. I would also love to be in a Western.
‐‐ Ken Marino

One of the things in my experience about changing parties: There are very few exceptions to the general rule. And the general rule has been, people are going to invite you into the church, but they are not going to make you a deacon.
‐‐ Pete Gallego