I just wanted to be different; I didn't wanna sound like anybody else.
Biz Markie
Recitation: by Male by Female
I wanted to write something from a child's viewpoint... Five of the characters I have played in movies have either been abused or became abusers, themselves, and I just kind of felt like there was a need.
Meg Tilly
ChildMoviesKindWriteNeedBeen
If you want to be taken seriously and gain credibility, you really do have to try and write yourself. I don't want to do an album of covers and stuff.
Amy Nuttall
YourselfYouWantSeriouslyTry
So, we're saying, if we can give developers and builders incentives to cut down on the regulatory barriers that are faced in this country, then we might be able to address the needs of affordable housing.
Alphonso Jackson
SayingDownCountryBarriersHousing
First of all it's usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They are white. They come from privileged backgrounds. They are educated.
Russell Banks
WomenMenWhiteRunFirstEducated
Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful; so is the weather. Not too crowded. Great food, great music, really nice people. It must be a lot like Los Angeles was many years ago.
Mary-Kate Olsen
MusicBeautifulGreatFoodPeople
If one person in a group of ten is missing the tip of his little finger, I will notice it almost immediately. This extreme attention to visual detail is not a virtue, just a fact of my person. It happens seemingly involuntarily and strikes me as neither good nor bad.
Rosemary Mahoney
GoodMeDetailAttentionBadPerson
I never think of an entire book at once. I always just start with a very small idea. In 'Holes,' I just began with the setting; a juvenile correctional facility located in the Texas desert. Then I slowly make up the story, and rewrite it several times, and each time I rewrite it, I get new ideas, and change the old ideas around.
Louis Sachar
ChangeTimeIdeasStartBookDesert
I think it's great for the women to show that they are women and be feminine. And that's something that I've always promoted.
Lisa Leslie
WomenGreatThinkAlwaysSomething
I was going to go and do what I should do as a filmmaker and make slightly larger films each time, learn my craft, make mistakes and solve them.
Colin Trevorrow
TimeMistakesLearnGoCraftGoing
A lot of us don't get a sense of our personal power. I know the vast difference that one person can make in changing things.
Boots Riley
PowerPersonKnowPersonalChanging
At age 12, I was on 'Guiding Light,' and I wanted to be accepted by these adults I was working with. I started with the Eat Right for Your Type diet. A friend who was a little older was doing it. I have a perfectionist personality, so I wanted to do the best job I could. I was not eating anything it said not to.
Brittany Snow
FriendAgeLightBestJobEating
The 1970s crystallized the service mantra as we now know it.
Bruce Nordstrom
ServiceKnowNowMantra1970s
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