My standards are based on shows I like, like 'Girls' or 'Arrested Development.' And they're all shows that are groundbreaking. I guess in the back of my head, I think, If you're not being groundbreaking, then what are you doing? If you're not being ballsy and honest and vulgar, then what are you doing?
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Related I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX If people are worried, if they're fearful, if they feel a sense of grievance or that they're... DAN PINK I think success right now is not about how famous you are or how much you're getting paid, but i... SARAH HYLAND Most TV shows are writing the next episode while you're directing the one you're doing, and ... ALEX GRAVES I try to not think too much about how stuff gets seen as it's being done by a woman. Because if ... CHRISTINE QUINN It's interesting how we often can't see the ways in which we are being strong - like, you ca... LENA DUNHAM If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong... PARKER STEVENSON Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH The moment you start being in love with what you're doing, and thinking it's beautiful or ri... MIUCCIA PRADA If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it. RAY BRADBURY Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded. EDWARD SNOWDEN I always felt that if somebody picks on you it's because they're not happy doing what they... BENJAMIN WALKER Gray hats are the ones who think they're doing good, but they're not. You learn that when th... SEAN PARKER Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderst... KID CUDI Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps are the greatest to ever do what they did, and I'm not. But if... JORDAN SPIETH There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to ackn... MARILYN MANSON For some reason, when I think feminism, I think, like, 'Well, you can't include men if you... COBIE SMULDERS If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer ... JOHN WOODEN What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, ... CARA DELEVINGNE Quite frankly, I think political correctness is the worst form of censorship. You're not allowed... WILBUR SMITH I noticed in the past, a lot of guys who like strong women, they really freak out if you're not ... SALMA HAYEK I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographi... MARY ELLEN MARK People have interpretations of what you're supposed to be like. If you're unattractive and o... MILA KUNIS If you're a writer, you know there are ways in which we don't know what we're doing at a... COLUM MCCANN I think as long as you're not being malicious and you're not hurting people then you should ... LILY ALLEN It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I think if you're an unhappy person, you're always going to be an unhappy person. You're... SIMON COWELL Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part fo... MARTINA NAVRATILOVA You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like... BEBE REXHA I found early on in teaching, if you're too blunt an instrument, the students discredit you and ... TIM GUNN If you're doing this because you feel like you have a burning desire to do it, then you'll f... TRISHA YEARWOOD I like being able to play women that are growing or aren't easy to love. Maybe they are really l... TAYLOUR PAIGE I think you need to be intentional at times about your leadership - where you're eating lunch, w... AARON RODGERS When you're doing exactly what you want to do, it's not tiring. You've been planting the... COLMAN DOMINGO About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS You see?" Damien leaned over his desk and spread out half a dozen charcoal sketches. "These are only... RICK RIORDAN My inners are not organs. They're actually mechanics, so I have a hole in my back, wind me up li... GILLIAN JACOBS But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always ... JENA MALONE If you don't take a Sabbath, something is wrong. You're doing too much, you're being too... EUGENE H. PETERSON If you're a coach, you've got to have a lot of confidence in what you're doing. Your ego... BUD GRANT But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - o... DAMIEN HIRST One thing I've learned through all the ups and downs is that if you're doing things right, t... HOPE SOLO I think if you're gonna do something as silly and lighthearted as entertainment, then why not be... CHELSEA HANDLER I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they... CHRISTINE GREGOIRE If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing. W. EDWARDS DEMING I don't care what town you're born in, what city, what country. If you're a child, you a... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Even though shows like NYPD Blue are soaps in my opinion, but they're individualized to an exten... WILLIAM DEVANE There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you&... NATALIE PORTMAN It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON I'm a mirror. If you're cool with me, I'm cool with you, and the exchange starts. What y... JAY-Z I'm sure other people in the business have considered reasons why they're doing what they... RACHEL MADDOW I think everyone expects if you're in the lead, or if you're a favourite to win, you will wi... JASON DAY Conflicts of interest' arise when you're not - when you're sneaky about it, when you'... SEAN SPICER Like, you can't tell a certain race, like, 'You're supposed to act this way, and you'... KREAYSHAWN As long as your intentions are solid and about growth and progression and being productive and not b... FRANK OCEAN If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way. MADS MIKKELSEN I don't like people being negative, whining, or moaning. If you're in a situation you're... KEITH BARRY You go into an audition, you're either the one or you're not, and if you're not, you go ... BRYAN CALLEN Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're ... WENDI MCLENDON-COVEY You acquire certain tastes. And if your taste happens to coincide with the majority of people, then ... FRED SILVERMAN I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this busi... MEGAN FOX I've been in three sort of... I mean, I'd say they're groundbreaking series, if only bec... JEFFREY TAMBOR When you're young, you don't have any experience - you're charged up, but you're out... NEIL YOUNG I think you're a better comedian when you're in the moment and you're kind of reacting t... SCOTT AUKERMAN 'The Simpsons' basically - and 'Futurama' - are really smart shows. They're kind... MATT GROENING I did some stupid things when I was younger, but I got a lot out of my system. Every time, my mom wa... ELLE KING I get a lot of people saying to me, 'Oh, you're the actor who plays the nutters,' and I&... EDDIE MARSAN I don't really look at the charts at all. If anything, I try to out-do what I've done before... AVICII I think it's very insulting to say, 'White people don't understand.' What are you ta... KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE To me, it doesn't matter who you are or where you're from - if you're a good person and ... RITA ORA That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being c... CAROL KANE I think that everybody's worked on shows where you feel like maybe a divide has happened between... JESSALYN GILSIG I think what's important in a good manager and a good agent is that they know your vision and th... MAIARA WALSH People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, ... BARRY LOPEZ If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are descr... JAMES BALDWIN There's no difference if you're a supermodel or if you've lost both your legs. What are ... NIKKI SIXX My unpredictability is what separates me. If you move in so many ways, your opponent is not focused ... CONOR MCGREGOR I think that everything you do helps you to write if you're a writer. Adversity and success both... SHELBY FOOTE If you speak your mind and if it is true what you're saying, then I think the integrity of what ... BILL COSBY We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're... EDDIE VAN HALEN If you behind me, I'm not going to look back and try and figure out what you're doing behind... FUTURE People say, like, 'Are you a regular person?' 'Well, I'm not a robot, if that's ... ABIGAIL BRESLIN I like when I have to act and direct; then, when you have to dub, you're by yourself in front of... MONICA BELLUCCI All through my life, I didn't really consider my eyes at all, and then I became an actress. It... ALICE EVE Sometimes you're watching a great film actor, and if you stand 10 feet away from them, you'r... FINN WITTROCK If you are not happy when you're weightless, then something's wrong. BRIAN BINNIE When you're taking a fence on a horse, you don't think much; your body does all the thinking... PATRICK O'BRIAN There are a lot of movies about misfits that are quite cool, that kind of glamorize it on some level... REBECCA HALL If you've ever won a championship, then that's all you're interested in doing. BILL PARCELLS People are expecting me to still be fourteen years old. It cracks me up, especially when people see ... ALEXA VEGA My pet peeves are people touching me a lot. Random dudes grabbing me and slapping me across the back... ROB GRONKOWSKI Pianos - if they don't like what you're saying, then they won't talk back to you. And yo... JASON MORAN I don't regret anything I ever do or say. I don't like to live my life being censored. I lik... EVA LONGORIA If you're from Oakland, and you're not a Raiders fan, then you're not from Oakland. ZENDAYA Of course, nobody's tearing my door down. If you're successful you're going to intimidat... BETTY WHITE When you're doing 22 shows on network television, the writers are going on vapors towards the en... JIMMY SMITS I look back at 'Saturday Night Live' and I think, some people didn't like me doing '... KEVIN NEALON If you are connected to your own internal being, it is very hard to be screwing and destroying and h... EVE ENSLER
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HOWARD BLOOM We all have day jobs and fantasize about being rock stars and alt-country stars. DAVE BLOOM The people from church see us in a totally different environment. But I have to censor myself on the... DAVE BLOOM If our wondrous kindness is evidence for God, is our capacity for great evil proof of the Devil? PAUL BLOOM There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proporti... ORLANDO BLOOM Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. ORLANDO BLOOM I am interested in the gaps between one piece of sidewalk and the next. I am interested in the thing... AMY BLOOM I think his modus operandi has evolved into, you can just try to do the best you can every single da... LARRY BLOOM I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is ... ORLANDO BLOOM Generally speaking, we get the joke. We know that the free market is nonsense. We know that the whol... RON BLOOM Obviously, this is a continuation of dollar woes. DAVID BLOOM I mean, I have a great job. I get to dress up and become somebody else, especially when it's someone... ORLANDO BLOOM Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their childre... ALLAN BLOOM It really isn't about winning the medal for me. JEREMY BLOOM I'll have a week to put the cleats on and get ready. Is a week enough? I don't see why not. I've bee... JEREMY BLOOM I'm humbled to be here, and I'm very excited. The sport of football has been a huge passion of mine ... JEREMY BLOOM Well, this is America, so obviously football is the Big Daddy in this country. It gets the most atte... JEREMY BLOOM Imagination is Reality Lite - a useful substitute when the real pleasure is inaccessible, too risky,... PAUL BLOOM I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself. ORLANDO BLOOM Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm m... ORLANDO BLOOM If you're an American reader, you can love short stories the way other Americans love baseball; ... AMY BLOOM When I arrive at my destination, I like to hit the gym, as I find exercise helps combat jet lag. ORLANDO BLOOM Modern science tells us that the conscious self arises from a purely physical brain. We do not have ... PAUL BLOOM