David Lindsay-Abaire
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KATIE LEDECKY JACKIE ROBINSON There's probably a couple someones that are gonna hear the songs and go, 'I think that might... CHRIS YOUNG I'm a normal person. You say something about me, I'm going to say something back, funny or n... AUSTIN SEFERIAN-JENKINS EMINEM For me, it always has to be about health. That's why I'm a vegan. Well, I don't even do ... EMILY DESCHANEL For me, art is make-believe. It's enchantment. It's a fable. I'm enjoying that and playi... SHEA HEMBREY I'm off to save the universe again. It's a tough job but someone has to do it, and I'm g... LEXA DOIG TWIGGY MILLIE BOBBY BROWN ELLIE GOULDING SHARON STONE I do really silly dancing. I love dancing, but I'm not cool when I dance. It's not about my ... IMOGEN HEAP MAX LUCADO DELTA GOODREM JILLIAN HERVEY BJ THE CHICAGO KID I'm on my boat, training, rehearsing; I spend all my energy on the job that's coming up, and... RORY MCCANN CONOR MCGREGOR JIMI HENDRIX To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabl... CHRISTINE LAGARDE It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A... ADAM BALDWIN It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON JONAH HILL PICO IYER ZAYN MALIK CARLI LLOYD I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring... KRISTEN BELL I'm not sure that it's possible to write a novel about people who don't transgress or st... TOM PERROTTA DEMETRI MARTIN I'm busier than ever and it's led to new opportunities. But I've never worried about bei... ANTON DU BEKE EDDIE VEDDER A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it&#... RANDY HARRISON You can catch me in whatever's funky, whatever's got that swag. If it's got that swag, I... DESIIGNER LOU REED CARRIE UNDERWOOD If there's anything I think that you've seen about me, it's that I'm the rebellious ... AUBREY O'DAY STORMZY GARY ALLAN Separation is very important to me. I don't strive to be a celebrity. My music has nothing to do... VINCE STAPLES It always weirds me out and makes me unhappy that some people think I'm Justin. I'm not. Peo... RANDY HARRISON CARA DELEVINGNE LESTER HOLT GARY VAYNERCHUK NINA GARCIA JASON BATEMAN With women empowerment and women coming together, it's not about being better than the guys or w... BECKY LYNCH The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there... DAVID LLOYD WARWICK DAVIS DAMIAN WOETZEL It's not about the money. This is about Terri. It's not about the Schindlers, it's not a... MICHAEL SCHIAVO They've also asked me now to start on another series that we're gonna do after this Frontier... BRUCE BOXLEITNER I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it can be romantic doing nothing on Valenti... 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From a young age, I was rubbing elbows with a very different kind of person and social class, and I ... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE I don't want to work on a musical if I'm not the lyricist. DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE I've been pretty well treated by the critics, but the critics who didn't like my comedies ha... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE Meggie Folchart: Having writer's block? Maybe I can help.DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE With studio work, I'm always the bottom man on the totem pole. DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE Film is mostly a visual medium, and so the director has much more control in terms of painting pictu... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE Pretty much, the writer's in charge in theater. Of course you're in charge with the director... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE I didn't go into 'Rabbit Hole' wanting to write about class. I think because of who I am... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes ... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an intere... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE I'm not saying people shouldn't apply themselves and work hard. You do have to try to make y... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American t... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE Class is something I know about. I've lived it every day of my life, and it shaped me in my iden... DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE The best moment for work or study never arrives; one should therefore work whenever one can. DAVID LINDSAY I don't know, and I can't answer you tonight. DAVID LINDSAY You can't call 43 days a dire emergency, DAVID LINDSAY We opened every potential flood gate we could, ... We were at least expecting a lot of rain. DAVID LINDSAY Emotion resembles a wheel spinning free. When the cogs work, action begins, emotion ceases. DAVID LINDSAY Imagination without study is the self-indulgence of the intellect. DAVID LINDSAY With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member cl... TED LINDSAY When it was my turn, I just skated out and heard this huge cheer. It was very touching considering t... TED LINDSAY They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the playe... TED LINDSAY The owners and managers were too stupid to realize we had brains. TED LINDSAY Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist. TED LINDSAY I liked playing in Chicago, and I gave them everything I had, but I knew in my heart I was a Red Win... TED LINDSAY By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six. TED LINDSAY After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career. TED LINDSAY What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners. TED LINDSAY Starting that union was something I believed in very strongly. TED LINDSAY I love people and I love to be around people. TED LINDSAY I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt. TED LINDSAY At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it. TED LINDSAY Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Sta... TED LINDSAY A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showe... TED LINDSAY I watch a lot of hockey. There are some good hockey players and there are some awfully stupid hockey... TED LINDSAY I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wa... TED LINDSAY My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded. TED LINDSAY VACHEL LINDSAY VACHEL LINDSAY KARA LINDSAY KARA LINDSAY KARA LINDSAY KARA LINDSAY KARA LINDSAY KARA LINDSAY KARA LINDSAY KARA LINDSAY KARA LINDSAY I always believed I was an ugly duckling in a family of swans, you know? I was such a black sheep, a... LINDSAY PEARCE LINDSAY LOHAN My parents' generation was definitely pre-telly, and they knew how to entertain each other. Ever... LINDSAY DUNCAN JEFF LINDSAY JEFF LINDSAY We deliberately used elements from Brazilian music and from African and Asian music. Now people can ... ARTO LINDSAY JEFF LINDSAY VACHEL LINDSAY BRYAN LINDSAY VACHEL LINDSAY LINDSAY ANDERSON Pontius Pilate was the first great censor, and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship. BEN LINDSAY VACHEL LINDSAY LINDSAY LOHAN Every mind which has given itself to self-expression in art is aware of a directing agency outside i... NORMAN LINDSAY LINDSAY FOX LINDSAY LOHAN LINDSAY LOHAN KARA LINDSAY LINDSAY FOX KARA LINDSAY But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Re... 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JOHN LINDSAY Smart girl 101: Never let a stranger follow you to your hotel room. LINDSAY CHAMBERLIN JEFF LINDSAY JEFF LINDSAY I don't perform well in private. Socially, I mean. And I didn't as a child. Actors aren'... LINDSAY DUNCAN JEFF LINDSAY JEFF LINDSAY JEFF LINDSAY The Lounge Lizards were relating with a tradition and it was like I was playing within a musical con... ARTO LINDSAY Playing with Kip I definitely learned a lot playing with these incredible guys and hearing them. ARTO LINDSAY My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil. ARTO LINDSAY It was very interesting for me because DNA made music without much technical knowledge at all. ARTO LINDSAY It was a turning point in the sense that as a scene, we can up with a lot of new ideas. ARTO LINDSAY It was a scene in the sense that we were all close and we all knew each other before the different b... ARTO LINDSAY I just had this notion that I wanted to do the most extreme thing I could and I also very consciousl... ARTO LINDSAY I had this idea for a while to do mix this Al Green vibe with a samba thing. I tried to do that in m... ARTO LINDSAY I had friends in this band called Mars and they used to play a lot. ARTO LINDSAY Certainly since then many people have taken a lot of those ideas and ridden them for years and years... ARTO LINDSAY JEFF LINDSAY LINDSAY LOHAN LINDSAY LOHAN JEFF LINDSAY LINDSAY LOHAN LINDSAY LOHAN KARA LINDSAY LINDSAY DAVENPORT LINDSAY LOHAN LINDSAY LOHAN JEFF LINDSAY LINDSAY LOHAN I desperately wanted to play the part of Darth Vader's mother - I think she ended up being playe... LINDSAY DUNCAN We don't have any choice. We have to play hard defensively or we wouldn't be able to stay in games. BOB LINDSAY I told the team this is probably as good a road win as we've had. We came out of the gates pretty qu... BOB LINDSAY We really found a way to win, but we certainly didn't look well doing it. BOB LINDSAY We couldn't make any shots. You have to give credit to their defense for our shooting percentages. BOB LINDSAY She's certainly from an offensive standpoint maybe as good as any player we've ever had here. BOB LINDSAY We went into a different set. We tried to move Lindsay (Shearer) around a little bit, and I think sh... BOB LINDSAY I have done some wonderful television, but you know, there's not as much exceptional material as... LINDSAY DUNCAN JEFF LINDSAY JEFF LINDSAY JEFF LINDSAY JEFF LINDSAY JEFF LINDSAY Work used to be the No. 1 important thing to me. Everything revolved around it, and to have a new pe... LINDSAY PRICE LINDSAY FOX LINDSAY ANDERSON LINDSAY ANDERSON LINDSAY ANDERSON LINDSAY ANDERSON LINDSAY ANDERSON Confidential. Do I want it back? Absolutely not. Obviously the sled works for her. Did it work for m... LINDSAY ALCOCK When I try to control too much, the flow is gone. With our sport, you have to let things flow. LINDSAY ALCOCK Now there's a real sense of confidence within the entire program. LINDSAY ALCOCK I'm very happy today and back in the right spot. The season has been baby steps. All season my coach... LINDSAY ALCOCK LINDSAY LOHAN LINDSAY LOHAN LINDSAY LOHAN LINDSAY DAVENPORT LINDSAY WAGNER It's an important point to make that people can't just be invalidated, eradicated, because t... LINDSAY DUNCAN LINDSAY DAVENPORT LINDSAY LOHAN JEFF LINDSAY
If you asked my kids to describe me, they'd go through a whole list of words before even thinkin... 
It's a great stretch for me to do my game show. It's very hard. It's not me at all. The ... 
For me, honestly, it's not about individual accomplishments, individual award. It's about wh... 
I do love Instagram, and my kids are with me, like, 24-7, so it's inevitable that they'll be... 
The big push for me is the Olympics this year. If I'm healthy, I'm not worried about my rank... 
Being outspoken about my faith isn't just something that I do; it's who I am because my fait... 
Once I've ascertained that I'm safe and I'm with a director who is taking care of me, th... 
I know this golf tournament has my name on it but it's not about me. It's about the Louisian... 
I don't even think of it as a strategy. It's me in my element; it's my forte. Me being w... 
It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about somet... 
I don't think I care about the hair as much as people think I do. It's just kind of there. I... 
Having children is not for everyone, but I think it's a beautiful lesson in it not being all abo... 
I think it's just important to not judge people based on their physicality because it's real... 
I think everybody's crazy, and if I'm the one being a little direct about it, that's fin... 
It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me. 
She raised me to not think of men and women as different. She raised me without gender. It's kin... 
All I do is have fun. When I'm not working, it's about making people laugh. I love making jo... 
I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don... 
We talk a lot about infrastructure in cities, and it's talking about highways and it's talki... 
We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It&... 
If I don't feel confident about my body, I'm not going to sit at home and feel sorry for mys... 
If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't wa... 
It's about the music and that's it. I'm not an entertainer. But I do entertain people, s... 
I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... 
People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do a... 
My pet peeves are people touching me a lot. Random dudes grabbing me and slapping me across the back... 
It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, t... 
You're not going to say anything about me that I'm not going to say about myself. There'... 
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A lot of people say to me, 'Stay grounded; be humble.' David Schwimmer was just like, 'Y... 
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I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I&... 
God's glory is the big news of the Bible, and my desire is that it would be all about me, but re... 
I'm not worried any more about changing people's view of me. 
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I'm focusing on me. I'm focusing on my family's security, my family's financial secu... 
See, that's nothing but blues, that's all I'm singing about. It's today's blues. 
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For more and more of us, home has really less to do with a piece of soil than, you could say, with a... 
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to ... 
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I'm on the rise and whatnot, but I'm not the man to say, 'All right, world, here's g... 
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What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, ... 
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I do not do selfies! That's a tough one because I don't do selfies, but I think it's all... 
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It's not like I'm anti-China. I just think it's ridiculous that we allow them to do what... 
You can't crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. 
I am unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life's unkind, but I can vote for kindness. I, the... 
'Newsies' is definitely aerobic! The boys have to do a lot more than I do in the show, but f... 
I started off dancing and playing sports, and I joined the drama stuff, the theatre stuff in middle ... 
I thought, 'OK, Melissa Gilbert is playing my mom, and I'm playing her old role - no pressur... 
How can you not like Britney Spears? 
I certainly try to avoid getting bogged down in forensics. There is certainly a whole lot of other w... 
For the first time I could remember, I felt weak, woozy and stupid— like a human-being. Like a ver... 
I am not shy about admitting my modest talents. For example, I am happy to admit that I am better th... 
Becoming a star may not be your destiny, but being the best that you can be is a goal that you can s... 
Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem. 
Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil. 
Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is w... 
I hate it when people call me a teen queen. 
My father was a truck driver. That's where it all started, and academically I was a disaster at ... 
A lot of people say they want to get out of pain, and I'm sure that's true, but they aren... 
You shouldn't have to give things up for someone. If you love them someone, you should love them... 
Some times you lose more than you win. It's about handling losses and trying to turn them into p... 
I really miss having her as a training partner, ... We pushed each other in everything. 
I was pretty locked up emotionally as a kid - my family situation was tumultuous. But I was extrover... 