I love to talk to children about making mistakes. It's important that I tell them about how I don't get it right the first time. We live in such a perfectionist society, and they see so many finished products and polished performances.
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Related I spend a lot of time with the grandchildren. They love it when we sing together. It's fantastic... AGNETHA FALTSKOG A lot of times I watch TV and I watch film and there's so many things I'd love to talk about... ALICIA KEYS It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only th... ABEL FERRARA I never talk about 'Harry Potter' because I think that would rob children of something that&... ALAN RICKMAN So many designers only sketch and leave pattern-making to others. Pattern-making is important so you... TADASHI SHOJI I do love children, but I don't really talk about that in auditions. EMILIE DE RAVIN I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it... CARLENE CARTER I don't mind if my performances get dissected and people criticise what I've done on the pit... ROBIN VAN PERSIE I do think, in general, children are so perceptive, and they watch and they get so much, and that... AMITY GAIGE When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live... LATOYA JACKSON Anything that has a relationship with pleasure, we reject it. Eating, they talk about cholesterol; m... MARJANE SATRAPI People talk about how great this country is - and it's a great country - but I feel that many yo... ERIC D. THOMAS I really wish that I would have gone to college. Even my son, who's into rap himself, I tell him... BARBARA LYNN My dad's whole family is in Madras and I was born in America so we didn't have that big Indi... MINDY KALING I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge. DAN WEBSTER Without faith that there's a world beyond the one we live in, I don't see how it's possi... ROBERT SMITH It's important to see how people see your work and how they feel about it. I know a lot of direc... XAVIER DOLAN I talk about race a lot. It's been my work ever since I came out of acting school. But it's ... ANNA DEAVERE SMITH I am a Christian person, and I do love the Lord, and I feel no matter who you are, what you believe,... CARRIE UNDERWOOD We talk a lot about infrastructure in cities, and it's talking about highways and it's talki... KATHERINE BOO I love the old Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly movies; they're so beautiful to look at. It's suc... JAMIE BELL I don't love the way I look. Nobody does, and if they do, I don't want to be that person'... TYLER JOSEPH I want to live in my truth. Tell me you don't like me, and I know it. But when you don't tel... LEE DANIELS A lot of comedians get a bad rep once they have kids and that's all they talk about, and people ... TIG NOTARO When I hear other artists talk, they talk about 'How come radio's not playing my song?' ... BLAKE SHELTON There are so many Muslim women that feel like they don't fit society's standard of beauty. I... HALIMA ADEN Let's talk about Connie Britton, who I love. I don't know of a person who doesn't love h... MAGGIE CAREY I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my ... LAURA RICKETTS It's just not right that so many things don't work when they should. I don't think that ... STEVE WOZNIAK I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many peo... RODNEY KING I don't get jealous of people. Jealousy is such a waste of time because you're jealous of th... JOY BEHAR It's so funny because when I talk about fashion and menswear designers, it's really like a s... ALBERT HAMMOND, JR. Here's the thing, men have to also mature in how they see women, too. Because they need to under... JADA PINKETT SMITH What I love about 'The Chew' is that we have these celebrities come on, and you get to see t... CARLA HALL How a piece ends is very important to me. It's the last chance to leave an impression with the r... S. E. HINTON When I give speeches at college, I don't tell stories, I talk about what it is to live your drea... TUCKER MAX We underestimate children and the people who work with them. I swear - so often, I tell people I am ... KATHI APPELT We do have a distorted view of our fantasies in society, but that's because we don't talk ab... SASHA GREY I don't like to talk about myself. I like to talk about stuff that's happening, stuff that... FRED WILSON I don't know about changing my perspective, because motherhood is such a glorious blessing and I... AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN I could go away five or six weeks in a row and never touch a club. I would just look at them and say... FRED COUPLES People that are 40, they don't sit around at talk about gray hair and how it covers their hair. ... ANDIE MACDOWELL As parents are usually working, they haven't time to teach children about cooking, and it's ... MARY BERRY I don't want to disrupt anything. We never conceive of our products as disruptive - we don't... EVAN SPIEGEL I enjoy meeting not only contemporary children, but yesterday's children as well. It's nice ... BOB KEESHAN I don't want to write any more screenplays, I'll tell you that right now. It's a waste o... ELMORE LEONARD I don't use the phrase 'I love you' very often, but I say it every time I talk to my chi... GEORGE HAMILTON I think people are turning inward more now cause the world's got in such a weird, crazy state. I... DAVE DAVIES Developing games for the PC and consoles is all about everything and the kitchen sink. In many ways,... JOHN CARMACK I love inspiring people, and I love making good music, but I don't stress about it. I don't ... SELENA GOMEZ That's how I judge a quarterback: Either you make plays or you don't. I don't even want ... FRAN TARKENTON I don't really know what it is about vampires that makes them such a powerful symbol, metaphor, ... ALAN BALL I love 'Child's Play 2!' I love Don Mancini. That movie has a great theme: You better li... BETH GRANT I love Hershey's chocolate. I feel the same about chocolate as I do about wine. Connoisseurs lik... PAULA DEEN Every time we bring someone in we ensure that they are a strategic thinker, but even more important ... DAVID ROSE I will be doing a film called Whispers, for Disney. It's about elephants, and doesn't have a... TREVOR RABIN I am interested in imperfections, quirkiness, insanity, unpredictability. That's what we really ... TIBOR KALMAN I don't worry about numbers. I worry about wins. You can see all the years that my numbers went ... PABLO SANDOVAL I'm thrilled when I get nominated. I don't count how many and I don't remember how many ... MERYL STREEP I don't consider roles like in 'Die Hard' what I do. This is like a hobby. It's fun.... BONNIE BEDELIA Journalists ask me, 'Why don't you ever talk about sex in your performances?' True, I do... GAD ELMALEH I just think Valentine's Day is a day to really appreciate the person you love, no matter who it... PRINCE ROYCE It's funny, because there are so many stereotypes out there about actors and movie stars in gene... RYAN REYNOLDS Many writers can't make a living. So to be able to teach how to write is valuable to them. But I... CHINUA ACHEBE In the past I have never thought about loneliness when working, and I don't think about it now. ... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I haven't ever had so many women come up to me and tell me that I made them cry. And they're... JUSTIN HARTLEY There's only so many variations on the basics of human relationships. To me, it's all about ... K. FLAY I do a lot of referendums. They can't talk back. They don't have wives. They don't have ... ROGER STONE I love Michel Roux, Jr., and James Martin - the chefs who are experts in their own right, like Rick ... MARY BERRY I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone o... LAURA LINNEY I have made so many mistakes, and such really stupid ones, I would start blubbing away if I could re... CHARLES SAATCHI When I talk football with my friends, I don't talk about Tom Brady's hair. I talk about how ... INDRA NOOYI It's a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistake... MEL GIBSON I love the game. But I love my wife and kids more. I can't tell you how many sacrifices I make t... ERIC WEDDLE I can't get that live and I don't have the time to take the tape, after I've finished re... DANNY ELFMAN Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about people... GRAHAM GREENE There's a cardinal rule that you don't talk about sharks. If you don't see it, it's ... MARK WARKENTIN When I work, I work. I don't think about anything else. I just wanna get the work done. And I... COCO LEE I come from - I came from Wales, and it's a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all th... ANTHONY HOPKINS The diversity of America is a strength of the country, and I don't think that we use that. We do... STEVE STOUTE In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about... BRAD PITT I don't know how many times I can sit there and talk about my character or my life. It's int... WENDIE MALICK Personally, I don't think we could do such a show if we didn't get along. The subtext of all... KRISTIN DAVIS It's about learning what's important and what's not important, and at the end of the day... AUBREY PEEPLES I don't see many explosions or ten-car crashes in the course of my life, so I don't put them... ALBERT BROOKS There's a continuity between what I care about in any form: I care about it in my music, in arti... ALANIS MORISSETTE I don't like to just talk about nothing, or less than nothing. If it's something interesting... ZACK GREINKE It's hard to get people at a record company to talk about music. They don't seem to want to ... HENRY ROLLINS When I talk about intersex, people ask me, 'But what about the locker room?' Yes, what about... ALICE DREGER Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affec... ANI DIFRANCO As Asian-Americans, we just don't often get the chance to tell the story from a leading person... RUTHIE ANN MILES I don't live for the accolades. I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. ... J. COLE I hate the whole reluctant sex-symbol thing. It's such bull. You see these dudes greased up, in ... BEN AFFLECK I would consider myself a perfectionist, yeah. I don't think that is always that helpful, either... TOM ODELL Let's just cut a live record with three microphones in four days and talk about lizards and alie... STURGILL SIMPSON I don't have time to write a mom blog, but I'm not against it. I think it's great when w... KELLY CUTRONE I love the sun but don't have the time to get a good tan and keep it year-round, so I am a huge ... KIM KARDASHIAN Right now, I don't have the same urges as other women when they see a baby. When I see children,... GABRIELLE UNION In America, we have so many movies and so much media about the Islamic world, the sub-continental wo... MIRA NAIR My first love, I'll never forget, and it's such a big part of who I am, and in so many ways,... RASHIDA JONES
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PATRICIA VELASQUEZ There was a time when I used to live in Spain that it went really crazy with drugs and stuff like th... PATRICIA VELASQUEZ OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy! PATRICIA VELASQUEZ I enjoyed working as a model a lot as it let me travel and I got to do some really interesting proje... PATRICIA VELASQUEZ I think if I could have a boyfriend like my brothers I'd be really happy. But without the brothe... PATRICIA VELASQUEZ I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting. PATRICIA VELASQUEZ It takes one person to give you a big chance. PATRICIA VELASQUEZ If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me. PATRICIA VELASQUEZ Every time you play a bad girl or guy in a movie, you really come from a place of pain. PATRICIA VELASQUEZ If there is one creature that represents my essence, it's butterflies. PATRICIA VELASQUEZ Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are. PATRICIA VELASQUEZ I have no doubt I was someone very interesting in a past life. PATRICIA VELASQUEZ Thank God I had all these family values or who knows where I'd be now. PATRICIA VELASQUEZ You can't take sides when you know the earth is round. PATRICIA SUN There is only one thing keeping us from having heaven on earth: we can't believe it! Why? Becaus... PATRICIA SUN Nothing will ensure war more certainly or entrench rivalries more seriously than for or against thin... PATRICIA SUN We mostly feel fearful because we feel powerless. We feel powerless, I contend, because of a style o... PATRICIA SUN We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ig... PATRICIA SUN When we don't have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we h... 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PATRICIA RIGGEN There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget. PATRICIA RIGGEN The idea that women compete or don't like each other or undermine each other or sabotage each ot... PATRICIA RIGGEN I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I'm a writer, I don... PATRICIA RIGGEN Directors only have instinct to work out of, because there is no formula. Formulas don't work. A... PATRICIA RIGGEN I think the three Mexican directors - Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro - gave ... PATRICIA RIGGEN I do find that it's easier to get Latino-themed movies... but I don't think there's that... PATRICIA RIGGEN I think the three Mexican directors that came before me did a very good job in Hollywood because the... PATRICIA RIGGEN I love getting people's opinion of what I'm doing. PATRICIA RIGGEN I wish I had seen some women directing before - that would have given me the idea of who I was. 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Everybody'... PATRICIA RICHARDSON I kind of feel like people like to dump on 'Home Improvement,' and I don't know why. PATRICIA RICHARDSON I still get the kids to the doctor and dentist and plan their play dates and buy their clothes. PATRICIA RICHARDSON I've had so many horrible things happen in my life since I did 'Home Improvement' that i... PATRICIA RICHARDSON Losing their reproductive rights is the first step to how women live in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan... PATRICIA RICHARDSON I live in such a sweet world in the world of 'Home Improvement' that I tend to be drawn to s... PATRICIA RICHARDSON I curse too much. I really do. I have a horrible cursing mouth. PATRICIA RICHARDSON I'd like us to deliver a little message to all the men still out there who think it's the ... PATRICIA RICHARDSON Tim on the show does a lot of that posturing, of course, and feels sort of threatened by women. But ... PATRICIA RICHARDSON But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us ... PATRICIA RICHARDSON The truth is, I've been going pretty much nuts all year. I constantly have to fight being scatte... PATRICIA RICHARDSON Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whol... PATRICIA RICHARDSON Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to ... PATRICIA RICHARDSON A family is really a union of two separate entities. When you get married, you are marrying one fami... PATRICIA RAE One of the first things that I did was, I got myself a publicist as soon as 'Maria Full of Grace... PATRICIA RAE You don't always necessarily see eye to eye with the people that you are getting married into yo... PATRICIA RAE I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! PATRICIA POLACCO My family always encouraged my drawing ability. Kids in school who teased me about my reading would ... PATRICIA POLACCO I don't believe being gay is something you can change, no more than you can change the color of ... PATRICIA POLACCO I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see won... PATRICIA POLACCO I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing. PATRICIA POLACCO I lived the first five years of my life on a farm in Union City, Michigan, with my mom and grandpare... PATRICIA POLACCO I came from a family of incredible storytellers, but I didn't start writing children's books... PATRICIA POLACCO Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story - I don't think they exist. PATRICIA POLACCO My books cover many aspects of daily life through which your children will recognize their own relat... PATRICIA POLACCO Now, I've got to tell you: 'In Our Mothers House,' I don't think is for a kindergart... PATRICIA POLACCO When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories. PATRICIA POLACCO My stories are fundamentally about the love of family. PATRICIA POLACCO My stories deal with multicultural situations as well as multigenerational settings. PATRICIA POLACCO When I was growing up, we never had much money. My parents were divorced young, but I was always sur... PATRICIA POLACCO I used to say to my bubbe, 'Bubbe, is this story true?' And she'd say, 'Of course it... PATRICIA POLACCO Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed. PATRICIA POLACCO Maybe one of you can enlighten me, but I just don't understand why it is so hard to be kind to o... PATRICIA POLACCO I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare ... PATRICIA POLACCO What I loved the most about Oakland was that all of my neighbors came in as many colors, ideas, and ... PATRICIA POLACCO I believe with all my heart that the American classroom teachers are one of our greatest and most he... PATRICIA POLACCO My parents were divorced when I was three, and both my father and mother moved back into the homes o... PATRICIA POLACCO I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in ha... PATRICIA POLACCO I don't care what color the parents are. I don't care if it's a giraffe and a fish livin... PATRICIA POLACCO Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older. PATRICIA POLACCO Living through the heat in Louisiana was awful. PATRICIA NORRIS I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're ha... PATRICIA NORRIS As a costume designer, I first try to figure out what the character's economic situation is and ... PATRICIA NORRIS When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. W... PATRICIA NEAL I may be a dumb blonde, but I'm not that blonde. PATRICIA NEAL Whatever a person's politics, lawyers have to understand that we are, for most people, the gatew... PATRICIA MILLETT What makes for a good argument, at bottom, is being more prepared than anyone else in that courtroom... PATRICIA MILLETT I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivi... PATRICIA MILLETT I do not need any cheerleaders at my moot court. And I cannot imagine walking into that Court withou... PATRICIA MILLETT I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and... PATRICIA MILLETT While I have the greatest respect for the Supreme Court's members, I cannot claim familiarity wi... PATRICIA MILLETT