When people think of the word 'drive,' they often think you have it or you don't, and that's where we're wrong. Drive is something that can be encouraged by a wonderful teacher, by a terrific classroom environment, by an awesome soccer team that you are on, and it can be squashed as well.
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Related You can't convince someone else - whether it's a potential employer, a loan officer at the c... SOPHIA AMORUSO It's a wonderful world. You can't go backwards. You're always moving forward. It's t... HARVEY FIERSTEIN Every job is different. I don't think that I've ever had that wonderful feeling when you'... ALFRED MOLINA I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Now I'm old... maybe I'm still an eccentric hippie. There's a wonderful freedom in the e... SYLVESTER MCCOY When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by your... FIONA APPLE I think L.A.'s terrific. You fly an hour and a half and you're in the mountains in three fee... SCOTT PATTERSON My message to women is it's okay not to toe the party line on every issue. You don't have to... TOMI LAHREN But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - o... DAMIEN HIRST As far commercial success, I don't think that's a focus but it's not that we don't e... DAVEY HAVOK I don't think people should be encouraged to look like Kate Moss; I think that's unreasonabl... ANTHONY BOURDAIN I think it's very insulting to say, 'White people don't understand.' What are you ta... KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE I think too often in films, people think endings are a summation of plot, and I don't like that.... JEFF NICHOLS Be original. That's my best advice. You're going to find that there's something that you... BOB SEGER It could be that people just want to be connected to something that's bigger than they are that ... DWIGHT SCHULTZ When you are not missing something, longing for something, you don't really think about it that ... DANICA PATRICK When we can't determine what is art - when you get to that point where we're not sure, that&... RICHARD PHILLIPS Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a ... CARL REINER When you have really good writing, you're compelled by the actors who are in it, and you may thi... DAVID COSTABILE I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just t... KATE WINSLET Because the Internet is so new, we still don't really understand what it is. We mistake it for a... DOUGLAS ADAMS I don't like kids that are pushed into things by stage mums, but when I can see they are having ... SIMON COWELL You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't thin... ED BALLS It's funny to be discovered by a lot of people who didn't know you before. People always use... TERRY O'QUINN You've got to not care about what people think. You learn that as an actor. If you get a bad rev... MARTIN HENDERSON You can't sit down and write 300 compositions in a three-month period and think that you're ... JOHN ZORN Chemistry is a hard thing. I don't think you can force it, and it doesn't necessarily mean t... TRICIA HELFER I don't know David Cameron very well. I like him. I think you can judge a book by its cover - wh... ZAC GOLDSMITH We're normal people. Don't be scared because we are in a chair. People don't understand ... MARK ZUPAN I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this busi... MEGAN FOX I don't think success arrives and you're suddenly happy. It's not like that. If people t... MICHAEL HUTCHENCE You know, it's funny... when you're making money, people don't think you're playing ... PETE FOUNTAIN I think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I don't think of suicide as an option, but as... RYAN GOSLING I don't think it's good to run on anger, but it's really great when that's the first... JOSH HOMME It's interesting how we often can't see the ways in which we are being strong - like, you ca... LENA DUNHAM A visual understanding of great composition and how to use a camera and expensive lenses can be lear... AARON HUEY When talking to first-time entrepreneurs, I often ask them: 'How do you know that people want yo... KATHRYN MINSHEW People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're ... MATT GROENING A lot of people who don't write for kids think it's easy, because they think kids aren't... BRIAN SELZNICK So much of Hollywood is this kind of overly machismo, nonsensical view of masculinity, which I just ... JOE CARNAHAN I don't think you should try to be anything you're not. If you're not smiling all the ti... ELLE FANNING I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but... BOB NEWHART Some think love can be measured by the amount of butterflies in their tummy. Others think love can b... MARIAN KEYES I think you get to a point where you watch something just to enjoy it. I don't think it's re... CHARLIE WATTS I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, y... FRANCES MCDORMAND When you're successful, there will be friends, people, VIPs rallying around you. When you're... SURESH RAINA People think it's suspect and self-indulgent to make art, and I don't think that's true.... DANA SPIOTTA You gotta have fun. Regardless of how you look at it, we're playing a game. It's a business,... DEREK JETER There's a good argument to be made that companies that are private, where they're run by par... ANDREW ROSS SORKIN I can't actually believe how good 'The Sopranos' is. I genuinely am dumbfounded by it. I... MARTIN FREEMAN I think it's so funny when people think they can't control a movie star. They can. We're... ESTHER WILLIAMS Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie,... TOM WAITS We live in capitalism, and capitalism is defined by the production line, and the production line is ... WALTER MOSLEY Essentially, you have to be aware of a crisis happening: 'Can the company go on if I get hit by ... OSMAN RASHID I think that Valentine's Day is only as good as you want it to be. You know, I don't think i... PRINCE ROYCE It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I admire people's marriages, and I think it's a wonderful thing to have, but I don't thi... LINDA RONSTADT If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you... VAL KILMER But I think it's also hard to get into soccer here. I think purely on a time level on television... PARMINDER NAGRA I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm... BO BURNHAM I love words. They're fun. I don't think any word can just be filler. There's no room fo... KACEY MUSGRAVES I think to this day, 'Superman/Wonder Woman' is probably one of the trickiest things I'v... CHARLES SOULE I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as tha... OLIVIA COLMAN There's an interesting contrast between born Catholics and converts. Converts are often much mor... GARRY WILLS I think when people see Pluto revealed by New Horizons, its satellite system, its complex surface, i... ALAN STERN Sometimes when you have a song, you listen to it and say, 'It's OK. It's music to drive ... BETTY WRIGHT We think craft is important, and the irony has always been that horror may be disregarded by critics... JAMES WAN I don't buy the tabloids, but you're surrounded by it all and people tell you things they... FRANCESCA ANNIS Honestly, when you're making a movie, you never say, 'Oh, this one's going to suck and g... JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE I don't think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give i... NAWAL EL SAADAWI It's so hard when you're young to look at older people and understand that they have been wh... HELEN MIRREN It's something that - jazz is one of the few things that you can go and listen to, I don't c... BILLY HIGGINS We often grow up being told that we can do this or that, but if you don't see anybody that looks... JESSE WILLIAMS I think something that's very relevant in real life and that they don't portray enough on TV... SAMUEL LARSEN Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie,... TOM WAITS I think that one of the things that we have to recognize is that the longer somebody doesn't hav... KEVIN HASSETT When you had thugs and bullies and killers imposing their will on their own people or other people -... JACK KEANE Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there'... IAIN DE CAESTECKER I think the problem with people, as they start to mature, they say, 'Rap is a young man's ga... JAY-Z When you're writing non-fiction, you go as far as you can go, and then ethically you have to sto... GERALDINE BROOKS I think it's the most responsible thing you can do, to have kids. It's not something to be t... GEORGE CLOONEY It's nice to go and be a guest on a television sitcom. It pays well; it's easy because gener... ISABELLA ROSSELLINI Write every day. Don't kill yourself. I think a lot of people think, 'I have to write a chap... CASSANDRA CLARE A lot of people can be cheerleaders for songs and go, 'Oh, that's great,' and they don... BRANTLEY GILBERT I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another i... ELIZABETH STROUT It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and ... ICE CUBE I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't thin... DAVID WALLIAMS When you spend a year or two researching a subject, and you're still fascinated by it, that'... JIM MURPHY I'm friends with a lot of my exes, but it took time. We didn't just get into it. I don't... RASHIDA JONES Everybody struggles with being an oddball. It's tough trying to fit in when you're a kid; th... NAOMIE HARRIS Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don't whine. Y... MAYA ANGELOU I watch people who are not driven by creativity any more, and I think how dull it must be to produce... GEORGE MICHAEL Every day that you're on set is a new day to learn something. Every time you're there, there... ISAAC HEMPSTEAD WRIGHT Either you're this, or you're that: either you're - if you're a Pakistani, you'r... MIRA NAIR I think immigrants, when they're stressed, think that there's something wrong with America, ... AKHIL SHARMA Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name ... PATRICIA MARX I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don... LINDA RONSTADT As a pop star, you don't have to be that smart for people to think you're intelligent. ADAM LEVINE
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ANGELA MONET Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by... ANGELA DAVIS Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation. ANGELA CARTER Intuition is the wisdom formed by feeling and instinct - a gift of knowing without reasoning... Beli... ANGELA AHRENDTS As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participatio... ANGELA DAVIS Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abo... ANGELA DAVIS I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a kinder heart, per... ANGELA CARTER My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and be... ANGELA DAVIS Spying among friends is never acceptable. ANGELA MERKEL I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn't that ridic... ANGELA LANSBURY The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement tha... ANGELA DAVIS I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to... ANGELA DAVIS I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved activel... ANGELA DAVIS Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery ... ANGELA DAVIS We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society. ANGELA DAVIS We will have to accept a certain degree of legal immigration; that's globalisation... In the era... ANGELA MERKEL I don't care how advanced technology gets. I don't think that there's anything that can ... ANGELA AHRENDTS Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like ... ANGELA CARTER Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come in monochrome. ANGELA CARTER It is not about gender, it is about experience, leadership, and vision. ANGELA AHRENDTS I have always admired the innovation and impact Apple products and services have on people's liv... ANGELA AHRENDTS I have a relatively sunny spirit, and I always had the expectation that my path through life would b... ANGELA MERKEL I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballe... ANGELA MERKEL Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institu... ANGELA DAVIS I didn't feel the need to rebel as a teenager. From age nine to 16, I went to school in Montreux... ANGELA BOWIE It feels right. But it's emotional. Saying goodbye to anything you've done that long is hard... ANGELA RUGGIERO When I was in school, my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale Coll... ANGELA BASSETT That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer,... ANGELA RUGGIERO Perfection is impossible; just strive to do your best. ANGELA WATSON I grew up in a physical world, and I speak English. The next generation is growing up in a digital w... ANGELA AHRENDTS Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it'... ANGELA DAVIS Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your emp... ANGELA AHRENDTS Standing athwart ineffective, feel-good legislation shouting, 'Stop!' is seen as a betrayal ... ANGELA MCGLOWAN I have just explained my idea of how a constructive period of reflection, one that would send a clea... ANGELA MERKEL People think it must be wonderful being in movies or on television, but it can be very tough on a ch... ANGELA CARTWRIGHT When I'm stirring a saucepan, I don't say to myself, 'Now the chancellor is stirring a s... ANGELA MERKEL This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from Am... ANGELA BASSETT Sometimes with the initial shock, you have to have some down time as far as crying, grieving and som... ANGELA BRIDGES If a student comes in my office and doesn't want to talk me, they just might want to sit still, be a... ANGELA BRIDGES