Elliott Smith Quotes

There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.

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• People get TV deals by doing something in their grandmother's basement. It is definitely the wave. Everybody is trying to do all that stuff. I mean, the Internet is the only reason that I've gotten work is because I've somehow created a line and people have seen it. And then I've been asked to auditions.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • People
  • Work
  • Trying

• If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.

  

  Laura Osnes
  • People
  • Good
  • Control

• A fashion show is like a 10-minute play, but there's all this anticipation; Everyone arriving, finding their seats, then there's 10 minutes of people walking past and clothes and music, then the whole thing is finished.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • People
  • Music
  • Past

• I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls.

  

  Nancy Lublin
  • People
  • Up
  • Money

• Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.

  

  Nas
  • People
  • Power
  • Generation

• We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • People
  • Think
  • Dream

• I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.

  

  Flume
  • Up
  • Morning
  • Person

• I have breakups that I can credit to every song. In my twenties, I picked people who would create that dysfunction and drama, so I could draw upon it.

  

  Kara DioGuardi
  • People
  • Song
  • Drama

• Traditionally with debut albums, labels insist on a face, so people know who you are.

  

  Fleur East
  • People
  • Know
  • Face

• I'm just very pleased and thankful that there was a receptive audience of people that I was able to connect with.

  

  Fab Five Freddy
  • People
  • Audience
  • Thankful

• All people have a natural desire to be needed, to have their importance to others tangibly confirmed.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • People
  • Desire
  • Natural

• People ask me, 'Is 3D a good medium for horror movies?' I think it's the perfect thing for horror movies because it really puts you into it.

  

  Tania Raymonde
  • People
  • Good
  • Perfect

• Some people are just right for you.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • People
  • You
  • Some People

• I grew up with artists and drag queens. These were just my neighbors and friends and the people who are raising me.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • People
  • Friends
  • Artists

• I really admire people who have a natural sense of style. They have a super power.

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • People
  • Power
  • Style

• When you think of the typical Teach For America corps member, soldiers and ex-bankers are probably not the people who come to mind. In fact, there is no such thing as a typical corps member. They can't be neatly pigeonholed or painted with a broad brush.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • People
  • Mind
  • America

• My favorite role is mommy. I know that sounds cheesy to people who don't have kids, or there are even some moms who think it's cheesy. It's a role you can't prepare for; it's a role you don't get paid to do, but it is the most rewarding role, and to me, it's been the most fulfilling.

  

  Vanessa Lachey
  • People
  • Kids
  • Think

• I enjoy encouraging and inspiring people to pursue their purpose in the arts. To help cultivate and develop their instrument.

  

  Tasha Smith
  • People
  • Help
  • Purpose

• Are we changing the idea of what beauty is? Let's hope so. I'm not the typical Hollywood beauty. Let's hope we're looking at the insides of people a little more.

  

  Anne Heche
  • People
  • Hope

• This June, I'll travel once again to the Food and Wine Magazine Classic in Aspen, Colorado. For many years, my dear friend Julia Child and I have teamed up to teach classes together at the event; for the past seven years, my daughter, Claudine, has been my cooking partner on stage.

  

  Jacques Pepin
  • Up
  • Together
  • Past

• When we're children we're told love is going to be great: Just fall in love, the rest will take care of itself - and then we fall in love and we realize, Okay, this is actually really, really hard work. This guy doesn't just tell me I'm great every day, you know?

  

  Jewel Kilcher
  • Work
  • Great
  • Children

• You don't win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.

  

  Lee Westwood
  • Thinking

• I have never seen people who could do real work except under the stimulus of encouragement and enthusiasm and the approval of the people for whom they are working.

  

  B. C. Forbes
  • People
  • Work
  • Real

• There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.

  

  Elliott Smith
  • People