Top 1200 Ive Learned Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

Ive summarized dozens of books in my literary career; its become rather second nature.

Once Ive finished a film I just want to get on and make another one.

I would hate the thought of dying full stop; Ive got to be honest with you.

I am never driven. Every film Ive made has been an assignment.

When somebody says, Action, I act. When they say, Cut, thats my job. Ive done it.

Ive decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust.

Ive been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.

Ive done Hay Fever and this one was called Another Time by Ronald Harwood.

Ive got a lot of life left in me and I want to live it doing things I like to do.

As a kid, I took piano lessons, and I didn't like it. It wasn't cool. I was into Duran Duran and rock music. I didn't have any interest in piano. I did it for three years, and because of piano, I learned percussion. I learned scales. I learned how to sing. Piano gives you all of the basics of those things.

Ive always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix.

Ive become a parody of myself, as Im a big fan of a skinny cappuccino.

Ive never had to change a word in a Grantchester script. Thats very unusual for me.

On Sanjay and Craig, Ive had a number of chances to work with Chris Hardwick, and that is so much fun.

Ive heard about cases when people repented of pornography and were healed of liver cancer.

Ive known since I went to the national team when I was very young that I was a different bird.

Ive been on my own for a long time and I would like someone to share my life with.

I believe the alphabet is no longer considered an essential piece of equipment for traveling through life. In my day it was the keystone to knowledge. You learned the alphabet as you learned to count to ten, as you learned "Now I lay me" and the Lord's Prayer and your father's and mother's name and address and telephone number, all in case you were lost.

Im so lucky, Ive been so successful, so much has come my way. I want to give back.

Writing is hard work; its also the best job Ive ever had.

I felt as if I learned a few things. I learned that it's sometimes okay to think like a weenie, so long as you don't act like one—at least not all the time. I learned that it's okay to be wrong, as long as you can admit it and are willing to listen to those who may know better.

Every time you finish something ... you figure you've finally learned to write, right? Then you start something else and it turns out you haven't. You have learned how to write that story, or that book, but you haven't learned how to write the next one.

Ive struggled so hard to reign in my temper because it actually terrifies me.

I've learned a lot during my years on the 3rd Circuit, particularly, I think, about the way in which a judge should go about the work of judging. I've learned by doing, by sitting on all of these cases. And I think I've also learned from the examples of some really remarkable colleagues.

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights. I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'. I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back.

Ive been in New York City now for 22 years.

It is the most powerful submission in the sport. It is a beautiful thing. You're holding them into you, their back is on you, and you are basically choking them gradually like a boa constrictor and once you've got them, the pressure goes on and they have to submit or they are going to stop breathing. It happened to me early in my career, and I panicked, and gave in, I tapped out too early. I learned a lot from that. I learned from it, learned how to do the move better, learned how to avoid it being done to me.

Yes, Haven, most of us enjoy preaching, and Ive got such a bully pulpit!

If Ive got a clean pair of jeans and a T-shirt, thats usually a good day for me.

Considering all the amazing experiences Ive had in my career, Im useless when it comes to general life skills.

Ive been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.

I actually think I play better now than Ive ever played.

Forney in Where the Heart Is has more fans than any other character Ive played.

Music is my biggest passion and Ive just been obsessed with it. Like, always.

Ive always loved when girls carry their wallets as a clutch instead of a bag.

Ive had business sense since I was very young. I sold chicken eggs when I was six.

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I think meditation has been the single biggest reason for whatever success Ive had

Ive always been ahead of the curve when it came to trying new stuff in the underground scene.

Deadwood was one of the most amazing experiences Ive ever had. I just loved that show.

If Ive vividly laid out the narrative, the reader will come to his own conclusions.

Ive always been able to transform happiness and pain and sorrow and tears into positive energy.

Ive lost much of my heart and the spark or fire that once created, or produced, the art of fiction.

Ive always felt robbed of something by people not knowing I was a Jew.

I grew up while I was in college. I learned how to take care of myself. I learned how to prioritize things. I learned how to get things done.

I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.

Honestly, Ive been very blessed. Yes, I am cursed with this gift.

Ive enjoyed programming on NPR, but were broke and therefore all spending must be reduced.

Other than the bombs they strap to their chests, Ive got no idea what makes the Palestinians tick.

Ive got a fantasy-baseball team with my brother. But I have to admit, he does all the work.

Writing is something Ive always done on the side. I thought that no one would be interested, so I kept it to myself.

Ive been interested in watching the level of conservative misinformation that circulates through the media.

Some of my academic friends think Ive fallen from a very special grace.

Ive always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.

My mom is really skinny, too. I got it from her. Ive never done yoga before.

Ive worked with some of the most inspiring and genuinely nice people.

Ive always said that if I could do anything in the world, I would be a professional golfer.

I sometimes joke that when I die, my tombstone will say, 'Here lies the guy who hired Jonathan Ive.'

I must say Ive always composed music from the point of view of the performers.

Ive always been really inspired by watching top athletes putting in peak performances.