Part Quotes

What I find interesting as a 40-year-old is the idea of trying to be a part of a pronounced, continuing independent culture. The basic tenet of America is that you rebel and then you get real.

I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto.

I don't really feel part of any particular movement.

I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.

What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.

Women today have more of an overview of their lives and how marriage is or is not a part of it.

I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.

I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.

The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.

And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers.

Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to unnecessary suffering and punishment.

I hadn't worked for a year when I had my Prison Break audition and it was the easiest audition I've ever had. I got the script on Friday, went to the audition on Monday and got the part on Tuesday. I was shooting the pilot a week later. I didn't have time to be nervous - it happened so quickly.

I've never wanted just part of the package, part of the prize. I want it all!

My Mother is an actress, so it's always been a part of my life.

The Conservative Party is not honouring the commitment to Lords reform and, as a result, part of our contract has now been broken. Clearly I cannot permit a situation where Conservative rebels can pick and choose the parts of the contract they like, while Liberal Democrat MPs are bound to the entire agreement.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

Hopping the fence or wading the Rio Grande River isn't part of America's immigration process.

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.

The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part.

Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.

I remember my first acting class: I was like, 'That's it.' If I know that I want to do something then I'm going to do it and there's no stopping me, whether it's if I want to take a movie part or don't, or eat sushi for lunch or don't. There's always a very clear goal. Once I figure out what I want that's it.

I like to behave in an extremely normal, wholesome manner for the most part in my daily life. Even if mentally I'm consumed with sick visions of violence, terror, sex and death.

Networking is an essential part of building wealth.

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.

You're not a wave, you're a part of the ocean.

The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.

You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.

I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.

I started drumming around the same time I came across this part of American history. But there seemed to be a way forward playing drums. There didn't seem to be a way forward being fascinated by a piece of history.

I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.