Person Quotes

I'd like to think that, at the end of the day, you can look at the things that I made as a young person and the things I'll continue to make as I get older and they'll be consistently interesting and soulful things, and if you like them they'll be a part of your dimension, as well.

When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.

Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plow. The trick is just to wake thmem up, to sharpen their ears for what's already there in the music.

Like any young person, I do what I want.

In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is teaching the poor gratuitously. As a young person I was seized by this idea of social justice and I wanted very much to follow my vow of teaching the poor gratuitously.

Don't forget the prices are so high in theater; it isn't really where a young person can go on a date and buy two tickets and take someone out anymore.

I don't have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that absolutely made their mark on my mind.

I grew up with the television product being old Western serials like Roy Rogers, and John Wayne and Gary Cooper, and many others were my favorites when I was a young person going to films.

With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.

So in those days, they were scooping up any young person who could sing and look decent, ah, at the same time.

There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things that I couldn't see them enjoying. I heard them sing a lot, and I didn't hear white folks going down the cotton rows singing that much.

I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level.

Yeah, I try to be the best example I can be for young girls just as far as my person goes - just to uphold a good image.

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

I'm quite an independent person, and I had to be. As a boy and growing into a young man I had to look out for myself. And now I'm very family-oriented. It's a big priority in my life.

When a high-profile personality lives like I do, everybody thinks that person is fated to die young.

The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style.

It doesn't matter if you're the smartest person in the room: If you're not someone who people want to be around, you won't get far. Likewise for helping those in line behind you. I take seriously my role as a mentor to young female filmmakers - I make sure my time is tithed.

In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on.

Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person.

I know growing up as a young gay person how much you hate yourself, how much you already think you're different.

I have always liked running, so it wasn't particularly difficult to make it a habit. All you need is a pair of running shoes and you can do it anywhere. It does not require anybody to do it with, and so I found the sport perfectly fits me as a person who tends to be independent and individualistic.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.

One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do.

Yes, some people say to me you're too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.