Leadership is a lot of hard work. I hoped, when I was younger, that I would just be a natural leader or that it was something that was innate, but it is really a learned skill.
If you’re a nerd, just be a nerd. That’s way better than a nerd who’s trying to be a hipster. And if you are going to tell jokes, don’t direct them at other people. Not only is it not funny, but it’s also mean.
There is something missing in Asian America. They’re missing people to tell them, ‘It’s okay to be who you are – you belong. Just be unapologetically you; you’re not less than anybody else.’
I just think gay men are looked at much less favorably than gay women. If you look at the overall stereotype, lesbians are sexy, and gay men are disgusting. Girl and girl is fine, and guy and guy seems to just be something completely different.
I may worship the image of the Lord; but that act is worthless if it is not accompanied with devotion. In the absence of devotion, the idol will just be a piece of stone, and so shall I; and the worship will only mean that a stone is facing a stone!
Technically, a Ghost song could just be piano and vocals, but it could also be full, pounding, heavy-thrashing hard rock.
I think always what happens when you ask men questions on the red carpet, it’s always based on what projects they’re working on, whatever they’re about, rather than this, ‘Give us little tips for all of us women’… because we’re all the same. Questions should just be more individual.
The first thought that I had about really trying to get sober was, ‘Man, I could do a lot of good in the world. I can lead by example and just be this heroic recovery guy.’ And that’s just a bad reason to get sober. You can’t get sober for anybody’s benefit, let alone the world at large. You really got to do it for yourself.
I think there are always people who, when they get the bug to play an instrument, they want to get as good as they can with it rather than just be simply adequate at it. You run into them every once in a while – some kid who wants to be the next Stevie Ray Vaughan, for whatever reason, and plays exactly like him.
Email is familiar. It’s comfortable. It’s easy to use. But it might just be the biggest killer of time and productivity in the office today.
For me, my aim is to just be as good as possible. If people do look up to me, I have to set the best example I can.
I want to just be what kids believe in.
I’ve realized that no problem is as hopeless as it first may seem, I’ve learned how to live day to day and show others how to do the same, and most of all, I’ve learned how to just be.
Whether I’m doing a routine where I want to move people, or if I want to feel moved myself, I definitely tap into those moments where it’s not just dancing or movement. It might just be a hand gesture or just a slow look, or even just the way you slightly tip your head forward. These subtleties speak volumes.
Everybody’s inspiring me to just be me.
Treat others as you wish to be treated. Don’t just be nice, but be kind to other people. That can be so rewarding.
If I pretended to be confident all the time, that would just be a lie.
I’ve had fun doing romantic comedies, but I just can’t anymore. There’s nothing fulfilling creatively, there’s nowhere to grow, nothing to learn from it or for yourself. I’d rather just be home with my family or write music until that special project comes my way.
I hope girls read what I say in interviews – they should just be themselves.
Everybody’s not going to like jazz, let’s just be honest about it. Everybody doesn’t like everything. There’s a disconnect in generations and some people just aren’t going to feel that music.
I don’t think I could do what Woody Allen or Clint Eastwood or Ben Stiller do, where they direct a movie and they star in it. I would just be like, ‘Oh, I don’t even want to look at my face.’
I’m interested in technology for the masses. Good tech design should not just be for enthusiasts but for the general public. It should be something that touches everyone.
I don’t really believe in bogey teams. The results might just be a coincidence, but we need to make sure the same thing doesn’t happen at Wembley.
It doesn’t matter if you’re small, big, or fit: if you go in front of the camera and deliver and say, ‘Oh my God, I look amazing,’ and just be sure about yourself, everything will be perfect.
I’m one of seven kids, and I love being around a bunch of siblings because I think it teaches you independence, and it teaches you how to grow up quickly and also just be a good friend and be a good sister.
I remember when I first came around, the computer-generated stuff was pretty wicked. I was like, ‘Wow!’ but I feel like then for the longest time, we saw so much of it, after a while, you might as well just be watching an animated movie.
Somehow, the words don’t have any vitality, any life to them, unless I can feel it marking on a paper. That’s how I start. Once I’m off, then I switch to the laptop. I think it would all just be prose if it started on a laptop – not that what I do is poetry.
I’m a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn’t worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did.
It’s been with us for a millennium, and we’ll still be carrying around cash for a long time to come. There’ll just be less of it.
What if you didn’t have education for sports? People with a natural inclination for sports, athletes without any kind of education, without any kind of training, they would just be couch athletes instead of the world class Olympians that we have.
You can’t just be a rock star by rehashing things you’ve seen or done before. Bring something new, which is what hip-hop does best.
Today, you can gain a bunch of followers doing a dance in a cute bikini, and suddenly, you’re a superstar. Or you could just be a beautiful girl posting pictures of yourself and get discovered that way.
Be the best teammate you can be, be the best player you can be, and just be as supportive and encouraging for the people who are playing.
Walking around sometimes, I would love to just be able to watch people, see how they act. Sometimes I would love to be invisible.
It’s all about progression, not getting stuck and about having aspirations, which can lead you to do more and not just be satisfied. I was always that way about my dancing, and that’s how I am about whatever it is I tend to pursue.
Rap ain’t out there for everybody; everybody can’t be a rapper. Everybody can’t be a singer; anybody can’t just be a songwriter, but it may – there’s some profession out there you can be in.
I have a goal to be the best player every time I touch that floor. Just be the best me.
To me, the worst thing is to just be knee-jerk and emotional.
We should just be good humans.
I don’t want to get in trouble here, but the All-Star Game shouldn’t count for anything. It should just be for fun.
What I learned at that moment on the subway 30 years ago, staring at my blank passport, was this: If you have an impulse to do something, and it’s not totally irresponsible, why not do it? It might just be the journey you’ve always needed.
If I did want to get a girl’s attention, it would just be in some way where I would just start talking to her. It would have to feel organic. It’s too weird otherwise.
It’s my job as a reporter to not be about the business of making friends or enemies but just be in the tireless pursuit of truth.
I want to fly a jet. I’d love to just be in the air and go mach 3 or mach 4. Or, I’d be an underwater salvager. I’ve always been fascinated with the Bermuda Triangle and Atlantis. I love chemistry, also. That’s why acting is so random for me!
I love that about New York: You just dress the way you want to dress and feel really comfortable because nobody is judging. You can just be yourself, and it’s perfectly normal.
Some of the newer folks in the industry, I’m not sure they are familiar with the term acting. They don’t understand what it means to play a character rather than just be a personality.
Pickup lines are a major turn-off, they don’t work on me and I tune them out. It’s better to just be honest.
This is a group effort. This is group theatre. This is no big star turn. You could do things with it to do that but it would just be out of kilter. This is one reason I like this play. This is a unit.
Tone is so important because you can have a great script just be ruined with the wrong director – if they shtick it up or something. With ‘Little Miss Sunshine,’ I was so concerned they weren’t going to play the pageant official realistically because you don’t have to wink to play those kinds of characters.
I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
When I came out with ‘Posse on Broadway,’ I decided, enough with trying to imitate New York, enough with trying to imitate L.A., let’s just be Seattle. And rock, grunge, followed right after ‘Posse on Broadway’ and Seattle just exploded.
You have to put time into the art to do it, and you have to know that what you’ll get out of it is not a financial or a fame thing. It’ll just be the pleasure of being an artist. And I’m cool with that.
I don’t want to just be a great fighter, but also a great man.
