#people say

You know, I used to say, when people say, 'How do you think about what to write about in the poems every week?' And I say, 'Well, I have to turn it in on Monday, so on Sunday nights I turn the shower to iambic pentameter and it sort of works out that way.' ↗

— Calvin Trillin

#every #how #i #know #monday

People say I'm not good at writing about men. My dad left when I was 16. Give me a break. I'm doing the best I can. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#best #break #dad #doing #give

Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts. ↗

— Ian Hart

#being #fixated #get #gone #good

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#behind #community #people #people say #say

People say that to me and I think what unites all my characters is that they are hurt; it's most accurate to say I play characters that are hurt but are responding to their environment. ↗

— Ashley Judd

#characters #environment #hurt #i #i think

Everything that people say is testable. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#people #people say #say

I understand what it's like to come with your family, and to uproot yourself and come to another culture. You need a lot of support. People say, 'She's got her daughter; she's got her husband.' Yeah, but she hasn't got anyone else. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#anyone #come #culture #daughter #else

When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.' ↗

— Lao Tzu

#best #did #done #leader #ourselves

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. ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#few #lose #me #never #only

The thing about improvisation is that it's not about what you say. It's listening to what other people say. It's about what you hear. ↗

— Paul Merton

#hear #improvisation #listening #other #people