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I think you should never be forced to be nice as an artist. An artist has to be uncomfortable in a way. Narcissistic and uncomfortable.
Some directors were brilliant in the silent era but never felt at home in sound. It's like a sculptor being forced to take up painting.
I am glad and thankful that my husband forced me to start reading for pleasure, as it took me years to listen to him and pick up a book!
The whole process of music for me is something absolutely honest and really naked and bare, so I never forced myself to write in French.
To be forced to defend oneself is an inherently undesirable position to be in. The focus shifts from ideas to the person conveying them.
If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness.
Times change. Context changes. Just because something is old and a 'part of our history' shouldn't mean we are forced to honor it forever.
No family should have to depend on the labor of its children to put food on the table and no person should be forced to work in captivity.
A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.
When we first started, me and Rowan hated each other. I don't know what it was. We just didn't get along. We were forced to room together.
Thousands of Americans are forced to join unions as a condition of employment, with little to no chance of ever having their voices heard.
When you're in a gang, you go through life like any other individual. You have certain obligations, but you are not forced to do anything.
I find it incredible and outrageous that public and school libraries are being forced to close - we'll all pay the price in the long term.
One of the things my success as an author has forced me to face is how dysfunctional... Maybe that's a strong word, but how obsessive I am.
My senior school didn't play football. It was a rugby and cricket school, and as I was on a sports scholarship, I was forced to play rugby.
Businesswomen are fine. But they shouldn't be forced to pay for the raising of the family. It's the husband's job. That's the way I see it.
It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost a near-religious experience.
None of us want to live in a society where people are forced to sleep in shop doorways, on park benches or in dangerous, run-down buildings.
I like New York because you're kind of forced to smell everybody else's funk. So it keeps you biologically attached to the world around you.
I believe someone should be able to dress according to the mood they're in. It shouldn't be forced and you shouldn't have to follow a trend.
The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.
Prior to 'Snowpiercer,' I've done many other international project that forced me to be in an environment where I had to converse in English.
The good thing about being an actor, and the gift of being an actor, is that you are beautifully forced to see the world with different eyes.
There was a time my parents never listened to me. They wouldn't have forced me into marriage had they heard me out. But now, they support me.
Foreign workers typically migrate to Malaysia willingly, looking for greater opportunities, but often fall into forced labor or debt bondage.
Even when you look at, like, movies with some of our famous celebrities, they don't really cry and bring out their tears until, like, forced.
I think a lot of times for women, especially in this industry, we're forced to do things for beauty that aren't good for what we already have.
If I walk into a room, I'm quite content to sit in the corner and chat with people who walk by. But coaching forced me to come out of my shell.
Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.
The streets of India are not safe for children, and every year, thousands are forced to live on the streets, avoiding being kidnapped or worse.
When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril.
I like having my mistakes corrected, but I wonder if it's because you're forced to have a certain humility if you're not an affluent white man.
I hate being forced to do things. I hate people telling me what to do, so I'll do the complete opposite. It's a bit self-destructive sometimes.
I don't watch horror films, because I don't want those images in my psyche, and I resent having them forced on me before a movie of my choosing.
I grew up going to school and high school and then shooting a movie for a few months. It's an odd way to grow up and is kind of forced maturity.
As a kid who grew up in Montana, I resent regulation being formulated and forced in Washington from bureaucrats that have never been to Montana.
When I try to be patient on my own, my patience is forced and short-lived. It is obvious to everyone that I am desperately trying to be patient.
Dating is kind of hard. Like dinner or something like that. Like a forced awkward situation is very strange. Especially for me, for some reason.
No one should ever be forced to choose between food and education, or medicine and shelter when they don't have the resources. It's very unfair.
Who says men don't cry? I used to sob like a baby as I was forced to move around in a wheelchair for two months after twin surgeries on my toes.
I've had to work by myself at combines before and forced myself to work out alone all the way back to high school. You have to be self-motivated.
If I had a reality show, it would probably be called 'Keeping Fit with Jesse Tyler Ferguson' because then I'd be forced to hit the gym every day.
The September 11th tragedy forced us all to look at the world in a different way, and it reminds us all of the importance of living every moment.
The American people don't want Obamacare. It has been forced on the American people, despite the fact that Democrats no longer control the House.
I can imagine Iceland becoming a good place to run a controversial Web site. But... Iceland may find itself forced to defend controversial speech.
I hate receiving compliments; I hate being told I'm talented or people think I'm going to be a movie star. I always feel that it's forced and fake.
I feel it's tougher for the guys, because if I break up with them, then they can go on and be forced to watch me on TV every day. I don't see them.
Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.
I hear daily from Hoosier veterans who are forced to wait months on end for their disability claims to be processed. Unfortunately, this is typical.
My poor sister was forced to be in the plays that I would write. We would go to my grandma's retirement building and perform 'Phantom of the Opera.'