Supposed To Be Quotes - Page 10

• I'm supposed to be a pretty good theater actor.

  John Malkovich

  Actors, Theater

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• Can you imagine if you really let it in that you are not a problem to be solved in any way? Imagine you knew that anything that would tell you otherwise is just a movement of thought in the mind that says "Whatever is, isn't the way it is supposed to be." So the biggest act of compassion starts within. And when the self is no longer seen as a problem, this is called "the peace that passes all understanding."

  Adyashanti

  Peace, Compassion, Self

  Adyashanti (2009). “Emptiness Dancing: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.173, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The original concept of rock and roll... was supposed to be this young angst with mistakes and all. Four or five guys get together, get angry and that's really how it starts, and it's all this energy.

  Peter Frampton

  Mistake, Rocks, Rock And Roll

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You know, my life's changed now. I'm starting to experience what people are really supposed to do. You supposed to be married. You're supposed to have a family, kids, treat your wife right.

  Mike Epps

  Kids, Wife, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A Tribe Called Quest was one of those things where it was supposed to be about growth. When I say 'growth,' I don't just mean with our sound or our product, but Tribe was supposed to grow as individuals.

  Phife Dawg

  Mean, Growth, Sound

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• Marriage is all about knowing the ins and outs and the intimate details, and your wife is supposed to be the person you know best. But my brother and I think alike, know everything about one another, and when we get together, we block everything else out. Nothing exists in our world except for us.

  Jon Heder

  Brother, Block, Thinking

  "Revenge Of The Nerd". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. March 27, 2007.

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• When I was in high school in the '50s you were supposed to be an Elvis Presley, a James Dean, a Marlon Brando or a Kingston Trio type in a button-down shirt headed for the fraternities at Stanford or Cal.

  Robert Hass

  School, Trios, Buttons

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• Yeah, you know, I performed occasionally. I was in such despair because I just - if I didn't have my music to connect with, I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be doing. There was never a 'B' plan here; it was just this. So it took me a long time to find my way.

  Melissa Manchester

  Long, Despair, Way

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• I'm supposed to be this complete slapper, that's my reputation.

  Sienna Miller

  Reputation, Slappers

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• The past is where its supposed to be.

  Jason Newsted

  Past

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• I believe in the Constitution. The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.

  Michael Newdow

  Believe, Government, Atheism

  "Litigant explains why he brought Pledge suit". "Talkback Live" with Arthel Neville, www.cnn.com. June 26, 2002.

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• Even if some days I feel like I'm ready to fall apart, I am ultimately happier than I've ever been. My family gives me more joy than I thought possible, and my career fulfills me tremendously. All in all, I feel like am in the exact place I am supposed to be in, doing exactly what I am supposed to be doing.

  Ali Landry

  Fall, Careers, Giving

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• Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.

  Barry Levinson

  Actors, Found, Difficult

  Interview with Adrian Wootton at the BFI, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2000.

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• We did a gig at the Marquee and we were supposed to be paid five pounds but we never got it, and it cost us something like 10 pounds in petrol to get there to do it. So what we did was steal some equipment from The Marquee.

  Andy Partridge

  Cost, Gigs, Pounds

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• People would say you look weak if you're not cursing the opposition and driving around in a big black car while always wearing a tie. Above all, to be 'strong' you're always supposed to be giving orders.

  George Papandreou

  Strong, Order, Ties

  "'Go ahead George, change it all': George Papandreou interviewed". openDemocracy Interview, www.opendemocracy.net. October 5, 2009.

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• I'm not normally a jewelry person. I'm supposed to be a working class champion and all, and I don't like to rub my success in people's faces.

  Bubba Sparxxx

  Class, People, Champion

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• I tend to play in a way that feels natural to me. To me that's authentic for myself. I play by where I'm led by some sense of where I feel I'm supposed to be.

  David Sanborn

  Play, Way, Natural

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• So many of my friends are still trying to get record deals, and I've had one for 10 years now, where my only goal is to make the best music I can make. I've been very lucky. I have great faith that I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, and whatever happens is going to be absolutely right for me.

  Jane Siberry

  Years, Goal, Trying

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• If someone else is supposed to be in your life, they will be in your life - you can't stop them from coming if its the will of eternity.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Eternity, Sexuality

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• When people talk about the '60s I never think that was me there. It was me and I was in it, but I was never enamoured with all that. It's supposed to be sex and drugs and rock and roll and I'm not really like that. I've never really seen the Rolling Stones as anything.

  Charlie Watts

  Sex, Thinking, Rocks

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• The United Nations should come in and take over Liberia, not temporarily, but for life. To make Liberians believe in democracy, to make us believe in human rights, they need to go in and just seize control of the country. That is the only way Liberia will ever become the kind of country it was supposed to be.

  George Weah

  Country, Believe, Rights

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• When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical.

  Nick Lowe

  Rocks, Musical, Punk

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• If you've attended the Cordon Bleu, you would know that no woman is supposed to be a chef - only men.

  Sandra Lee

  Men, Chef, Knows

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• If a Democrat took Republicans on rudely, they wouldn't be elevated in the Democratic Party. There's a different standard. We're supposed to be polite to people.

  Dannel Malloy

  Party, People, Different

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• I think we simply all like to project ourselves into somebody else - somebody who is better-looking, richer, smarter. It's comforting. It's escapism, and that, of course, is what the movies are supposed to be all about. Ultimately, I think it's just part of human nature to pretend.

  Richard D. Zanuck

  Thinking, Comforting, Human Nature

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