#seriously

As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#calming #composer #desire #down #energy

This is a job and Survivor is a game show. So, this is something to take seriously and work really hard at. ↗

— Colleen Haskell

#game show #hard #job #really #seriously

I have arrived at the conviction that the neglect by economists to discuss seriously what is really the crucial problem of our time is due to a certain timidity about soiling their hands by going from purely scientific questions into value questions. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

#arrived #certain #conviction #crucial #discuss

Democrats can neither control nor predict whether our GOP counterparts are really ready to play chicken with the U.S. economy. But we can assure the American people that our party takes the nation's faith and credit seriously. ↗

— Peter Welch

#american people #assure #chicken #control #counterparts

We are really living the American dream, to be a successful brand in the States and in Europe and to steep ourselves in our heritage. But we do it with a sense of humor. We don't take ourselves too seriously in fashion. ↗

— Tommy Hilfiger

#american dream #brand #dream #europe #fashion

I don't think you can lightly paint a picture. It's an activity I take very seriously. ↗

— Howard Hodgkin

#i #lightly #paint #picture #seriously

Well, when I think of steroids I think of an image. You have the advantage over someone, which is a form of cheating. I guess it wouldn't be right unless it was legal for everybody. Reason it's not legal for everybody is because it can hurt people seriously. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#because #cheating #everybody #form #guess

A lot of people don't know this, but when 'Dancing with the Stars' first asked me to be on the show, I said no, because I wanted to act and to be taken seriously. ↗

— Julianne Hough

#asked #because #dancing #first #i

I take my role seriously as a pastor. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#pastor #role #seriously #take

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#does #heard #include #right #seriously