#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

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

As problems like identity theft become more prevalent, now more than ever, Americans need to take their financial health seriously - and this information is of the utmost importance. ↗

— Ruben Hinojosa

#ever #financial #health #identity #identity theft

At the time it seriously troubled me, but in drafting me as Marshall Plan Administrator, President Truman did as great a favor for me as one man can do for another. It opened my eyes to many things of which I was totally unaware and it was the beginning of my real education. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#another #beginning #did #drafting #education

No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#because #just #pretentious #seriously #take

But then I quite enjoy when something goes wrong, because when I watch DJs that take it very seriously, it's nice when you make a mistake and laugh about it. ↗

— Peter Hook

#because #djs #enjoy #goes #i

I would seriously question whether anybody is really foolish enough to really say what they mean. Sometimes I think that civilization as we know it would kind of break down if we all were completely honest. ↗

— Elizabeth Hurley

#break #civilization #completely #down #enough

You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough. ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#enough #feel #guitar #i #more

Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason. ↗

— Ethan Allen

#argue #consider #ought #reason #seriously