Quotes About Connection

Music has always taken me to another plane of existence.

It's good to go and get photographs taken with people who come out and support you. I don't mind that, having a chat and shaking people's hands.

I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be undertaken in isolation.

The relationships we have with dogs seem simple enough and often are taken for granted. But these relationships can be deep and mysterious, and not at all simple.

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.

No one else looks out upon the world so kindly and charitably as the pedestrian; no one else gives and takes so much from the country he passes through.

This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.

I believe in lust at first sight; I don't know about love. For me, I think it takes more than a glance. But who knows? Maybe it'll happen.

With the royal family, you don't want to see them as people because it takes the sheen off. They're distant; you can idealize them. But there's room to have compassion for people and see them as human beings. Just because they're royalty, it doesn't mean they don't love or feel loss or feel pain.

I approach the world as a whole by taking an integrative approach, not a world of parts, and I like to bring different fields and disciplines together. The same is true with my preoccupation with cultural expression.

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.

Stop taking pictures and start experiencing life.

I think there needs to be a global focus on people taking care of people.

Social media presents an opportunity for business people to connect and know each other prior to a phone call or email taking place.

Real social situations are taking a back seat to social media.

Individuating and taking someone else's perspective can be very powerful.

We lived together as kids, and now we're taking care of each other as men.

Taking chances is my job; some will connect and some won't, and certain films find their audiences in different ways. I think 'Spotlight' probably is a better movie because of 'The Cobbler.' You learn with every movie you make: you learn from your mistakes, and you learn from your achievements, and I really do have that approach to filmmaking.

I love taking time with an interview. Time with an artist relaxes them; it makes them want to be there and answer all your questions.

I think my favorite movie I watched with my dad would be 'A Knight's Tale' with Heath Ledger.

I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.

If I've got a talent, it's for picking the right song at the right time for the right audience. And I can always get people to sing with me.

I remember some people after the Olympics that had no idea about horses would ask, 'Do you do that with the horse, or does the horse do it by itself?' I think the fact that you can make it look like you are doing nothing is a real talent. And it is such a massive reward at the end of it.

When I first got the call to do 'Britain's Got Talent', it was actually Amanda who was one of the first people to reach out to me and suggest we go out for a coffee and have a conversation. And we did, and it was great.