Shifted Quotes

"I schooled in Himachal Pradesh. I had taken up science and, initially, wanted to become a doctor. There are few career options for students of science though, so I shifted to Delhi and decided to try theater instead. I joined a group called Ashmita, and did two plays there -- Madhavi and Rakht Kalyan. As I was still unsure of what I wanted to do, I began sending photographs of myself to advertising agencies. I even took up classes in French because I thought of shifting to Paris, where models have always had a chance."

(on her split from husband Billy Bob Thornton) I`m angry. I`m sad. It`s a very difficult and sad time. It was a real deep connection, a deep marriage, so it`s not that simple to say this or that one thing caused the problems. It`s clear to me that our priorities shifted overnight. He`s focused on his music and career. I`m focused on my baby. It comes down to what`s important to you.

I never understand why people have children and then insist on living as though nothing has shifted.

Celebrity is hawking make-up, cars, everything; it`s shifted.

I`m an optimist. I hope if a movie`s good that it will be a success, but as we know, that`s not always true, just because of popular taste, advertising, distribution patterns, there`s lots of reasons. When something doesn`t do better than it deserves to in your mind, it`s pretty transparent, you usually know why. Is that a comfort? Yes, because it`s logical. Does it make you happy? No, because if you think a movie is beautiful or interesting, you want to share it. It`s really true; there`s no accounting for taste. Sometimes you make very interesting movies that aren`t meant for everybody. But this is a capitalist society, so everything conspires to put value on whether it sells or not. While we have a very strong popular culture, the roots of our culture are very shallow, and we put emphasis on how a movie does as far as the box office goes. Many years ago, it would have been vulgar to print box-office grosses in the paper. Now The New York Times does it, and it`s the big story for people interested in arts and entertainment on Monday. Which is why emphasis has shifted away from filmmakers and fallen on movie stars and business people.

It shifted attention away from that and I`ve never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.

I just love biography, and I`m fascinated by people who have shifted our destinies or our points of view.

About her role in Crash: Shifted me as an individual? I was almost more inspired as an individual than as an actor.

Spike Jonze and his peers were contributing to the culture in as meaningful a way as any of the artists they were working for. The paradigm shifted to the director being the artist.

People think that the industry is dying, but in reality it is as strong as ever; it has just shifted in a new direction. Most people think of textiles as clothes, and that is all they know, but it is everything from artificial arteries to chemically resistant suits for fire fighters.

The momentum really shifted when he made that long putt and I think my nerves got the best of me, ... But he played extremely well down the stretch. He deserved to win.

Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq-a war more than a year away.

I think everyone noticed where (the momentum shifted). It was getting stopped on the 1-yard line.

The thoughts of my emotionally so disturbed days must be found again, shifted and developed further. Here and there something of the loose remarks I make must be used, but only when it finds my attention again.

I was very happy with the girls -they kept on the attack, ... We lost the third game, and in Game 4, freshman Balee Cox served four consecutive points. That shifted the momentum, gave us back the lead and we finished it out from there.

With the rise of America, the global balance of power shifted away from the old European powers.

Science has not solved problems, only shifted the points of problems.

It has shifted to the mainstream political debate. It`s disturbing.

When antiques started to decline, I shifted more of my square footage over to new furniture and decor, ... The antique mall is now 30 percent of the square footage where at one point it was 100 percent.

The life and legacy of Ronald Reagan so shifted the paradigm of the American Presidency and the character of our nation that it becomes easy to overlook some of the smaller, more personal changes he brought to his office.