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Just Quotes

On simplicity and things that just come together.

The word 'just' does a lot of work in these quotes, minimizing effort, describing creativity in unexpected places, or downplaying how a career path came about at all. For more, see our Being quotes.

The audience just doesn't care. They are just as interested in women-centric stories as they are in stories about men.

Quotes by Theresa Rebeck

I started getting emails from Anna Wintour inviting me to her dinners. It was just surreal.

Quotes by Theophilus London

I could have been a dancer. I just never got my shot at it.

Quotes by Theo Von

They're just jokes, people. They can't all be funny.

Quotes by Theo Von

Our first object is... the obtaining of sovereignty, assured by international law, over a portion of the globe sufficiently large to satisfy our just requirements.

Quotes by Theodor Herzl

In certain fight scenes in 'Raging Bull' - for example, the shorter ones - I literally just took the head and tail of the shot and put it together, and it all worked beautifully.

Quotes by Thelma Schoonmaker

Linux has never been about quality. There are so many parts of the system that are just these cheap little hacks, and it happens to run.

Quotes by Theo de Raadt

As an actor, I was just satisfied to work.

Quotes by Thayer David

U2 albums never get finished. They just get released.

Quotes by The Edge

During the second term of the Clinton presidency... I thought, 'Here is the literal and figurative role model for the United States of America behaving like a perverted little kid.' I just found it all really unmanly and undignified.

Quotes by The Ultimate Warrior

Pay-per-view events for us were really just another show while we were out on a road tour.

Quotes by The Ultimate Warrior

I did turn down 'The Virgin Suicides.' I talked to the producers about it, and I just honestly told them that I didn't get it. Is it supposed to be funny, is it a thriller, what is it?

Quotes by Terry Zwigoff

Just to get the actors to relax, listen to each other, and actually affect each other, there are a number of techniques you have to learn, and they don't all work on every actor.

Quotes by Terry Zwigoff

Part of the attraction to golf may be that it's just a score on the sheet and there's not much you can do about it.

Quotes by Tessa Virtue

Let's face it, there's just different access that young boys have to sport and teams than girls.

Quotes by Tessa Virtue

We're in a pressure-filled sport for sure, but anything in an Olympic season is heightened, the highs are higher and the lows are lower, and everything just takes on grander proportions.

Quotes by Tessa Virtue

I just want to be a wife.

Quotes by Tessanne Chin

Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns.

Quotes by Terry Riley

So, essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns.

Quotes by Terry Riley

I've been very lucky to have been able to act, write and direct and not have to choose just the one thing.

Quotes by Terry Jones

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "just" mean in each of these quotes?
The word is used in a few different ways here - "just" meaning "only" (needing just two star players), "just" meaning "simply" (TV is just film in smaller pieces), and "just" meaning "as much as" when comparing creativity between game makers and filmmakers.
Is there a quote here naming real athletes?
Yes: "We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax," naming two real baseball players as the standard for building a winning team.
Is there a quote comparing creativity across industries?
Yes: "Personally I find there is just as much if not more creativity among game makers as there is among feature filmmakers," making the case that video game creators are just as creative as filmmakers. For more comparisons of tastes and preferences, see Like.
Is there a quote about how a career path unfolded unexpectedly?
Yes: "I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened," a short reflection on an unplanned career direction. For more first-person reflections on identity, see Being or About.
How does this page compare to Always quotes?
This page's quotes use "just" mostly to mean "only" or "simply," describing specific one-off situations, while Always deals with consistency and habits over time.

Related pages include our Always quotes and About quotes, both useful for similarly understated reflections.