W Quotes
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“When it was [Larry] Bird's turn [to sign souvenir Team USA basketballs], he said to [Brian] McIntyre ' What's the quickest it's taken anyone to do this?' McIntyre said between fifteen and twenty minutes. Bird said, 'Time me,' finished in about six minutes, tossed the pen to McIntyre and said, 'Won another one, didn't I?”
Source: Dream Team: How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
“When it was my turn, I just skated out and heard this huge cheer. It was very touching considering the bad circumstances under which I had left the team and that I had been away for four years.”
“When it was offered [a role in The Flash] I just thought it sounded like the perfect thing that I would want to do. Then they announced it online the day after and I was terrified, because I hadn't read anything, I hadn't shot anything. What if I'm awful? What if they fire me on the first day? But what I discovered was a bunch of really happy actors who want to make the best show possible, because it's fun. Not for any other reason.”
“When it was over, Goodman won the popular vote, but John won the decisive Electoral College and the presidency. Gerrymandering played a prominent role in the shocking result.”
Source: Betrayal of Justice
“When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you, he liked you.' That was Victoria. When you visualize him up there on top of the Empire State Building, you do feel sorry for him.”
“When it was over, it was not really over, and that was the trouble.”
“When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life. That she had wanted to be dead all those years while her brother had been alive. That had been her sin. And this was her penance. Wanting to live when everyone else seemed dead.”
“When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing - a vice little known heretofore in the American army - is growing into fashion. Let the men and officers reflect "that we can not hope for the blessing of heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly."”
“When it was seen that many of the wicked seemed quite untroubled by evil conscience ... then the idea of future suffering was advanced.”
“When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands.”
“When it was suggested to Pasteur that many of his great achievements depended on luck, he replied - I'm sure with more than a little irritation - 'In the field of observation in science, fortune only favours the prepared mind.' It is not by chance that it is always the great scientists who have the luck.”
Source: The Unnatural Nature of Science
“When it was time for a player to go, he went.”
“When it was time for me to leave, I thanked Mrs. Odom, climbed on Lenny’s bike, and set off for home. As I pedaled up the road, I turned and glanced back at the Odoms’ house. I remembered that first day on the school bus when I had seen it and thought it was so sad-looking. Then I pictured all those boys in that little kitchen getting loved on by their mama and that house didn’t look one bit sad anymore.”
Source: Wish
“When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!”
“When it was time to board my flight, I took one last glance back. I knew that I had everything with me so it was not a "make sure I have everything" glance. It was more like a parting glance to Philadelphia, my home, America- for I would not be coming back for ten months. (Ch 5- Twenty in Paris)”
Source: Twenty in Paris: A Young American Perspective of Studying Abroad in Paris
“When it was time to leave, Grandma was ready with a hug. She smelled a lot like biscuits and felt a lot like love.”
Source: 10 Baskets of Biscuits: A Southern Counting Book
“When it was time to talk about Warcraft we took our time, we knew what the story was going to be, we had a field general in Duncan Jones. Same thing with Godzilla, we kind of measured twice, cut once.”
“when it was your people being persecuted, it opened your eyes to the inhumanity of your actions.”
Source: Ice Hunt
“When it waynes, it pours.”
“When it wishes anything done which is really serious, it collects twelve of the ordinary men standing round. The same thing was done, if I remember right, by the Founder of Christianity.”
“When it works, anticipation is far more fulfilling than surprise, because we are reminded that a sunrise is precisely as magnificent as it is inevitable.”
“When it's a comedy or drama or horror or romance, it's all the same. You want to be honest with the character. You want to play truthfully and you want to be genuine with your character.”
“When it's a folk festival, there's more of an intention on the song and connecting with people.”
“When it's a funky uptempo song, you're basically having the same kind of release you would have when you have sex, only it lasts longer. Whether you're playing it on the guitar or on the dance floor, you're in that moment.”
“When it's a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you're given. I can make two lines seem like Hamlet.”
“When it's a pop song, I don't really want to do pop songs, but they exist and sort of come out by accident.”
“When it's a sharing and improvisational meeting, where you're riffing off other people's ideas, that actually can be productive.”
“When it's all over and the on the air signs go off there isn't a more lost feeling in the world. The wonderful, exciting, even glamorous, studio is now just a room dirty with coffee cartons and cigarette butts.”
“When it's all over I won't miss the bruises he gave me to impress girls, or the occasional scar which will give me a story to tell my grandchildren, but I'll definitely miss the pranks and the laughing and all the making fun of each other. I'll miss the funky advice he gives me about everything - football, girls, video games, clothes. Most of all, I'll miss having an older brother.”
“When it's all over, it's not who you were ... it's whether you made a difference.”
“When it's all over, you'll realize that the answer is already within you.”
Source: Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
“When it's all over, you're remembered for what you did, not what you said you were going to do.”
“When it's all said & done only God can judge me. I'm going to go out there on 5/5 to give my fans what they want to see.”
“When it's all said and done, I am secure enough with my manhood to say to the world, "I am a male actor, and its okay for me to play a gay man."”
“When it's all said and done, I'm very, very glad to work in this business, but that's exactly what it is. It's a business, and I get to do the fun half of it. I get paid to pretend. I get to play really great characters. And, we have such a wonderful writer. She just knows people so intricately, and it's so fun to be able to act out her words.”
“When it's all said and done, you may go through the fire, through the flood, through the famine, but you'll come out standing strong.”
Source: Daily Readings from Break Out!: 365 Devotions to Go Beyond Your Barriers and Live an Extraordinary Life
“When it's all you, you can't blame a bear. You gotta bear the burden yourself.”
“When it's allowed to be free, love is what makes life alive, joyful and new.”
“When it's asshole-tightening time, that's when you see what people are made of. Or at least what their asshole is made of.”
Source: Shit My Dad Says
“When it's been a long day of climbing, and I feel like I can't go any farther, I concentrate on the next three feet. And then the next three feet; and then the next three feet. Pretty soon, I'm at the top.”
“When it's better for everyone, it's better for everyone.”
“When it's cold & dark at night, and we're alone together, I long to take you in my arms, and cuddle you forever.”
“When it's cold and raining,you are more beautiful.And the snow brings meeven closer to your lipsThe inner secret, that which was never born,you are that freshness, and I am with you now.I can't explain the goings,or the comings. You enter suddenly,and I am nowhere again.Inside the majesty”
“When it's cold, water freezes into ice; when it's warm, ice melts into water. Similarly, when you are confused, essence freezes into mind; when you are enlightened, mind melts into essence.”
“When it's colder, your skin needs more attention.”
“When it's dark enough men see stars.”
“When It's Darkest, Men See the Stars.”
“When it's done properly, taco should be a verb.”
“When it's done with being graceful and poetic, language is meant to communicate, after all.”
“When it's done, it's done. And no one will know until it's done.”
Source: The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In)