“I had no idea the amount of people who even knew who I was. Suddenly, they were coming up and saying, "You're my favorite artist." Very surreal. After years of trying to get work, and then coming here and being able to meet some of the fans of Array.” PeopleTryingYearsIdeasAbleArtistFansAmountMy FavoriteNo IdeaSurrealFavorite Artist Author:Eric Wight
“The people that lend you money basically give you an answer based on the risk that they are willing to take. But just because a bank is willing to take a particular risk doesn't mean that that is the right amount for me to spend.” PeopleGivingMeanAnswersRiskParticularWillingAmount Author:Dan Ariely
“If you don't practice for three days, everyone will notice." It's something you have to really maintain. So unfortunately, I don't play it that often but I may take it up again. If you don't play for a while, you just can't hit the notes. It's like going to the gym. If you go and do weights, you can lift x amount of weight and if you don't go for ages, you've gotta start again and start from the beginning. So it's a bit like that. It's just a muscle.” IfsMayPlayAgeThreeBitsPracticeAmountWeightNotesLiftsMusclesGym Author:Douglas Booth
“I'm quite severely dyslexic so I struggle with acting in certain ways. I always have to put in triple the amount of effort, which would always frustrate me a lot. I suppose that some people can just look at a script once and know it. That's not me. I really have to spend a bit of time with the lines. But it's my job and I've got better and better at it. If you're learning a lot, things start going quicker. Doing the lines with repetition and you just get it in your head somehow.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayLooksJobsCertainBitsLinesEffortActingStruggleAmountScriptsRepetitionDyslexic Author:Douglas Booth
“I think we can't feed the amount of people that are on this planet the way we are doing it.” PeopleThinkingWayPlanetsAmount Author:Douglas Booth
“You need to not be able to do anything else, to be in this business. If you have other options, in those unemployed moments, those other options will take precedent. From a directorial standpoint, I think it's really Freudian, the amount of trust I have in filmmakers because I have such a trusting relationship with my dad.” IfsThinkingNeedsMomentsAbleAmountDadMy DadFilmmakerStandpointUnemployedPrecedent Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“I meet with Satya [Nadella] what probably amounts to four or five times a year - either to brainstorm something or just as a shareholder, we'll sit down and chat. That's always quite helpful for me and hopefully him in terms of thinking things through. I still have a number of friends and colleagues who occasionally want to brainstorm or chat about something, and that's always fun.” ThinkingWantYearsStillsFunTermNumbersFiveFourAmountDown AndHopefullyHelpfulColleaguesShareholdersSatyaThinking Things Through Author:Steve Ballmer
“While the storytelling in games is getting so much better, you look at something like Grand Theft Auto V, which I thought was really beautifully written, it doesn't really need a movie because it is a movie. So I think you need a unique game - you either need an incredibly talented writer and director to come in and put together an amazing vision, or you need a game like Metal Gear, which is very cinematic, has a huge amount of history behind it, but whose cinematic experience is very different from what you'd get in a theater.” ThinkingNeedsLooksDifferentTogetherGamesBehindsVisionWrittenHugeAmountDirectorsUniqueTheaterStorytellingMetalsTheftGearsCinematicReally BeautifulGrand Theft AutoMetal Gear Author:David Hayter
“If you were a nerd computer geek in 1982, the amount of isolation you felt - at least what I experienced, or the kids I knew, the isolation they felt - was almost total. They were not part of society; no one thought they were cool.” IfsKidsFeltAmountComputerIsolationNerdGeek Author:Junot Diaz
“I really do consider myself quite fledgling in my acting career. I've only been doing it for 10 years and that's a short amount of time, really.” YearsActingCareersAmountFledglings Author:Ed Speleers
“Since 1981, after our nations severed diplomatic relations, we've worked through a international tribunal to resolve various claims between our countries. The United States and Iran are now settling a long-standing Iranian government claim against the United States government. Iran will be returned its own funds, including appropriate interest but much less than the amount Iran sought. With the nuclear deal done, prisoners released, the time was right to resolve this dispute as well.” WellsLongCountryStatesDoneGovernmentNationsInterestUnitedDealsUnited StatesAmountStandingClaimsRelationIncludingInternationalVariousNuclearOur CountrySettlingAppropriateFundIranResolvePrisonerDisputesIranianDiplomaticState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentTribunalsDiplomatic Relations Author:Barack Obama
“I think her Grandmother Hall gave her a great sense of family love, and reassurance. Her grandmother did love her, like her father, unconditionally. And despite the order and the discipline - and home at certain hours and out at certain hours and reading at certain hours - there was a surprising amount of freedom. Eleanor Roosevelt talks about how the happiest moments of her days were when she would take a book out of the library, which wasn't censored.” ThinkingBookMomentsHomeCertainOrderReadingFatherHoursAmountDisciplineLibraryDespiteGrandmotherHallsSurprisingFamily LoveLike HerReassuranceEleanorCensored Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“And if you look at pictures of Eleanor between 1918 and 1921, she becomes anorexic. She really loses a tremendous amount of weight. That's when her teeth really go bad. It's a terrible, terrible time for her. And she has five children, ranging in age from three to 10. It's an emotionally terrible ordeal.” IfsLooksChildrenAgeThreeLosesFiveAmountTerribleWeightTeethEleanorOrdealsAnorexicsTerrible Times Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“It starts with the writing - which is really, really good. And the production values are phenomenal. HBO and Sky have spent money on it, and you get what you pay for. This has money put into it properly - not lavish amounts - but as each season is successful, they maintain the money that's being spent to maintain the quality.” WritingValuesPayQualitySuccessfulSkyAmountSeasonsProductionsPhenomenalHbo Author:Charles Dance
“I am made Hand of the King which gives me an enormous amount of power, which I use quite ruthlessly - but skilfully - and Dame Diana Rigg joins us [playing political mastermind the Queen of Thorns] and we have a couple of really good sparring moments.” GivingMadeMomentsUseHandsPoliticalAmountCoupleKingsGive MeEnormousQueensThornsDianaDamesSparringMastermind Author:Charles Dance
“Clearly we're in historic times here. We have - one of the tributaries of the Mississippi River is a river called the Merrimack. And the crest areas there - they're going to be a number of feet, 2, 3, 4, over what they were in '93 or '82. And on the Mississippi River itself, down below St. Louis, we're still projecting a couple of feet over that historic number. So the bottom line is there's a significant amount of water that's causing evacuations and challenges throughout that whole area.” StillsWholeWaterChallengesLinesNumbersFeetAmountCoupleAreasRiversBottomSignificantHistoricBottom LineMississippiMississippi RiverEvacuation Author:Jay Nixon
“So we have a tremendous amount of water where the two greatest rivers in North America meet. And then all of the tributaries from the various areas come in there also. It's also highly populated. So we're working a number of water rescues. We're working extremely hard to keep people safe and make sure that we're keeping the rule of law and keep people warm. It's been pretty cold.” PeopleTwoHardAmericaLawWaterNumbersColdAmountSafeAreasRiversVariousWarmRescueRule Of LawNorth America Author:Jay Nixon
“Putin has succeeded in many ways in making Russia an essential player there. He seems to have stabilized the Assad regime. And he has limited the options for the U.S. and its allies, you know. He has air control over a significant amount of territory. And he can prevent the allies from establishing a no-fly zone there.” KnowsWaySeemsPlayerAirAmountEssentialsSignificantRussiaZoneTerritoryAlliesRegimesPutinAssad Author:Corey Flintoff
“The amount of time I spent on facing my negative conscious has been most of my struggle and changing my mind-set has been the biggest change in my life not my weight.” MindHas BeensStruggleAmountConsciousNegativeWeightMind SetChanging My LifeMy StruggleChanging My Mind Author:Erin Willett
“There is a reason why these people [from Wall Street] are putting huge amounts of money into our political system. And in my view, it is undermining American democracy and it is allowing Congress to represent wealthy campaign contributors and not the working families of this country.” PeopleCountryReasonPoliticalViewsDemocracyStreetsHugeWallAmountCongressCampaignsReason WhyWealthyAllowingPolitical SystemsUnderminingContributorsAmerican Democracy Author:Bernie Sanders
“Often, there is a job - say, for a voiceover or an appearance - and you think: 'Blimey!' From the outside it would seem like you are being paid a lot for a short amount of your time. It would be inappropriate to share how much they pay, but in the industry we call it 'doing a bank raid'. Unfortunately, those jobs do not happen every week.” ThinkingSeemsHappensWould BeJobsPayWeekShareLike YouIndustryAmountPaidAppearanceInappropriate Author:Anthea Turner
“I am now at the age where I can withdraw a 25 per cent tax-free lump sum. I do not put in a set amount because my earnings are a moveable feast.” I CanAgeAmountTaxesCentsEarningLumpsMoveable Feast Author:Anthea Turner
“People who earn reasonable amounts are being turned into the anti-Christ. I think 45 per cent tax is a colossal amount to take off somebody, and it is taking away the incentive to earn.” PeopleThinkingChristAmountTaxesReasonableCentsIncentivesColossalAnti Christ Author:Anthea Turner
“Republicans win when people are demoralized and you have a small voter turnout, which by the way is why they love voter suppression. I believe that our campaign up to now has shown that we can create an enormous amount of enthusiasm from working people, from young people, who will get involved in the political process and which will drive us to a very large voter turnout.” PeopleWayBelieveYoungPoliticalWinningI BelieveProcessAmountInvolvedRepublicanCampaignsEnormousEnthusiasmVotersGet InvolvedSuppressionDemoralizedVoter SuppressionVoter Turnout Author:Bernie Sanders
“I really like directors who give you a certain amount of autonomy because I think a lot about my characters and I think a lot about scenes and choices.” ThinkingGivingCharacterCertainChoicesAmountSceneDirectorsAutonomy Author:Sarah Gadon
“In the same way that when the car got going, people thought it would be an electric car, people thought it would be a steam car. Actually, the dark horse in that race was internal combustion, but because of the energy density of gasoline and discovery of oil in large amounts at that point in first Pennsylvania and then Texas, it won out over those other two, to the point that those other two are actually viewed as obscure footnotes in history.” PeopleWayFirstsTwoWould BeEnergyDarkRaceCarAmountDiscoveryHorseOilInternalsTexasElectricObscureSteamGasolinePennsylvaniaDensityFootnotesCombustionElectric CarDark Horse Author:Bill Gates
“The US really has to get out in front. We are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per person but in absolute.” GivingPersonsFrontsAmountAbsolutesAidsGreenhousesForeign Aid Author:Bill Gates
“I'm an actress so the amount of rejection and commentary you get right to your face is pretty rough.” FacesAmountActressesRejectionRoughYour FaceCommentary Author:Melanie Griffith
“Everybody knows Aaron Sorkin's scripts. There's a huge amount of lines. There's a huge amount of interchange. You gotta do a lot of learning to be able to get it up to pace.” KnowsAbleLinesHugeAmountScriptsPaceInterchange Author:Danny Boyle
“So on the demand side [for energy], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion a year of tax credits, raising the price of electricity through things like renewable portfolio standards, so the total amount of money that's gone into sending a price signal to push up demand versus what would happen without it has been gigantic.” WayYearsHas BeensHappensEnergySidesGonePolicyAmountDemandTaxesStandardsCreditBillionsVarietyElectricitySignalsVersusPortfoliosOver 50Push Ups Author:Bill Gates
“We [US] are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per person but in absolute. This is another issue where hopefully we will take a long-term approach which, even though we sometimes have a hard time doing that, it's easier for us, as a rich country with this kind of scientific depth, than it is for the poor countries who will suffer the problems.” GivingKindPersonsLongCountrySometimesHardProblemSufferingTermPoorIssuesRichAmountEasierApproachAbsolutesDepthAidsHopefullyLong TermHard TimesGreenhousesPoor CountriesRich CountriesForeign Aid Author:Bill Gates
“A large portion of the weekend effects is explained by differences in the amount of time spent with friends or family between weekends and weekdays.” DifferencesEffectsAmountWeekendPortionsTime SpentWeekdays Author:Daniel Kahneman
“Researchers who studied a thousand Dutch vacationers concluded that by far the greatest amount of happiness extracted from the vacation is derived from the anticipation period.” AmountPeriodsThousandVacationAnticipationResearchersDutch Author:Daniel Kahneman
“I had been taking various lessons. I've also had a lot of incredible singers give me a ton of great advice. From Cyndi Lauper, who kind of taught me the basics, and I've also worked with Bird. She's a tremendous coach and she often coaches the contestants on 'American Idol.' I've had a great amount of support.” GivingKindSupportAdviceTaughtAmountLessonsBirdGive MeIncrediblesVariousCoachesSingersIdolsBasicsAmerican IdolContestantsGreat Advice Author:Margaret Cho
“I've done a fair amount of that stuff... when we did 'Lord of the Rings' the transformation sequence from Smeagol to Gollum was a 19-hour make-up job. You have to have a kind of zen button that you press and allow the mind to be focused in a certain way.” WayMindKindDoneJobsCertainStuffHoursLordAmountFairsTransformationPressesFocusedRingsButtonsSequence Author:Andy Serkis
“As a writer I'm committed to exploring what I call "The invisible things" - the things that people aren't talking about. I think that's where the juiciest conversations and the juiciest drama lives. My goal with the series is to get people talking about and reflecting on how issues of race play out in their own lives. Since I've spent a fair amount of time watching time travel shows and movies where the leads are White (and can blend in really easily no matter the time period) I thought I would turn that on its head and see what might happen.” PeopleThinkingMatterPlayShowsMightHappensTurnsGoalWhiteRaceTalkingIssuesAmountPeriodsDramaConversationFairsSeriesCommittedInvisibleTime TravelExploringReflectingPeople TalkingTime PeriodsInvisible ThingsDrama Life Author:Steven C. Harper
“Balance is a tricky thing. I love my work and that helps. And I work a lot. So I spend a fair amount of time trying to make sure I'm taking time off, exercising, meditating and things like that. I also have a powerful support team (including my partner, Kelley) to keep me grounded. I don't always feel like I have the balance I want, but I have awareness about it, which I think is key.” ThinkingWantFeelsTryingHelpingPowerfulSupportTeamAwarenessKeysAmountBalanceExerciseFairsIncludingPartnersTake TimeGroundedTrickyMeditatingThings I LoveTime Off Author:Steven C. Harper
“Nigeria [in 1990] was all rumour, an unbelievable amount of rumour - largely about crime and almost mythical manifestations of evil.” EvilCrimeAmountManifestationUnbelievableNigeriaRumours Author:Rem Koolhaas
“I studied in London in 1968. Our school had a separate department of tropical architecture. Of course it was totally unfashionable, partly because nobody wanted to think about colonialism, but basically what you learned there was that, OK, the sun is here, so you should create natural ventilation here - an unbelievable amount of really sound principles that have been completely abandoned, so now everything is air conditioned with big machines.” ThinkingShouldHas BeensBigsWantedSchoolCoursesSoundNaturalPrinciplesSunAirAmountMachinesLondonArchitectureDepartmentAbandonedColonialismUnbelievableTropicalVentilation Author:Rem Koolhaas
“If you go through the list of things that are not possible you're left with a very finite amount of possibilities. The fancy name for this is constraint theory. It's a nonquantitative model, but it's a field of mathematics.” IfsNamesLeftFieldsPossibilityTheoryAmountModelsMathematicsListsFancyFiniteConstraints Author:George Friedman
“Internalist approaches to epistemology, I believe, have a great deal of intuitive appeal. Internalists believe that the features in virtue of which a belief is justified must somehow be internal to the agent. On some views, this amounts to the claim that these features must be accessible to introspection and armchair reflection. On others, it amounts only to the claim that they must be mental features.” BelieveBeliefI BelieveViewsDealsVirtueAmountApproachReflectionClaimsAgentsAppealsFeaturesInternalsIntrospectionJustifiedIntuitiveEpistemologyArmchairs Author:Hilary Kornblith
“One of the goals of scientific theorising is to develop concepts which are adequate to the phenomena under study. In my view, things should work the same way in epistemology. We want to know what knowledge actually amounts to, not what our folk concept of knowledge is, since, just as with our pretheoretical concept of acidity, it might contain all sorts of misunderstandings and leave out all manner of important things.” KnowsWayWantShouldImportantMightGoalViewsStudyAmountConceptsImportant ThingsFolksMisunderstandingAdequateEpistemology Author:Hilary Kornblith
“I'm not looking for a series. I love TV. I love developing characters over a long amount of time. I think for an actor it gives you so much material and every season it gives more background and interest and richness. So I would definitely do another series. I'm just waiting for the right thing to come along.” ThinkingGivingLongCharacterActorsWaitingInterestMaterialsTvsAmountSeasonsSeriesBackgroundsDevelopingRight ThingRichness Author:Christina Hendricks
“I feel the need to chastise myself. A movie that's a partial musical, full-on melodrama, should require a tremendous amount of planning.” NeedsFeelsShouldAmountMusicalPlanningMelodrama Author:Guy Maddin
“Certain teachers have tremendous amounts of experience. They are articulate, and they give wonderful discourse. But at some point along the road, they themselves learned from and studied a book.” GivingBookCertainTeacherWonderfulAmountDiscourse Author:Sakyong Mipham
“I think in some parts of our English history we've had huge amounts of almost too much great comedy. You kind of wonder how so much great work could come out of one country.” ThinkingKindCountryWonderComedyToo MuchHugeAmountGreat WorkEnglish HistoryGreat Comedy Author:Kate Bush
“Maintaining patience, being generous, and helping your peers takes time, and no small amount of emotional fortitude. But it brings an exponential difference in your team's ability to problem-solve.” HelpingProblemDifferencesAbilityTeamEmotionalAmountSolveGenerousTake TimePeersMaintainingFortitudeSmall AmountsBeing Generous Author:Kevin Allen
“I would by no means call myself an expert or say that I'm extremely into superhero movies, but I've pretty much seen every Avengers movie and Iron Man, so I'd say a good amount.” MenMeanAmountExpertsIronSuperheroAvengersIron Man Author:Jonathan Lipnicki
“Nobody wanted to publish a book about fairies; they said people wouldn't be interested. Luckily, I discovered Lady Cottington and her pressed fairies, which revived a huge amount of interest in fairies, so I could go ahead and do the book I wanted to do.” PeopleSaidBookWantedInterestHugeAmountFairyThey SaidPublish Author:Brian Froud
“When I go to a show, all I really want is to hear a performance that sounds legitimate, and not just going through the motions. I'm not sure any amount of jumping up and down really persuades me in either direction.” WantShowsSoundAmountPerformancesNot SureJumpingUp And Down Author:Dan Bejar