“My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.” TryingChildrenTwoWantedActorsBitsHalfRolesCryMomMy MomConvincedNervousRanCuteAuditionsSkepticalInterruptedBossyChild Actors Author:Mae Whitman
“Probably if half a kilogram [of radium] were in a bottle on that table it would kill us all. It would almost certainly destroy our sight and burn our skins to such an extent that we could not survive. The smallest bit placed on one's arm would produce a blister which it would need months to heal.” IfsNeedsScienceBitsHalfProduceArmsMonthsDestructionSkinsSightTablesHealBottlesSmallestBlisters Author:William Crookes
“For, what is order without common sense, but Bedlam's front parlor? What is imagination without common sense, but the aspiration to out-dandy Beau Brummell with nothing but a bit of faded muslin and a limp cravat? What is Creation without common sense, but a scandalous thing without form or function, like a matron with half a dozen unattached daughters? And God looked upon the Creation in all its delightful multiplicity, and saw that, all in all, it was quite Amiable.” FormOrderBitsImaginationCommonHalfSawsFrontsCreationDaughterFunctionCommon SenseAspirationDozenDelightfulFadedMultiplicityAmiableParlorScandalousDandy Author:Vera Nazarian
“For the last year and a half, I went from being a crazy workout girl to sort of saying, "My body wants a little bit a of break." So I kind of stay with more simple stuff and taking walks and not being neurotic about working out and eating right. I started to enjoy life a little bit more. The only downside to that is there's that couple extra pounds and about 4,000 pregnancy rumors, but you know, other than that, it feels great.” KnowsWantFeelsYearsKindLittlesBodyLastsGirlStuffBitsEnjoySimpleWalksHalfBreakCrazyCoupleEatingLittle BitWork OutExtrasPoundsPregnancyLast YearWorkoutEnjoy LifeRumorNeuroticEating Right Author:Jennifer Aniston
“I am excited about this. We've got half of our goal. I'd love to see us get a little bit more than half our goal and not be so deeply into this thing going into Sunday, but I feel good about everything.” FeelsLittlesBitsSportsGoalHalfLittle BitExcitedFeel GoodSundayI Feel Good Author:Hal Sutton
“I made some friends at Listerine and they taught me a little bit about oral care. That half of adults suffer from oral disease, that the number one chronic disease among children is oral disease, that we're only taking care of 25% of our mouths when brushing alone and there are more germs in your mouth than there are people on the planet.” PeopleChildrenLittlesMadeCareSufferingBitsNumbersHalfTaughtPlanetsDiseaseLittle BitMouthsAdultsGermsBrushing Author:Ginnifer Goodwin
“It breaks your heart when you throw something away, but it's what left that counts. It's like worrying about the bits of rock you have knocked off in order to make a beautiful statue. You've wasted half the rock, yeah, but it's the Venus di Milo!” HeartBeautifulOrderLeftBitsHalfBreakWorryRocksYeahStatuesVenusBreak Your Heart Author:Ricky Gervais
“I don't think half my stuff would be funny if the audience didn't feel at least a little bit safe that it's not how I truly feel.” IfsThinkingFeelsLittlesWould BeStuffBitsHalfAudienceSafeLittle Bit Author:Sarah Silverman
“I have sometimes played my best Davis Cup matches away from home when you stay in the moment a bit more. But it is tough when half the crowd are spitting on you.” SometimesMomentsHomeBitsHalfToughCrowdsCupsAway From Home Author:Lleyton Hewitt
“With English literature, if you do a bit of shonky spelling, no one dies, but if you're half-way through a maths calculation and you stick in an extra zero, everything just crashes into the ravine.” IfsWayDiesLiteratureBitsHalfSticksMathExtrasZeroCrashCalculationsSpellingEnglish LiteratureHalf Way Author:Mark Haddon
“I'm kind of like a guy who's missing a little bit of the guy gene. Like, I love steak, but the notion of golfing is the last thing I would want to do. I love women, but I'm also a mama's boy, and some of my best friends are women. So I'm kinda half guy's guy.” WantKindLittlesLastsGuyBitsHalfBoysMissingLittle BitNotionGenesMy Best FriendMamaGolfingSteakMama's Boy Author:Jim Gaffigan
“Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.” PeopleBitsHalfLike YouBattleJokes Author:Don Rickles
“With people in corsets you need, an hour and a half in you have to give somebody something, you have to have those trays with a little bit of fruit going around or something because you get that blood sugar [dropping] thing, so it's curious because that's in your mind at the same time as you're about to say, 'I think it's about the humanity and the depth of feeling and we need to feel [Cinderella] soul expand and by the way, more cheese for the people in the back.'” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsGivingFeelsMindLittlesSoulFeelingsHumanityBitsHoursHalfBloodLittle BitFruitDepthCuriousSugarCheeseDroppingCorsetsTraysBlood SugarDropping Things Author:Kenneth Branagh
“I was 16 when we made the first song. We've been touring for half a decade together and we've had quite a bit of time spent learning our craft. You improve as a song writer and as a musician over time.” FirstsMadeTogetherSongBitsHalfMusicianDecadesCraftsTouringTime Spent Author:Andy Biersack