“My agent came to me with a deal from another publisher and I signed a deal and got the advance with no idea of what I was going to do. I probably procrastinated for almost a year, but we had meetings and I was basically going to spoof "Take Ivy," but then it kind of turned into something else. I wanted it to be a book of all the things that made me who I am, like Brooks Brothers, Hot Wheels, "The Andy Griffith Show" and G.I. Joes. I couldn't sit still and do it, so my agent had to come to my house and force me to do it.” YearsKindMadeStillsBookIdeasShowsWantedHouseForceDealsBrotherHotMeetingsWho I AmAgentsNo IdeaWheelsPublishersBrooksIvySpoofAndy Griffith ShowBrooks Brothers Author:Mark McNairy
“When I was younger, I had an older brother a year and a half older than me, so we always had each other, and I felt very fortunate in that regard.” YearsFeltHalfBrotherRegardFortunateOlder Brother Author:Rib Hillis
“There was nobody in the family who had ever done anything like that before. My brothers - I had two brothers. They were twins. They both became architects. They were both six years older.” YearsTwoDoneBrotherSixMy BrotherArchitectTwinsTwo Brothers Author:Maggie Smith
“There was a band in San Diego, Bluegrass Etc, that played a weekly gig. My parents would take my brother and me every Saturday night for 7 or 8 years. Sean and I started taking lessons with them and they gave us a great foundation in bluegrass instrumentation. They were the lens through which I saw music for a very long time.” YearsLongNightParentSawsBrotherLessonsBandLong TimeFoundationMy BrotherEtcSaturdayLensesGigsSaturday NightSeanSan DiegoBluegrassInstrumentation Author:Sara Watkins
“The person that always comes to mind, and it's odd now because we've become pals, is Ben Folds. I've always considered him like a musical older brother, from afar, in the sense that I always felt I had a much better understanding of what he was singing about five years after I was listening to it.” YearsMindPersonsFeltUnderstandingFiveBrotherListeningSingingMusicalOddFive YearsFoldsAfarOlder BrotherPals Author:Jason Sudeikis
“There was a big age difference between me and my brothers - about 10 years - so I was an only child for a long time. I used to hang out a lot on my own. I played a lot of weird games with a lot of imaginary people. I guess it's kind of roleplaying.” PeopleYearsKindChildrenLongBigsAgeUsedGamesDifferencesMy OwnBrotherLong TimeMy BrotherHanging OutImaginaryOnly ChildAge Difference Author:Noel Fielding
“They look at me and say how come you're winning? You came back from the dead three years ago, and you're already killing it. I mean I came back from the dead. Thanks to my family and thanks to Kevin Zinger and my brother Evidence and Rocko, especially my blood family and the guys in Swollen Members. I wouldn't even be here today if it wasn't for those people.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksMeanTodayGuyThreeWinningBloodBrotherMembersEvidenceYears AgoMy FamilyKillingThanksMy BrotherThree YearsLook At MeKevinSwollenKilling It Author:Shane Bunting
“My whole family is in the arts some way or the other. My father was a cellist in a symphony outside Chicago that was a side-job, he was a scientist. My mother was a dancer in New York. She was next-door neighbors with Dorothy Loudon and they moved to New York together. Mom was a dancer in New York for several years before she got married. My sister was a classical pianist. And my brother was a partier. So it all just seemed to work.” WayYearsArtWholeTogetherJobsMotherNextFatherSidesDoorsNew YorkBrotherMomMarriedScientistMovedNeighborMy BrotherDancerChicagoMy SisterSymphonyPianistWhole FamilyNext Door NeighborsCellists Author:Jason Graae
“My big regret is that my brother and I didn't start doing what we did like, 10 years before. I feel like then we would have sold some records. We started pretty late - I was 27 when our first album came out.” FeelsYearsFirstsBigsRecordsBrotherRegretLateAlbumsMy Brother Author:Eleanor Friedberger
“When my brother was a child, he kept telling my mom he wanted to be in the box. She didn't get it - he was two or three years old and kept saying he wanted to be in the box. She finally realized he was talking about the television.” YearsChildrenTwoWantedThreeTalkingTelevisionBrotherMomBoxesMy MomMy BrotherThree YearsThree Year Olds Author:Aldis Hodge
“I've been doing Porky Pig for 21 years for Warner Brothers.” YearsBrotherPigsWarner Brothers Author:Bob Bergen
“My brother is the lifelong musician, he made the choice to do that when we were very, very young kids. I remember him playing in bands and listening to the music he was writing in the house - he's nine years older than me.” WritingYearsMadeKidsRememberYoungChoicesHouseBrotherListeningBandMusicianNineMy BrotherLifelongNine Years Author:Kevin Bacon
“Will I have to explain to my daughter that her brother is gonna make more money doing the exact same job because he's a man? If they both played sports since they were three years old, they both worked just as hard, but because he's a boy, they're gonna give him more money? Like, how am I gonna explain that to her? In tennis we've had great pioneers that paved the way - including Venus [Williams], who fought so hard for Wimbledon to pay women the same prize money they pay men, and Billie Jean King, who is one of the main reasons Title IX exists.” IfsMenWayGivingYearsHardReasonJobsThreeSportsPayBoysBrotherKingsDaughterIncludingTitlesTennisPrizeMy DaughterThree YearsMore MoneyPioneersVenusThree Year OldsWimbledonPrize Money Author:Serena Williams
“I have brothers and was a tomboy, if that's still a designation. It wasn't a stretch for me to think and write as a 13-year-old boy - it is freeing.” IfsThinkingWritingYearsStillsBoysBrotherDesignation Author:Louise Erdrich
“I went to Our Lady of Mercy, parochial school and I started Fordham Prep, but that only lasted about a year and then I - to me, it was like going to some kind of concentration camp. I was not very happy. And I only went there because that's where my brother went, really.” YearsKindSchoolBrotherMercyMy BrotherConcentrationCampsVery HappyConcentration CampPreps Author:Robert Barry
“It's a presidential [election] year [2016], certainly everyone is talking about it, but if the history of the show tells us anything, the Big Brother cast does not usually discuss political issues like that in the house.” IfsYearsDoeShowsBigsPoliticalHouseTalkingIssuesBrotherElectionCastsPresidentialPresidential ElectionPolitical IssuesElection Years Author:Allison Grodner
“I know for an actual fact that the things I say or that my brothers say on the mic are valid for life. What we say, if you're smart you get it, if you're stupid, you learn about 3 years later.” IfsKnowsYearsFactsStupidBrotherSmartMy BrotherMicsYou Re Stupid Author:RZA
“I met an American lady many years ago, much distant. Then I told her about my own difficult experiences and I showed some genuine concern. She responded, "Why are you so concerned about me?" We need more patience. At a fundamental level, we are the same human brothers and sisters. Then forget it. The human mind is very strange. Like that.” NeedsYearsMindHumansDifficultMy OwnForgetLevelsStrangeBrotherMetsConcernConcernedYears AgoFundamentalsGenuineHuman MindBrothers And SistersForget ItGenuine ConcernDifficult Experiences Author:Dalai Lama
“My first encounter with yoga was in 1969 with my older brother Doug. I was thirteen years old, and he was eighteen. He'd learned about yoga in California on a surfing trip, and when he came back to Houston, Texas, he introduced me to this new stuff he'd learned. I'll always be grateful for that positive influence at an early age.” YearsFirstsAgeStuffInfluenceBrotherYogaGratefulCaliforniaEncountersTexasBe GratefulSurfingEighteenThirteenHoustonOlder BrotherNew StuffPositive InfluenceThirteen Year Olds Author:David F. Swensen
“I look at the tattoo inside my left wrist. It's my brother's name, he committed suicide two years ago. Just before the second anniversary of his death, I tattooed his name. I miss him, of course, and I decided I would live for me, and for him.” YearsLooksTwoCoursesNamesLeftMissingBrotherYears AgoDecidedSuicideCommittedMy BrotherTwo YearsTattooWristsTattooedTwo Years Ago Author:Pom Klementieff
“Being a kid, by the time I was three years old, my mom was married, divorced and had three kids; she was 19 - so, my brother's just older than my mom.” YearsKidsThreeBrotherMomMarriedMy MomMy BrotherThree YearsDivorcedThree Year OldsBeing A Kid Author:Diamond Dallas Page
“I started teaching in '76 and I'd been a photographer at the Geographic for six years. But prior to being at the Geographic I was a teacher. Plus my parents were teachers and my brother and my grandparents. So it was the culture of our family to think about teaching, to talk about teaching, to talk about teachers.” ThinkingYearsCultureParentTeacherTeachingBrotherSixPhotographerOur FamilyMy BrotherPlusGrandparent Author:Sam Abell
“We have a number of brothers left in the prisons, about 15 of them. And for the most part, they're in bad condition. Most of us are getting older, you know. I believe all of them is 60 years or older. They've been in prison for long periods of time. Many of them should have never been in prison at all. They were framed and illegally convicted.” KnowsShouldYearsBelieveLongLeftI BelieveNumbersConditionsBrotherPeriodsShould HavePrisonGetting OldGetting OlderFramedLong Periods Of Time Author:Sekou Odinga
“My oldest brother was stabbed thirty to forty times and strangled to death with his own belt when I was eight years old. Much of my life has been pockmarked with violence. So I had a natural interest in the topic, along with a strong home-field advantage.” YearsHas BeensHomeStrongInterestNaturalViolenceFieldsBrotherAdvantageEightThirtyFortyTopicsBelts Author:Jim Goad
“The death of Fidel Castro, of course, is not as significant when you first look at it, because Raul Castro, his brother, has been in power for years. But, in fact, he's been a looming figure even during his illness that I think has made a difference in holding us back in trying to open up more negotiations and move ahead with opening up relations between America and Cuba.” ThinkingTryingYearsFirstsLooksHas BeensMadeFactsAmericaMovingCoursesDifferencesFiguresBrotherRelationIllnessSignificantOpeningNegotiationCubaOpening UpCastroMoving AheadLooming Author:Amy Klobuchar
“There is no fundamental cleavage between Hindus and Mussalmans. We have lived in the same land as brothers for generations and what has been possible all these years will certainly be possible in the future.” YearsHas BeensGenerationsLandBrotherFundamentalsCleavage Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“I grew up having great awareness of who I was in regards to racial identity and socio-economic status. This caused me great frustration until I was about 19 years old at Tuskegee University. My brother became a Christian along with my father and they shared the Gospel with me on occasion.” YearsChristianFatherEconomicAwarenessIdentityBrotherGrewGrew UpRegardUniversityOccasionsMy BrotherFrustrationRacial IdentityEconomic Status Author:Sho Baraka
“My mom had seven kids in seven years, and then she had me 11 years later. So when I was born, my oldest brother was 18. And my youngest brother was 11. By the time I was 7 or 8, everyone had moved out. I went from being with ten people all the time to being an only child. It really freaked me out.” PeopleYearsChildrenKidsBornBrotherMomTenMovedSevenMy MomSeven YearsOnly Child Author:Ryan McGinley
“There were internal critics, sharp critics, who were very opposed to [Malcolm X], and who were very - some of them were members of Elijah Mohammad's family, such as Herbert Mohammad, Raymond Shareef, who was the head of the Fruit of Islam, the brother-in-law of - the son-in-law of Elijah Mohammad. They isolated Malcolm X and kept him out of the newspaper of the organization Mohammad Speaks for over a year, which is kind of curious.” YearsKindLawSpeakSonBrotherMembersOrganizationFruitCriticsIslamNewspapersCuriousInternalsIsolatedIn-lawsElijahBrother In LawSon-in-law Author:Manning Marable
“I have a brother who gives socks for Christmas. He gives socks. Every year, I get a pair of socks from him.” GivingYearsBrotherPairsSock Author:Bill Murray
“The first year I had money, I really went shopping. I got really caught up in it. I bought all my brothers sets of luggage, and I bought 'em winter coats from Giorgio Armani - winter coats. And I got a pair of socks from this brother.” YearsFirstsBrotherWinterCaughtMy BrotherEmsPairsShoppingCoatsCaught UpSockLuggageArmani Author:Bill Murray
“A political decision has been made not to irritate the intelligence community. The spy agencies are really embarrassed, they're really sore - the revelations really hurt their mystique. The last ten years, they were getting the Zero Dark Thirty treatment - they're the heroes. The surveillance revelations bring them back to Big Brother kind of narratives, and they don't like that at all.” YearsKindHas BeensMadeBigsLastsPoliticalCommunityHurtDarkDecisionBrotherHeroTenNarrativeThirtyAgencyRevelationsTreatmentZeroEmbarrassedSpySurveillanceMystiqueIntelligence CommunityPolitical DecisionsZero Dark Thirty Author:Edward Snowden
“I've always taken a lot of cues from comedy minds. The guy that discovered me in the very beginning was Joseph Cates. Joe and Gil Cates were the Cates brothers. Gil produced the Oscars for many years. Joe produced a lot of comedy specials, Steve Martin specials, and he discovered me, this 18-year-old kid.” YearsMindKidsGuyTakenComedyBrotherOscars Author:David Copperfield
“I don't think I will ever be able to really articulate how bizarre it was to hear my name at the Academy Awards. I'd watched in my pajamas the year before! I felt numb - dazed and confused. I remember feeling light - weightless. More like limbo than cloud nine. At first I was like, This is my statue; nobody gets to touch it. And by midnight I was like, Please, someone, take this statue; it's too heavy! So I gave it to my brother, and he went off with it.” ThinkingYearsFirstsFeelingsLightAbleRememberNamesFeltBrotherPleaseCloudsHeavyNineMy BrotherConfusedAwardsMidnightBizarreStatuesAcademyNumbPajamasAcademy AwardsLimboDazedCloud Nine Author:Lupita Nyong'o
“I was raised on piano and saxophone and jazz music for ten or twelve years. Before I even picked up a bass. My whole family has always pushed the arts, you know? My brother is a doctor of music and my cousin is an opera singer over in Austria. Arts were always a big thing in our family.” KnowsYearsArtWholeBigsBrotherTenDoctorsJazzRaisedSingersPianoOur FamilyMy BrotherOperaTwelveBig ThingsCousinBassJazz MusicWhole FamilySaxophoneMy CousinAustriaOpera Singers Author:Matt Snell
“I am deeply gladdened that 1993 has been delcared the International Year of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations. It is the first year we have had in five hundred years. This is thanks to the struggle of many untitled, unnamed indigenous brothers who, without understanding international law, patiently walked the corridors asking for some time. Thanks to them this international year has been declared.” YearsFirstsHas BeensLawNationsUnderstandingUnitedStruggleFiveBrotherHundredAskingInternationalThanksUnited NationsIndigenousInternational LawCorridorsIndigenous People Author:Rigoberta Menchu
“The thing I see happening is that there's a real compression between generations. There used to be about 20 years difference (in technology use). Now you talk to 15-year-old kids and their 9-year-old brother or sister is using stuff that they don't understand.” YearsRealUseKidsUsedStuffDifferencesTechnologyGenerationsBrotherHappeningsUsed To BeCompression Author:Paul Saffo
“I've been thankful to work with some wonderful people and sort of combine forces with some folks that... like in recent years, working with Alan Ferber or his brother Mark who's a wonderful drummer.” PeopleYearsForceWonderfulBrotherMarkFolksDrummer Author:Jon Gordon
“My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It was probably harder, much, much harder, for my parents. When you're a kid, you can learn a language much more easily; I learned English in less than a year.” KnowsYearsKidsWantedJobsLanguageParentBrotherMomDadHarderMy DadMy MomMy BrotherBetter LifeBetter Jobs Author:Mila Kunis
“For my very first movie, 'Roger and Me,' I made it as part of my deal with Warner Brothers that the four people that were evicted in that film, that Warner Brothers would house - would pay their mortgage or their rent for the next two years to give them a chance to get on their feet.” PeopleGivingYearsFirstsMadeTwoFilmNextHouseChanceDealsPayFourFeetBrotherMade ItTwo YearsMortgageRogerWarner Brothers Author:Michael Moore
“I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. He's adopted, though we're still blood related - he's my cousin. My parents couldn't have any more children after me, so when Dad's brother died, they adopted John, then just a baby.” YearsChildrenStillsParentBloodBrotherBabyDadDiedSevenRelatedPilotsAdoptedCousinSeven YearsAirlineMy CousinAirline PilotsBrother Died Author:Gary Numan
“I had a really wonderful upbringing. We were a tight family. It was wonderful to grow up with so many siblings. We were all just a year or two apart, and we were always so supportive of each other. I learned everything from my older brother and sister and taught it to my younger sisters.” YearsTwoGrowsGrowing UpWonderfulTaughtBrotherBrothers And SistersSupportiveSiblingUpbringingOlder BrotherYounger SisterTight Family Author:Joaquin Phoenix
“I played rugby for years, and I had a rugby jacket that I lost when I was 14. Somehow, my brother found it in storage 15 years later, and he gave it back to me for my 30th birthday. That was amazing and probably one of the best gifts I've ever received.” YearsFoundLostBrotherMy BrotherJacketsRugbyStorageBest Gift30th Birthday Author:Ryan Reynolds