“To be sure, [NASCAR] stars were initially ex-bootleggers for the most part drawn from that talent pool in the Carolinas hills: "good ol' boys" as they referred to themselves. That's exactly how they would be described in the press that slowly became enamored with their raucous life style. That has all changed, with the drivers of today polished and clean-cut athletes who are expected to behave like commercial puppets in public.” Would BeTodayStarsBoysCuttingTalentStyleChangedPressesCleanAthleteExpectedHillsBehaveDriversPoolExesPuppetsCarolinaPolishedEnamoredLife StyleNascar Author:Brock Yates
“Since Catherine [Zeta-Jones] and I got together, I've cut back dramatically. My priorities changed, and I still love acting and all that, but not as much as I love watching my two kids grow up.” StillsTwoKidsTogetherGrowsActingGrowing UpCuttingChangedPrioritiesZeta Author:Michael Douglas
“I can never watch anything I've been involved in, because I know it, and I know what the making of it was like, and I know what's been cut out and changed. I just know it.” KnowsI CanWatchesCuttingChangedInvolved Author:Charlie Kaufman
“I've changed the way I look a bit but not intentionally. I've cut my hair. I've got a bit of pink in it and lately I've become a bit monochrome, wearing a lot of black and white.” WayLooksBitsBlackWhiteCuttingChangedHairBlack And WhiteI've ChangedMonochrome Author:Ellie Goulding
“Courage is like the diamond,--very brilliant; not changed by fire, capable of high polish, but except for the purpose of cutting hard bodies useless.” HardBodyPurposeCourageFireCuttingChangedCapableBrilliantUselessDiamondPolish Book:Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“The way glass can be molded or blown or cut into any kind of shape made me think about how we as people - our characters or souls - can be shaped or changed by outside influences.” PeopleThinkingWayKindMadeSoulCharacterCuttingInfluenceChangedShapesGlassesOutside Influences Author:Lisa Kleypas
“Yes, we've cut the maternal mortality rate in half, but far too many women are still denied critical access to reproductive health care and safe childbirth, and laws don't count for much if they're not enforced. Rights have to exist in practice - not just on paper. Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.” IfsStillsCareLawPoliticalBeliefReligiousHalfPracticeCuttingRightsChangedSafePaperResourcesRateCriticalAccessHealth CareCodeMortalityDeniedChildbirthReligious BeliefPolitical WillReproductive Health Author:Hillary Clinton
“The Beatles just changed everything right across the board. They just had that right combination of clean-cut good looks - a cute band - but under that they had a real rock n roll thing going on.” LooksRealCuttingRocksChangedBandCleanCombinationCuteBoardsRock N RollLooking Good Author:Joe Perry
“The intellectual tradition of the West is very individualistic. It's not community-based. The intellectual is often thought of as a person who is alone and cut off from the world. So I have had to practice being willing to leave the space of my study to be in community, to work in community, and to be changed by community.” WorldPersonsCommunitySpacePracticeStudyCuttingChangedWillingIntellectualTraditionWestIndividualistic Author:Bell Hooks
“If the technology hadn't changed, they [newspapers] would still be great businesses. Network TV [in its heyday], anyone could run and do well. If Tom Murphy as running it, you'd do very well, but even your idiot nephew could do well. Fortunately, carbide cutting tools [such as those made by Iscar] don't have these types of substitutes.” IfsWellsMadeStillsRunningTechnologyCuttingChangedTvsTypeToolsNewspapersIdiotSubstitutesTomsMurphyNephewGreat BusinessHeyday Author:Charlie Munger
“Superior leaders are willing to admit a mistake and cut their losses. Be willing to admit that you've changed your mind. Don't persist when the original decision turns out to be a poor one.” MindTurnsLossDecisionPoorMistakeLeaderCuttingChangedWillingOriginalsSuperiorsPersistYou've Changed Author:Brian Tracy
“A war is coming, a battle that will stretch from the prehistoric forests of the ancient past to the cutting-edge research labs of today, all to reveal a true mystery buried deep within our DNA, a mystery that will leave readers changed forever .” WarTodayPastForeverCuttingMysteryChangedReaderBattleResearchAncientEdgesForestsBuriedDnaLabsDeep WithinCutting EdgePrehistoric Author:James Rollins
“My numbers and my stats were exactly the same. I was doing what the coaches wanted me to do. And what I had been doing up to that point was enough to get me a very well-paying contract with the Vikings. ... In my mind there was only one thing that had changed from the year before and the year I got cut: And that was I started speaking out in support of same-sex rights.” YearsMindWellsEnoughWantedSexNumbersSupportCuttingRightsOne ThingChangedCoachesContractsVikingsSpeaking Out Author:Chris Kluwe
“We have long had emigration in Ireland. But the nature of emigration has changed. With ferries to Britain and the continent, as well as air travel, emigration isn't the cutoff it used to be. In addition, some of our young people are being educated to levels beyond our present capacity to provide the jobs they are qualified to do. So they go abroad. Many want to come back, especially when they have children they would want to be raised in the Irish society and in the Irish educational system.” PeopleWantWellsChildrenLongJobsYoungUsedLevelsCuttingAirChangedCapacityRaisedEducationalEducatedUsed To BeBritainIrelandContinentsQualifiedEducational SystemAir TravelFerryEmigration Author:Mary Robinson