“The teacher showed us how to see proportions, relationships, light and shadow, negative space, and space between space - something I never noticed before! In one week, I went from not knowing how to draw to sketching a detailed portrait. It literally changed the way I see things.” WayLightSpaceKnowingTeacherWeekChangedDrawsShadowNegativeDrawingProportionNot KnowingPortraitsSpace BetweenSketchingLight And ShadowNegative Space Author:Daniel H. Pink
“There are several natural phenomena which I shall have to have explained to me before I can keep on going as a resident member ofthe human race. One is the metamorphosis which hats and suits undergo exactly one week after their purchase, whereby they are changed from smart, intensely becoming articles of apparel into something children use when they want to "dress up like daddy.” WantHumansChildrenI CanUseNaturalRaceWeekChangedBecomingMembersSmartDressesSuitsHuman RaceHatsArticlesDaddyMetamorphosisResidentsApparelNatural Phenomena Book:20,000 leagues under the sea: or, David Copperfield Source: 20,000 leagues under the sea: or, David Copperfield
“I never sold any of those "lose 10 pounds every week" scams. I've not changed my tune in all these years. I've seen everything pass by me, and I've been offered millions of dollars to put my name on products that were just lies. And I never did it.” YearsLyingNamesLosesMillionsWeekChangedProductsDollarsTunesPoundsScams Author:Richard Simmons
“Insider can be more ludicrous. How did I ever end up [as one]? Carsick [Waters's book on hitchhiking] was on the New York Times best-seller list for five weeks. [One of the characters was] a singing asshole that does a duet with Connie Francis! Times have changed. That's mainstream, in a weird way.” WayDoeBookEndsCharacterWaterFiveWeekNew YorkChangedSingingListsMainstreamNew York TimesSellersInsidersBest SellersHitchhikingTimes Have ChangedDuets Author:John Waters
“I thought I was actually doing quite well - I was on Jazz FM six days a week. I fancied going to Australia and I had a wonderful experience. It's changed me for the better and it was flattering to win.” WellsWinningWonderfulWeekChangedSixJazzAustraliaFlatteringWonderful Experience Author:Tony Blackburn
“I believe abortion should be available to everyone, but the law should be changed. In the past I voted for a restriction to 22 weeks, and I would be prepared to go down to 20.” ShouldBelieveWould BePastLawI BelieveWeekChangedPreparedAvailableAbortionBe PreparedRestriction Author:Michael Howard
“I went to college as a theater major. But after about three weeks of that, I changed to the school of fine arts as a painter.” ArtSchoolThreeWeekChangedCollegeFineMajorsTheaterPainterFine Arts Author:Dan Fogelberg
“It will never be the case that people won't eat meat. I think it could conceivably be the case one day that people eat very small amounts of it. That it's a special thing, rather than reach for it because it's cheap or reach for it because it's convenient, that it becomes something festive or something celebratory, once a week, and that could actually be achieved on small farms if we really changed our habits.” PeopleIfsThinkingCasesWeekSpecialChangedAmountHabitOne DayMeatFarmsConvenientSmall AmountsFestiveSpecial Things Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“'One Week' changed my life because I used to be the Million Dollars Guy, and now I'm the Chickity China Guy.” UsedGuyMillionsWeekChangedDollarsChinaUsed To BeMillion DollarsChanged My Life Author:Ed Robertson
“My ex-student, Idit Harel, who wrote a book, "Children Designs," has a documented story of a kid who was very shy, isolated and didn't talk much to other kids. She was a little overweight, and the other kids looked down on her for that reason.But then she made a discovery about how to do something on the computer. The discovery was picked up by other kids, and within a few weeks there was a total transformation. This kid was now in demand. And that changed her feeling about herself.” ChildrenLittlesMadeBookReasonStoriesFeelingsKidsWeekDesignChangedStudentsDemandComputerDiscoveryTransformationShyIsolatedExesOverweight Author:Seymour Papert
“I changed my major to English and I went off to Fort Collins. And within the first couple of weeks, I noticed that they were having auditions for a production in their theater department. They were going to stage Jean Anouilh's Becket, which was a film I loved, with Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton. So I went down and auditioned, and I got the role. I got the Peter O'Toole part. So here I was, a 19-year-old playing King Henry.” YearsFirstsFilmRolesWeekStageChangedCoupleKingsMajorsTheaterDown AndProductionsDepartmentPeterAuditionsFortsKing Henry Author:Keith Carradine
“I had been in Africa for six weeks on a safari with my family. I said, "You know, I made a lot of money. I am getting kind of burned out. I really want to do something special." So I went on this extended trip to Egypt, Kenya, Sardinia - I really did it, man. I was coming home, and while I was gone, they changed the speed limit from 65 to 55.” KnowsMenWantKindMadeSaidHomeGoneWeekSpecialChangedLimitsSixMy FamilySpeedComing HomeLots Of MoneyBurnedEgyptSomething SpecialKenyaBurned OutSafariSpeed Limits Author:Sammy Hagar
“Being arrested that also changed everything for me because I was suddenly seeing America from a different perspective all together. I did a couple of weeks in a county jail.” DifferentTogetherAmericaSeeingWeekChangedPerspectiveCoupleJailArrestedCountyDifferent Perspective Author:Bill Ayers
“My son is two weeks old today. The minute he came in my arms and looked at me it changed my life. Literally changed my life. When I say changed my life, I mean he showed me love I thought... I know... the word love, there is no way to describe this love. It's so powerful.” KnowsWayMeanTwoTodayPowerfulWeekMinutesChangedSonArmsMy SonTwo WeeksChanged My LifeWords Love Author:DJ Khaled
“I think it was simply word of mouth that made it a New York Timesbestseller for more than 60 weeks, over a year. People being moved and changed and transformed by the book [One Thousand Gifts] and wanting to share that with hurting people all around them.” PeopleThinkingYearsMadeBookHurtWeekShareNew YorkChangedThousandMouthsMovedMade ItTransformedWord Of MouthHurting PeopleOne Thousand Gifts Author:Ann Voskamp
“The worst thing that can happen is when you have gone weeks and months into elaborate sequences and the storyline of the film changes and you find out they don't need it. Sometimes you don't shoot those sequences, or they have been shot and then get edited out of the sequence you've shot gets changed and needs to be redone. That can be hard. It's not heartbreaking, but you do tend to think, "Och, all that work and effort." But that's filming, you know? You put all of these modular things into the pot, and sometimes they don't all get used.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsHas BeensSometimesHardHappensFilmUsedEffortGoneWeekWorstChangedMonthsShotsPotWorst ThingsSequenceHeartbreakingEditedStoryline Author:Wade Eastwood
“I think it was simply word of mouth that made it a New York Times bestseller for more than 60 weeks, over a year. People being moved and changed and transformed by the book [ One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are] and wanting to share that with hurting people all around them.” PeopleThinkingYearsMadeBookHurtWeekShareNew YorkChangedThousandMouthsMovedDareMade ItWhere You AreTransformedNew York TimesWord Of MouthHurting PeopleOne Thousand Gifts Author:Ann Voskamp
“I went to London Fashion Week for the first time, after I got the job [on The Collection ], and it completely changed the way I perceived it. I thought, "This is a far bigger operation than I ever expected, and it has far more worth than I ever gave it before." It definitely changed my view of the fashion world.” WorldWayFirstsJobsViewsWeekFashionChangedFirst TimeBiggerLondonExpectedOperationsCollectionsFashion WorldFashion Week Author:Tom Riley
“I changed those things that were in direct - my direct control. I mean, I - look, I'm proud of the fact that, with two weeks to go, we're probably the first administration in modern history that hasn't had a major scandal in the White House.” FirstsLooksMeanTwoFactsHouseWhiteWeekModernChangedProudMajorsDirectAdministrationWhite HouseScandalTwo WeeksModern History Author:Barack Obama