“The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First, they're extremely rich and they have lots of money and they have had for a long time, so they can give money to politicians, which gets their attention.” GivingFirstsLongReasonAttentionRichInfluenceCouplePoliticianLong TimeLots Of MoneyBroadcasters Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“I never had trouble getting an agent. I went out and got my first couple roles, and literally within six months I never had to have another job other than acting.” FirstsJobsActingRolesTroubleMonthsCoupleSixAgentsSix Months Author:Dean Norris
“I've been involved in and out of the UN for many years - in fact my first internship was in 1971, so it goes back a couple of years!” YearsFirstsFactsCoupleInvolvedInternships Author:Edward Luck
“I think real life couples on screen are kind of deadly. For the most part, they're kind of deadly. You'd be surprised. Unless they're falling in love onscreen for the first time, you don't have quite the same energy for some reason.” ThinkingFirstsKindRealReasonFallEnergyCoupleFirst TimeFalling In LoveScreensReal Life Author:Amy Poehler
“I think about everything first. I think about the scenario: the story and the characters, what I'm trying to say and I'll think about that for a couple of days until it's all locked in and then when I get to an instrument it'll just fall out. But the song's kind of all ready there in my head.” ThinkingTryingFirstsKindCharacterStoriesSongFallReadyCoupleInstrumentsLockedScenarios Author:Graham Russell
“There's something about marriage that is not as intensely romantic or interesting as a couple's first meeting.” FirstsInterestingCoupleMeetings Author:John Sandford
“There are things that I value now that I didn't when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of my life over the last couple years.” YearsFirstsLastsValuesBuddhismCoupleZen Buddhism Author:Matthew Sweet
“I first became interested in style when I was 16 and I had my first couple of gigs. I realised I couldn't look like the people I was performing to. Not in a condescending way, but just that it would be weird if I was wearing exactly what someone in the crowd was wearing.” PeopleIfsWayFirstsLooksWould BeStyleCoupleCrowdsPerformingGigsRealisedCondescending Author:Tinie Tempah
“I was interning at a children's theater group in Kentucky - that was my first job out of college. I had jumped around a couple of regional theaters, and I was about to go back to Maine to work at a summer Shakespeare theater there. I didn't want to just jump around the country from gig to gig. I really wanted to go to a city and get involved in a theater scene and a theater community.” WantFirstsChildrenCountryWantedJobsCommunityCitiesGroupsCollegeCoupleInvolvedSceneSummerTheaterGet InvolvedGigsKentuckyMaine Author:Timothy Simons
“My wife is the host of Big Brother. Her name is Julie Chen, and she'll say, "Da da da,* but first* we do this." So they mashed together her saying "but first" a couple dozen times. Literally. In different outfits. And when you cut it together like that, it appears very robotlike. They called her the Chenbot.” FirstsDifferentBigsTogetherNamesCuttingWifeBrotherCoupleMy WifeHostDozenOutfits Author:Leslie Moonves
“Getting ahead in a difficult profession - singing, acting, writing, whatever requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows and unfair reversals. When I think back to those first couple of years in Rome, those endless rejections, without a glimmer of encouragement from anyone, all those failed screen tests, and yet I never let my desire slide away from me, my belief in myself and what I felt I could achieve.” ThinkingWritingYearsFirstsAbleDesireBeliefFeltDifficultActingAchieveCoupleSingingTestsEncouragementBlowProfessionScreensEndlessRejectionRomeUnfairSlidesFaith In YourselfStaggeringAvidReversal Author:Sophia Loren
“And also it was a process of, we lifted weights as well, in an effort to train my body to then be able to lift heavier weights when I got in Australia. So that was the first couple of months.” FirstsWellsBodyAbleProcessEffortMonthsCoupleWeightTrainLiftsAustralia Author:Brandon Routh
“Normally you're 21 years old and you look like Tom Cruise and you do a couple underwear commercials first and then you're a movie star. That didn't happen for me. So it was all quite overwhelming.” YearsFirstsLooksHappensStarsCoupleOverwhelmingTomsMovie StarUnderwearCruise Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“And some sad news... the first lesbian couple to legally get married in the state of Massachusetts has split up. They cited irreconcilable similarities.” FirstsStatesCoupleMarriedNewsSplitsSimilarityMassachusetts Author:Jay Leno
“Before you rob your first bank, knock off a couple of gas stations.” FirstsCoupleGasStationsGas Stations Author:John Dillinger
“I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.” YearsFirstsLastsFatherSportsHalfMinutesSonProudCoupleBeatsFirst TimeDave Author:Don Shula
“I think that by now, in the very beginning when I first joined the show, General Landry was like a new kid in school. I was coming into a situation I didn't really know much about, and now, after a couple of years, the character's kind of mellowed and gotten comfortable working at the command center and very comfortable with his troops. What they always do with these shows is they always leave them open-ended. The SG-1 franchise has been so successful for the network, that they always want to keep it open, an option to do it again in some way, whether that's a movie or a series, or whatever.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantYearsFirstsKindHas BeensCharacterShowsKidsSchoolSituationSuccessfulCoupleComfortableSeriesCommandTroops Author:Beau Bridges
“This has been a great experience for me. The first couple of days you don't always feel too well. You adjust to the fluid shifting, how to fly through space without hitting things or anybody else. But then you get in a groove.” FeelsFirstsWellsHas BeensSpaceCoupleHittingShiftingFluidGrooveGreat Experiences Author:Laurel Clark
“I told Grant Hill back there – I just got done playing against him – as a second grader I had a Pistons Grant Hill jersey. That was the first time I walked into a gym. That’s when I fell in love with the game. My mom, I think she just wanted to get me and my brothers out of the house for a few hours. When I walked into the gym, I fell in love with the game.” ThinkingFirstsDoneWantedGamesHouseHoursBrotherMomCoupleFirst TimeMy MomHillsMy BrotherGrantsNbaGymJerseyMvp Author:Kevin Durant
“Those who dismiss rappers as vulgar outsiders miss the way that Jay-Z and Kanye embody the American dream: starting from humble beginnings, both rose by dint of hard work and talent to wealth and success. Jay embraces this role, styling himself as much a CEO as an artist, and he and Beyoncé have become, in a significant way, more fully America's first couple than their friends the Obamas.” WayFirstsHardDreamAmericaArtistWealthRolesTalentMissingHard WorkCoupleEmbraceRoseStartingHumbleSignificantRapperAmerican DreamOutsidersCeoVulgarHumble BeginningsWealth And Success Author:Andrew Hoberek
“Try to remember the reason you started riding a motorcycle in the first place. For me, it was a couple of things but mostly rebellion.” TryingFirstsReasonRememberCoupleRebellionRidingMotorcycle Author:Sonny Barger
“You pick up loads of baggage with your first record with reaction to it from fans and critics. So I went to Ireland by myself for a couple of weeks with my guitar. I read lots of poetry, I read Patti Smith's autobiography and started words and phrases and then songs started to take shape.” FirstsSongRecordsWeekFansCoupleShapesPicksCriticsGuitarReactionsPhrasesIrelandLoadAutobiographyBaggage Author:Ellie Goulding
“When two working people decide to marry, their federal income tax is usually increased. As soon as one spouse earns at least 20 percent of a married couple's total income, the couple pays a 'marriage tax.' ... The United States is the only major industrialized nation in the free world in which the tax cost of the second [married] earner's entry into the work force is higher than that of the first. On one hand, our government's social policy is to help working women earn equal salaries to those of men, but on the other we have a tax structure that penalizes them when they do so.” PeopleMenWorldFirstsTwoStatesHelpingHandsGovernmentForceNationsSocialUnitedPayUnited StatesPolicyCoupleHigherCostTaxesEqualMarriedMajorsPercentStructureIncomeSexismSpouseSalaryEntryIncome TaxFree WorldMarried CouplesWorking WomenSocial Policy Author:Millicent Fenwick
“... the advantages of being a postman seemed more and more dubious. It is not a congenial profession for anyone who is at all sensitive, for people visit upon the postman all their first annoyance at receiving a couple of bills when they looked for a love-letter, and if a packet is insufficiently stamped they hand over the pennies as though to a despicable bandit, too outrageous to be denied, too groveling to be feared.” PeopleIfsFirstsHandsCoupleAdvantageLettersBillsProfessionSensitiveDeniedReceivingPenniesOutrageousDespicableLove LetterDubiousAnnoyanceBanditsPostmanGroveling Author:Sylvia Townsend Warner
“After the first couple of years recording I did a lot of praying. I said, 'Lord, please give me a hit.' I want one so bad.” WantGivingYearsFirstsSaidLordPrayingCouplePleaseGive Me Author:George Jones
“I think the first time I realised Downton Abbey was a hit was when I was sitting in a tea shop in New York and the couple next to me were talking about Downton Abbey, and then they recognised me.” ThinkingFirstsNextTalkingNew YorkCoupleSittingFirst TimeTeaShopsRealisedAbbey Author:Michelle Dockery
“The drama teacher that I had in high school, back in Texas, was the only teacher who didn't kick me out of his class. He turned me on to 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.' I had picked up Dylan with 'Bringing It All Back Home,' and he turned me on to the first couple of albums, which I hadn't heard.” FirstsHomeSchoolClassTeacherHeardCoupleDramaHigh SchoolAlbumsKicksTexasBobDylanBack Home Author:Steve Earle
“I saw the Village as a place you could escape to, to express yourself. When I first went there, I wrote and performed poetry. Then I drew portraits for a couple of years. It took a while before I thought about picking up a guitar.” YearsFirstsSawsHavensCoupleGuitarVillagePortraitsExpress Yourself Author:Richie Havens
“I'm sorry, those pictures from the Abu Ghraib. At first, they, like infuriated me, I was sad. Then like, a couple days later, after they cut the guy's head off, they didn't seem like much. And now, I like to trade them with my friends.” FirstsSeemsGuyCuttingCoupleMy FriendsTradeSorryI'm SorryAbu Ghraib Author:Dennis Miller
“I still miss the players and I miss the game and the strategy. The first couple years were really difficult. Now I realize I'll never coach again. It's still hard to go into the stadium on a game day, because it's hard to just be a fan. But it's easier now than it was the first two or three years.” YearsFirstsStillsTwoHardThreeGamesDifficultRealizingPlayerFansMissingCoupleEasierStrategyCoachesThree YearsStadiumsGame Day Author:Tom Osborne
“I`ve not really been angling to be a comedian. I knew comics and I loved them and I loved being funny, but I didn't understand the whole concept of becoming one. My first couple of times on stage, I was like, "This is what I'm doing for sure." I was so excited.” FirstsWholeStageCoupleBecomingConceptsExcitedComedianBeing FunnyAnglingBecoming One Author:Mitch Hedberg
“In 1987, I was in Edinburgh doing my first one-man show. I took part in a kickabout with some fellow comedians and tripped over my trousers and heard this cracking sound in my leg. A couple of days later I went into a coma and was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism.” MenFirstsShowsSoundHeardCoupleFellowsLegsComedianOne ManTrousersComaEdinburgh Author:Paul Merton
“Once I could drive, I spent all my time in the city going to metal shows. I missed the first couple of Metallica shows because I was lame. By the time I got into them, they were playing places like the Kabuki.” FirstsShowsCitiesCoupleMy TimeMetalsLameMetallica Author:Brian Posehn
“You get an image in the first couple of years of your career, and then whether you like it or not, you are stuck with it for the rest of your life.” YearsFirstsCareersCoupleStuckRest Of Your LifeYou Like It Author:Rahul Dravid
“For chat-room tyros who expect to make their first million day-trading by age 27, paging through the Sunday newspaper with a pair of scissors just to save a couple of cents on Cheetos seems so, well, old economy.” FirstsWellsSeemsAgeRoomsMillionsEconomyCoupleNewspapersSundayPairsCentsTradingScissors Author:Alex Berenson
“My first job was in a nursing home - a terrible place in retrospect. It was in an old house, and the residents were so lonely. People rarely visited them. I only stayed there a couple of months, but it made a strong impression on me.” PeopleFirstsMadeHomeJobsHouseStrongMonthsCoupleTerribleLonelyImpressionNursingRetrospectResidentsLonely PeopleSo LonelyNursing HomeOld Houses Author:Kim Edwards
“My first job was an AFI short film, Chasing Daylight, when I was 11, and I made a couple of commercials that never aired.” FirstsMadeJobsFilmCoupleChasingDaylightShort Films Author:Jason Dolley
“Obviously the first thing we need to do is repeal “Obamacare.” That's one entitlement that we can get rid of. And that's a couple trillion dollars in spending over the next 10 years.” NeedsYearsFirstsNextCoupleDollarsSpendingEntitlementObamacare Author:Rick Santorum
“As soon as I saw tattoos as a way to tell your story, I thought, 'Oh my gosh, I totally get it.' So I got my first tattoo a couple of years ago, and it's the word 'hope' on my left arm. It has a couple of dots at the end for each of my kids.” WayYearsFirstsEndsStoriesKidsLeftSawsArmsCoupleYears AgoTattooDotsOh My Gosh Author:Kristian Bush
“In production, in the first couple of weeks of production, that it was more like making an internet musical.” FirstsWeekCoupleInternetMusicalProductions Author:Joss Whedon
“And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the first time -- acknowledging that it has chemical weapons, agreeing to join the convention that prohibits the use of chemical weapons, and the Russians -- their primary sponsors -- saying that they will push Syria to get all of their chemical weapons out. The distance that we've traveled over these couple of weeks is remarkable.” FirstsUseLastsPoliticsJusticeViolenceWeekPolicyCoupleWeaponsConsequenceFirst TimePressureStrategyDistanceUnityHuman RightsTerrorismIdeologyPrimariesRemarkableChemicalsConventionsForeign PolicySyriaTraveledDiplomacyCivilitySponsorsChemical Weapons Author:Barack Obama
“It's a little bit odd. The first time you do the play, you kind of throw yourself into it, trying to get the most out of all the individual moments. Then, a few hours later, you're still there, wondering what you could possibly do differently than what you just did a couple hours ago.” TryingFirstsKindLittlesStillsPlayMomentsIndividualBitsHoursWonderCoupleLittle BitFirst TimeOdd Author:Michael Shannon
“Almost instantly [after my announcement of Parkinson's], I saw the first couple of days the coverage was about, you know, "Fox's Parkinson's, blah, blah, blah." Then, two days after that, I saw the coverage turn. It started to become, "Can young people get Parkinson's?" All of a sudden, the conversation turned to become about that. And that was one of the first eye-opening things.” PeopleKnowsFirstsTwoEyeYoungTurnsSawsCoupleConversationOpeningFoxesCoverageTwo DaysAnnouncementsBlahEye OpeningParkinsonParkinson's Author:Michael J. Fox
“I ... received a few hugs and dutiful pecks on the cheek at bedtime, even a couple of 'thank-yous' thrown in for good measure. But I'd truly love for someone to explain why the father of my children can simply walk into the house, put down his briefcase, grunt 'Hi kids - howyadoing,' and all four offspring nearly hyperventilate trying to be the first to get close to him. They are crazy about this man, and all he has to do is walk into a room and breathe.” MenTryingFirstsChildrenKidsFatherHouseWalksRoomsFourCrazyCoupleBreatheMy ChildrenThrownCheeksHugOffspringBedtimeGruntBriefcases Author:Becky Freeman
“I tend to avoid the shows that focus on politics, just to get a break from it all, i tried watching the first couple episodes of 'House of Cards,' but I thought it was way over the top. Members of Congress aren't anything like Frank Underwood. Most of us are far less interesting.” WayFirstsShowsHousePoliticsInterestingBreakFocusCoupleMembersCongressCardsFrankEpisodesOver The TopHouse Of Cards Author:Paul Ryan
“I think being an editor really helped me take other people's notes on my writing. I'd get a note like 'It's too wet' or 'The first couple chapters are good, but then the rest of the pages were so wet that they were completely illegible' or 'Did you dip this in Sprite? This smells like Sprite. Why would you dip your novel in Sprite?' And instead of pushing back, I'd listen. That's an incredibly important skill for a young writer to have.” PeopleThinkingWritingFirstsImportantYoungNovelCoupleSkillsPagesNotesSmellPushingEditorsWetChaptersDipYoung WritersPushing Back Author:Toni Morrison
“A couple of pieces of advice for the kids who are serious about writing are: first of all, to read everything you can get your hands on so you can become familiar with different forms of writing: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, journalism. That's very important. And also keep a journal. Not so much, because it's good writing practice. Although it is, but more because it's a wonderful source of story starters.” WritingFirstsImportantDifferentStoriesHandsKidsFormFictionPracticePiecesWonderfulAdviceSeriousSourceCoupleFamiliarJournalismJournalNon FictionGood WritingWriting FictionStarters Author:Ann M. Martin
“The first time you see the film it takes you right back to those times and those moments. It's very difficult to be objective about the work because you really have to remove yourself and see it a couple of times before you can really involve yourself in the story.” FirstsMomentsStoriesFilmDifficultCoupleFirst TimeObjectivesRemove Author:Djimon Hounsou
“I published my first book in 1982 - a collection of Irish folklore called Irish Folk & Fairy Tales. It is still in print today. My first young adult book was published a couple of years later, and I've been writing in both genres ever since.” WritingYearsFirstsStillsBookTodayYoungCoupleAdultsFolksYoung AdultTalesGenreFairyCollectionsPrintFairy TaleFolklore Author:Michael Scott
“Sometimes I just start humming something, find a melody I like a lot, and if it sticks around for a couple days, a few words will lock themselves into place. I might just get the first line. Then words just keep falling into the syllables. The choruses kind of write themselves and verses I have to work at a little bit.” IfsWritingFirstsKindLittlesSometimesMightFallBitsLinesCoupleLittle BitSticksMelodyVersesLocksChorusSyllablesFew WordsHumming Author:Jack Johnson