“When I was about 13 or 14, I had an English teacher who made a deal with me that I could get out of doing all of the year's regular work if I would write a short story a week and on Friday read it to the class.” IfsWritingYearsMadeStoriesDealsClassTeacherWeekShort StoryFridayEnglish Teacher Author:Victor Salva
“Talks have reached a critical stage and negotiators need to reach a deal on agriculture in the next two weeks if efforts to restart the Doha round by the end of the year are to succeed. Some speak of a deadlock in the talks, .. I prefer to talk of a padlock, and the key is in the hands of the EU.” IfsNeedsYearsTwoEndsHandsNextSpeakDealsEffortWeekStageKeysSucceedRoundsCriticalAgricultureTwo WeeksPadlocks Author:Celso Amorim
“It is strange how the romances of the teenage years retain a poignancy all through life - how a girl who turns you down when you're 16 retains an aura in your memory even long after you, and she, have ceased to be who you were then. I attended my high school reunion a couple of weeks ago and discovered, in the souvenir booklet assembled by the reunion committee, that one of the girls in my class had a crush on me all those years ago. I would have given a great deal to have had that information at the time.” YearsLongSchoolRomanceTurnsGirlGivenMemoriesDealsClassWeekInformationStrangeCoupleHigh SchoolYears AgoCrushCommitteesTeenageOur MemoriesReunionAurasTeenage YearsSouvenirsPoignancyHigh School ReunionSchool Reunion Book:Roger Ebert's Video Companion Source: Roger Ebert's Video Companion
“For just once in my life, I'd like to get through a whole week without having to deal with some fool, white or black, who's got an attitude about the way I look.” WayLooksWholeBlackWhiteDealsAttitudeWeekFoolAppearance Book:Blanche Among the Talented Tenth: A Blanche White Mystery Source: Blanche Among the Talented Tenth: A Blanche White Mystery
“Two weeks after having Bandit I was in a recording studio. I hadnt yet really fully understood what being a dad was and, man, I was exhausted. But she is 17 months now. Shes running, shes been running for a long time. Shes inspired me a great deal for the record. She even goes Wow Daddy! when I play to her.” MenLongTwoPlayRunningDealsRecordsWeekMonthsDadLong TimeUnderstoodInspiredStudiosWowExhaustedDaddyTwo WeeksBeing A DadBanditsRecording Studio Author:Gerard Way
“I'm just so happy and proud of everybody and what everybody's doing. From Curren$y doing decent numbers with the independent, digital release; from Asher selling 1.1 million-plus on iTunes with the single and almost at 200,000 [albums sold] now; Cudi got almost 4,000 BDS's a week; Mickey Factz doing the Rock The Bells tour; Blu signed a deal shortly after; Ace Hood had two very successful singles, another album getting ready to drop. Everybody's doing their thing, man.” MenTwoDealsNumbersMillionsSuccessfulWeekRocksReadyProudIndependentAlbumsSellingReleaseDecentDigitalPlusBellsHoodSinglesMickeyAcesItunes Author:Wale
“I don't think a day has gone past in 10 years where someone hasn't said, 'What did you do with those guns from Lock, Stock?' And there's pretty much not a week that's gone by where someone hasn't got me to say, 'It's a deal, it's a steal, it's the sale of the f**king century.' Apart from that I get, 'You were brilliant in Notting Hill,' because I look vaguely like Rhys Ifans.” ThinkingYearsLooksSaidPastDealsGoneWeekCenturyKingsGunBrilliantStealingHillsLocksNotting HillLock Stock Author:Jason Flemyng
“Well, we’re going to start in a couple weeks with our budget adjustment bill. The first step is we’re going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions, because you use divide and conquer.” FirstsWellsUseDealsStepsWeekCoupleBillsUnionsConquerBudgetsEmployeeCollectivesDividesFirst StepsAdjustmentBargainingDivide And ConquerCollective Bargaining Author:Scott Walker
“Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.” WellsHelpingShowsFeelingsHumorMightPainStuffGoalDealsAudienceWeekEventsLaughterProgramDecidedHealBeneficialFunny Stuff Author:Allen Klein