“You see, even though back then Barack was a Senator and a presidential candidate... to me, he was still the guy who'd picked me up for our dates in a car that was so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by through a hole in the passenger side door... he was the guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he'd found in a dumpster, and whose only pair of decent shoes was half a size too small.” StillsGuyFoundSidesHalfDoorsCarTablesShoesSizePossessionCoffeeHolesBarackPresidentialCandidatesDecentPairsSenatorsPassengersPavementPresidential CandidateDumpstersSimple Guy Author:Michelle Obama
“I had lived in New York since 1996, sometimes in the worst neighborhoods, without even locking my door half the time.” SometimesHalfDoorsWorstNew YorkNeighborhood Author:Christopher Bollen
“Why should it happen that among the great many women whom I see and am fond of, suddenly somebody I meet for half an hour opens the door into poetry?” ShouldHappensHoursHalfDoorsGreat Men Book:Conversations with May Sarton Source: Conversations with May Sarton
“To draw does not simply mean to reproduce contours; the drawing does not simply consist in the idea: the drawing is even the expression, the interior form, the plan, the model. Look what remains after that! The drawing is three fourths and a half of what constitutes painting. If I had to put a sign over my door to the atelier, I would write: School of drawing, and I'm certain that I would create painters.” IfsWritingLooksMeanDoeIdeasSchoolFormCertainThreeHalfPlansDoorsPaintingExpressionModelsDrawsRemainsDrawingPainterInteriors Author:Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
“Broke my femur on a cruise with my wife in Italy. I'd walked back to my cabin after dinner with half a plate of spaghetti when I leaned in to open the door. Turns out it was already open, so I fell flat on my face like something from the Keystone Kops.” FacesTurnsHalfWifeDoorsDinnerMy WifeBrokeFlatsPlatesLike SomethingCruiseCabinsSpaghettiKeystones Author:Art Donovan
“I went home one afternoon to pick up a script without bothering to change, and a half an hour later the Beverly Hills Police were at my door because a neighbor had reported a suspicious stranger lurking around Ross Martin's house. I had to peel off my beard to prove who I was.” HomeHouseHoursHalfDoorsProvePicksPoliceScriptsStrangerNeighborHillsBotherAfternoonSuspiciousBeardLurkingBeverly Hills Author:Ross Martin
“Jehovah's Witness are welcomed into my home...You gotta respect anybody who gets all dressed up in Sunday clothes and goes door-to-door on days so hot their high heels sink a half-inch into the pavement.The trick is to do all the talking yourself. Pretty soon, they'll look at their watches and say, 'Speaking of end times, wouldja look at what time it is now!” LooksEndsHomeHalfTalkingWatchesDoorsClothesHotTricksWitnessSundayInchesHeelsEnd TimesHigh HeelsDressed UpJehovahPavement Author:Celia Rivenbark
“For years I feared the opening of every elevator, half-convinced that from the opened doors would come a bullet, for me, shot by a man in a tan trenchcoat. I have no idea why I feared this, expected it to happen. I even knew how I would react to this bullet coming from the elevator door, what word I would say. That word was: Finally.” MenYearsIdeasHappensHalfDoorsShotsConvincedExpectedOpeningNo IdeaBulletsElevatorsOpened Doors Author:Dave Eggers
“I couldn't imagine being a girl. The bullshit routine they had to go through just to get out the door consumed half of their lives.” GirlHalfImagineDoorsRoutineBullshitConsumedBeing A Girl Book:Walking Disaster: A Novel Source: Walking Disaster: A Novel
“To shut the door at the end of the workday, which does not spill over into evening. To throw away books after reading them so theydon't have to be dusted. To go through boxes on New Year's Eve and throw out half of what is inside. Sometimes for extravagance to pick a bunch of flowers for the one table. Other women besides me must have this daydream about a carefree life.” YearsDoeBookEndsSometimesReadingWorkHalfDoorsFlowerPicksTablesSimplicityBoxesBunchEveningThis DayLeisureNew YearDaydreamingSpillsNew Years EveExtravaganceCarefreeFree Life Author:Maxine Hong Kingston
“Love enters the heart unawares: takes precedence of all the emotions--or, at least, will be second to none--and even reflection becomes its accomplice. While it lives, it renders blind; and when it has struck its roots deep only itself can shake them. It reminds one of hospitality as practiced among the ancients. The stranger was received upon the threshold of the half-open door, and introduced into the sanctuary reserved for the Penates. Not until every attention had been lavished upon him did the host ask his name; and the question was sometimes deferred till the very moment of departure.” LoveHeartSometimesMomentsAsksNamesEmotionAttentionHalfDoorsReflectionRootsBlindStrangerShakesHostHospitalitySanctuaryReservedThresholdDeparturePrecedenceAccomplices Author:Sophie Swetchine
“I'm staying in a lovely hotel, dressing robe behind the door, lovely fluffy sheets - took me a half an hour getting my suitcase closed.” HumorFunnyHoursBehindsHalfDoorsLovelyHotelStayingSheetsDressingsRobesSuitcasesFluffy Author:Frank Carson
“To try something longer, I entered a half-hour radio drama contest with the national public broadcaster, CBC. To my surprise, I won. And that opened doors in film and television, because that broadcaster was looking to cultivate new Canadian talent, especially women who could write.” WritingTryingFilmHoursHalfDoorsTalentTelevisionDramaSurpriseRadioContestsHalf HoursBroadcastersFilm And TelevisionOpened DoorsCbc Author:Karen Walton
“At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door.” KnowsWantFacesBlackHalfKnow HowDoorsCenturyClothesFrighteningHungWigsFuzzyAfrosWreathsBlack FaceBlack Clothes Author:Bette Davis
“Directing takes a lot longer than acting. This was about seven years in development, and then two and a half years with pre-production, production, post and now the release. Not that I have people banging on my door to star in movies, but it takes me out of the acting game for a longer chunk of time.” PeopleYearsTwoGamesStarsActingHalfDoorsDevelopmentSevenProductionsReleasePostsTake MeSeven YearsChunksBangingHalf A Year Author:David Schwimmer
“You can microwave a Pop Tart. That just blew me away that you could do that. How long does it take to toast a Pop Tart? A minute and a half if you want it dark? People don't have that kind of time? Listen, if you need to zap-fry your Pop Tarts before you head out the door, you might want to loosen up your schedule.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsKindLongDoeMightDarkHalfDoorsMinutesPopsSchedulesToastsMicrowavesTarts Author:Brian Regan
“If our country has to reach its economic goals, it cannot happen with half its population shut behind doors.” IfsCountryHappensGoalBehindsHalfDoorsEconomicPopulationOur Country Author:Narendra Modi
“I affirm that the crisis of the disc is a lure, it does not exist: the offer is intact, the increasing demand. But, each night, in the hangars of the music, the half of stock is stolen. Imagine the reaction of Renault vis-a-vis delinquents who would force the door daily to conceal the cars!” DoeNightForceHalfImagineDoorsCarOffersDemandCrisisReactionsStolenLureDiscsDelinquents Author:Jean-Louis Murat
“I thought that deserved a book and feel like the door needs to be open so people can say, "Ok, here we go, let's deal with this" because we're not dealing with it. I'm waiting for somebody to write another book but it hasn't happened yet, though I guess mine's only been out for a year and a half.” PeopleNeedsFeelsWritingYearsBookWaitingDealsHalfHappenedDoorsMinesDealing With It Author:Brad Warner
“In Britain, we have an open door to half a billion people. We still retain the ability to decide who comes from the rest of the world. But we've effectively shut down the rest of the world because 4,000 people a week are coming from the E.U.” PeopleWorldStillsAbilityHalfDoorsWeekBillionsBritain Author:Nigel Farage