“Easter occurs on different dates each year because, like the Jewish Passover, it is based upon the vernal equinox, that dramatic moment when the hours of the day-light and the hours of darkness at last draw parallel and then the light finally and triumphantly wins out. Thus Easter is always fixed as the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. It's a cosmic, solar, and lunar event as deeply rooted in religious traditions originating from sun-god worship as one could conceivably imagine.” YearsFirstsDifferentMomentsLightLastsWinningHoursReligiousDarknessSunImagineEventsMoonWorshipSpringDrawsTraditionFollowingFixedDramaticSundayCosmicRootedEasterParallelsFull MoonReligious TraditionsEquinoxSun God Author:Tom Harpur
“Always you find that the more decisive event wins so my father's sort of annual decisiveness which came upon him on the Day of Atonement every year, he suddenly remembered that he was Jewish.” YearsFatherWinningEventsRememberedAtonementAnnualsDecisiveness Author:Janet Suzman
“Continue to make the demands of the day your immediate concern, and take occasion to test the purity of your hearts and the steadfastness of your spirits. When you then take a deep breath and rise above the cares of this world and in an hour of leisure, you will surely win the proper frame of mind to face devoutly what is above us, with reverence, seeing in all events the manifestation of a higher guidance.” WorldMindHeartCareFacesSpiritWinningHoursAttitudeSeeingEventsThis WorldHigherDemandConcernTestsBreathsOccasionsGuidanceManifestationPurityReverenceLeisureRise AboveDeep BreathFrame Of MindTake A Deep BreathSteadfastness Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“A near win shifts our view of the landscape. It can turn future goals, which we tend to envision at a distance, into more proximate events. We consider temporal distance as we do spatial distance. (Visualize a great day tomorrow and we see it with granular, practical clarity. But picture what a great day in the future might be like, not tomorrow but fifty years from now, and the image will be hazier.)” YearsMightMotivationalTurnsWinningGoalViewsEventsTomorrowDistancePracticalsClarityLandscapeFiftyGreat DaySpatialFuture Goals Book:The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery Source: The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery
“I see Macbeth as a young, open-faced warrior, who is gradually sucked into a whirpool of events because of his ambition. When he meets the weird sisters and hears their prophecy, he's like the man who hopes to win a million - a gamble for high stakes.” MenYoungWinningMillionsEventsHe ManAmbitionWarriorStakesProphecyGamble Author:Roman Polanski
“The Romneys have a horse competing in the Olympics. Ann Romney's horse failed to win a medal in the dressage event today, which is a shame because if there's one thing that family needs, it's more gold.” IfsNeedsTodayFunnyWinningOne ThingEventsGoldHorseShameOlympicsCompetingMedalRomneyLondon OlympicsDressage Author:Conan O'Brien
“The best part about winning the PGA is getting great pairings at tour events. Its fun to play with Phil Mickelson and other past major champions.” PlayPastWinningFunEventsMajorsChampion Author:Keegan Bradley
“To be a driver that can cross off one of those marquee events as a winner, that cements your legacy in motorsports, to be able to win the Daytona 500 is the ultimate dream of a race car driver.” DreamAbleWinningRaceCarEventsCrossesUltimateLegacyWinnerDriversCementRace CarMotorsportsMarqueeDaytonaRace Car DriverDaytona 500 Author:Tony Stewart
“It [winning Oscar] is the most important event in the career of an actor, an extraordinary moment, beautiful. Some people live their whole life just to win an Oscar.” PeopleImportantWholeMomentsBeautifulActorsWinningCareersEventsExtraordinaryWhole LifeOscarsImportant EventsExtraordinary Moments Author:Sophia Loren
“I have to keep myself in check when I go to the kids' sports events. I sit waaay in the back. I make sure I don't do too much cheering, you know what I mean? I'm still not quite adjusted to this modern school of thought: Oh, it doesn't matter who wins. I'm not all the way there yet, but I accept it from the back row.” KnowsWayMeanStillsMatterKidsSchoolWinningSportsAcceptingToo MuchModernEventsChecksCheer Author:Jack Nicholson
“Sadly most films only get exposure if they win an award or were in a festival, which is really difficult because those things cost money! Submitting your film to a festival or campaigning for an Oscar or a Golden Globe is very expensive. Most people don't know that, but all those events require a lot of money. If you have a small independent film, it's very hard to get the attention of people in those circles.” PeopleIfsKnowsHardFilmWinningDifficultAttentionEventsCostIndependentCirclesGoldenExpensiveAwardsLots Of MoneyGlobesOscarsExposureFestivalsIndependent FilmCampaigning Author:Kate del Castillo
“Living a happy life is my main priority. You guys may think I am selfish for "wasting my talent" by staying away from events for a bit, but I am finally at a comfortable place where I can honestly say, if you guys see me out on tour again it's because I am there to win, and I'm going to go 100%.” IfsThinkingMayI CanLife IsGuyWinningBitsTalentEventsComfortableSelfishHonestlyPrioritiesStayingHappy LifeLive Life HappyI Am Selfish Author:Andy Irons
“Krugman has been a columnist for the Times for a long enough time, covering a sufficient variety of political events, for us to deduce that he is a political nitwit. Other Nobel laureates have been nitwits, for instance, Bertrand Russell. There are a lot of political nitwits in this world. Perhaps the Times could give Krugman a cooking column. He would be its Nobel Prise-winning cooking columnist.” WorldGivingLongHas BeensEnoughWould BePoliticalWinningEventsThis WorldCookingInstanceVarietySufficientCoveringColumnsNobelEnough TimeColumnists Author:Bob Tyrrell
“I don't care who wins because I go to sporting events to scream. It's the one place on the planet you can shout anything you want. You can bellow at will, and nobody will bother you. I yell things like, 'My life sucks! Dan Quayle is a schmuck! If I don't have sex soon, I'm going to explode!' Parents turn to their kids as I leave the stadium and go, 'Hey, there goes a great fan.” IfsWantCareKidsTurnsWinningSexParentFansEventsPlanetsDon't CareHeyI Don't CareBotherScreamStadiumsSporting EventsLife SucksGreat FansSchmucks Author:Lewis Black
“Imagine someone telling you that by taking a certain drug you could win a single event and be three times richer, famous for life in your country-and it won't hurt anyone. What would you say? There's a wide range of ethics among the riders.” CountryCertainThreeWinningHurtImagineEventsDrugEthicsWideRangeThree TimesRiders Author:Ned Overend
“There have been miraculous stories in the history of big football events all around the globe, with host nations achieving fantastic results and even winning titles with the support of their fans.” Has BeensStoriesBigsWinningNationsResultsSupportFansAchieveEventsFootballFantasticTitlesHostGlobesMiraculous Author:Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang