“My first wedding was 15 people at our condo. The second was maybe about a hundred people at this fabulous casino. And you know what? I have almost no pictures of the second one, because I put disposable cameras on the tables, because everyone said, "The best pictures are the most candid! The best pictures are the ones people just take!" So, I put disposable cameras on the tables, and guess what? There were so many kids there that those cameras were stomped on. I had so many pictures of the floor, of people's eyes, of someone's finger.” PeopleKnowsFirstsSaidEyeKidsHundredCamerasTablesFingersFabulousCasinosDisposableCandidBest Picture Author:Viola Davis
“I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, "Do you know how fabulous you are?"” KnowsWantLooksSometimesAsksKnow HowDo You KnowFabulous Author:Viola Davis
“Oftentimes when I do a project I do get influenced by the wardrobe. I certainly learned a lot from 'Mad Men' and from Janie (Bryant) in particular. She's just so fabulous.” MenParticularProjectsMadFabulousWardrobeMad MenJanie Author:Christina Hendricks
“I tend to look at the world more from Voltaire's perspective. Incidentally, if you haven't read Candide lately, it's a fabulous book. It's riotously, laugh-out-loud funny in a way that no Shakespeare comedy will ever be.” IfsWorldWayLooksBookLaughingComedyHavensPerspectiveLoudFabulousLaugh Out LoudCandideLaugh Out Loud Funny Author:George Meyer
“The problem with freedom is that you just can't go back. Once people see what it means to be free people, you can't go back. So they're going to keep nattering on about this and that, and maybe they'll make another stab at de-funding the fabulous Planned Parenthood or something of the sort. To my mind, it's just not going to work.” PeopleMindMeanProblemParenthoodFabulousGoing To WorkFundingPlanned Parenthood Author:Anna Quindlen
“As I said, I had this fabulous college education. At college I met the man to whom I've been married for 34 years and who is the father of those three kids. I seriously considered going to another college, and my life would have been completely different in every way.” MenWayYearsHas BeensSaidDifferentKidsThreeFatherCollegeHe ManMetsMarriedFabulousCollege Education Author:Anna Quindlen
“Vaclav Havel was the most amazing man in terms of being the combination of somebody with massive moral authority, great courage for having espoused the concepts of democracy, freedom throughout a very difficult communist period, a very modest man, and somebody with a fabulous sense of humor and the idea of being able to see the absurd in situations.” MenIdeasAbleDifficultTermSituationMoralDemocracyPeriodsAuthorityConceptsAbsurdCombinationMassiveSense Of HumorCommunistModestFabulousMost AmazingDemocracy FreedomMoral AuthorityAmazing Man Author:Judy Woodruff
“In hindsight I can see that my love for the arts began by watching my father and his colleagues perform on stage in Jamaica, and running a muck among the exhibits of fabulous Jamaican art at the National Gallery while mum was upstairs curating.” ArtI CanRunningFatherStageArt IsMumColleaguesFabulousGalleryExhibitsHindsightUpstairsJamaicaJamaicans Author:Michael Hyatt
“If you have enough people sitting around telling you you're wonderful, then you start believing you're fabulous, then someone tells you you stink and you believe that too!” PeopleIfsBelieveEnoughBusinessWonderfulSittingCriticismFabulousStinkSitting AroundBelive Author:Angelina Jolie
“I love the studio system. Love that studio system and all their money. They're great; I think they're fabulous . You know, what it is right now is I feel like I'm still learning as a filmmaker, I'm still starting out.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsStillsRight NowStartingStudiosFilmmakerFabulousStarting Out Author:Katie Aselton
“I think the thing that would interest me would be to appear in a period piece where you'd get to dress in an elaborate costume and say nothing but just look fabulous and have a fancy role.” ThinkingLooksWould BeInterestRolesPiecesPeriodsDressesFancyFabulousCostumes Author:Ian Astbury
“My daughter wrote a book. She is a New York Times Bestselling Author. Fabulous. Couldn't be more proud. She also has no health insurance. A 401 K? Dream on! My daughter left her stable corporate job to be a writer without dental benefits or a savings account, a.k.a. my worst nightmare.” BookDreamJobsLeftWorstNew YorkProudBenefitsDaughterAccountsSavingCorporateNightmareMy DaughterStableFabulousSavingsNew York TimesDentalWorst NightmaresSavings Accounts Author:Kate Siegel
“What we love is that Glenn Geller admits to being a superfan of Big Brother and obviously he seems to be a big fan of reality TV, which is fabulous. He's been really, really excited and has just been smiling through all of our meetings so it's always a lot of fun.” BigsRealitySeemsFunLove IsFansBrotherTvsMeetingsExcitedFabulousReality Tv Author:Allison Grodner
“Wouldn't it be just great if somebody could actually get elected without having to spend all that time raising money? Wouldn't it be great if somebody could get elected president without having to pay all the donors back? Wouldn't it be fabulous if somebody could get elected president without this giant due bill?” IfsPresidentPayBillsDuesGiantsFabulousDonorsRaising Money Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We live in a beauty-obsessed culture, which on one hand is absolutely fabulous, but on the flip side, is also dangerously extreme.” HandsCultureSidesExtremesObsessedFabulousFlipAbsolutely Fabulous Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I think unscripted variety television may or may not get a bad rap now, but it is a fabulous environment. It is exactly who I am, and there's so much creativity there to express.” ThinkingMayCreativityEnvironmentTelevisionRapWho I AmVarietyFabulous Author:James Pearse Connelly
“You take for granted the details that make something look real. It can still look fabulous, but if you add a light switch, a vent, or the notion of air conditioning, it can look real.” IfsLooksStillsRealLightAirAddNotionDetailsGrantedFabulousConditioningAir Conditioning Author:James Pearse Connelly
“My grandchildren are fabulous and funny.” FunnyFabulousGrandchildrenMy Grandchildren Author:Erica Jong
“I had been reading a fabulous book [The Man Verdi, by Frank Walker] about [Giuseppe] Verdi, whom I adore.” MenBookReadingHe ManFrankAdoreFabulousWalkersVerdi Author:Maurice Sendak
“I had this aunt who had a career and traveled. She'd say things like, "When you go to college, I think we should go scuba diving in the summer. The scuba diving in Portugal is fabulous." And I'd be like, "Portugal! Holy cats!".” ThinkingShouldCareersCollegeHolySummerCatTraveledFabulousAuntDivingPortugalScubaScuba Diving Author:Geena Davis
“I loved working with my brother [Beau] and my father [Lloyd] whenever that happened. I had a wonderful experience making "The Fabulous Baker Boys," which I felt was a great movie, too.” FatherFeltBoysWonderfulHappenedBrotherMy BrotherFabulousBakersWonderful Experience Author:Jeff Bridges
“I read Eve Ensler and thought it was fabulous. Not only that, but it was really the only thing I could relate to about cancer.” CancerRelateFabulous Author:Natalie Goldberg
“The challenge was the opportunity. When I read the first draft of Steve Kloves' fabulous adaptation - I hadn't read [Michael] Chabon's book at that time - what I was immediately captivated by was this group of characters that were at once so engaging and so messed up.” FirstsBookCharacterOpportunityChallengesGroupsFabulousEngagingAdaptationMessed UpCaptivated Author:Curtis Hanson
“Just take ease of interchange between people. Your email is of course faster than letter - on the other hand the transition from sailing ship to telegraphs was far greater than the shift from the postal service to email. That was a fabulous change. If you sent a letter to England, instead of waiting a couple of months for a response you got it instantly. That's a huge change. Every one of these changes of course increases opportunities and also increases means of control and domination.” PeopleIfsMeanHandsCoursesOpportunityWaitingGreaterHugeMonthsCoupleLettersIncreaseEnglandResponseShipsFasterEaseTransitionSailingFabulousEmailDominationTelegraphSailing ShipsInterchangePostal ServiceHuge Changes Author:Noam Chomsky
“I came from a very comfortable, middle-class family living in Highland Park, Illinois.Really growing up in a Jewish community with a fabulous public school.” SchoolCommunityClassGrowing UpGrowingMiddleComfortableParksMiddle ClassFabulousPublic SchoolIllinoisMiddle Class FamilyJewish Community Author:Jill Stein
“We have a deal. And so there's movement towards a peace agreement, you know, a peace accord, a cease-fire, which is great. That's fabulous. It's unfortunate that we're also bombing Syria together [with Russians], and in my view we need - what we need to do together is create a weapons embargo together and get all the parties with the program here, and also collaborate on a freeze on the bank accounts of those countries that continue to fund terrorist enterprises, the No. 1 source of that being the Saudis.” KnowsNeedsCountryTogetherViewsDealsPartyFireMovementSourceWeaponsProgramAccountsTerroristCeaseEnterpriseAgreementFundUnfortunateSyriaFabulousAccordFreezeBombingSaudisBank AccountsEmbargo Author:Jill Stein
“In publishing books and winning awards, it's like you've enjoyed this meal, you know, two months ago. How long can you be nourished by thinking about it? You've already ingested it, and you've excreted it, and that was two months ago. You had this fabulous meal. It's not going to keep you satiated today. You have to go out and get your next meal. For me, that's writing. I have to go out and hunt my next meal.” ThinkingKnowsWritingLongTwoBookTodayNextWinningLike YouMonthsEnjoyedMealsAwardsPublishingFabulousHuntsTwo MonthsPublishing BooksWinning Awards Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“Coming from the theatre I have played some fabulous characters where I get to wear gowns and I get to be a princess or someone from the 1920s, or I get to wear showgirl costumes. I'm used to wearing a wardrobe that changes how I feel.” FeelsCharacterUsedTheatrePrincessFabulousCostumesWardrobeGowns Author:Sutton Foster
“Michelle Landr is a fabulous member of Parliament. She is a true representative of that community. She's a classic middle-of-the-road Australian who represents the interests of her community with passion and with a lot of common sense.” PassionInterestCommunityCommonMiddleMembersCommon SenseClassicRepresentativesFabulousParliamentAustralianMiddle Of The RoadMembers Of Parliament Author:George Brandis
“I think it's good that you test the reality that surrounds you in your neighbourhood with the reality as it is in other parts of the world; you come up with a better judgment. I'm not meaning that literally you can only do that and not go to school at all but in terms of enrichment of a personality I think it's a fabulous thing.” ThinkingWorldRealitySchoolTermPersonalityJudgmentTestsCome UpSurroundFabulousEnrichmentNeighbourhoods Author:Pierre Trudeau
“Wayne Wang, the director of Because of Winn-Dixie the movie, understood the book and transferred as much of the feeling of the book onto film as humanly possible. I think he did a fabulous job. And also I'm thrilled because the movie brings people to the book - people that wouldn't know about the book - and that's a great thing.” PeopleThinkingKnowsBookFeelingsJobsFilmDirectorsUnderstoodGreat ThingsFabulousWayneDixie Author:Kate DiCamillo
“Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read with them and to let their kids see them reading books for their own pleasure.” ShouldImportantBookStoriesKidsReadingParentCan DoPleasureWonderfulImportant ThingsReading BooksFabulousWonderful Things Author:Kate DiCamillo
“There's nothing more fabulous than an adult saying to you, "I think that you might like this one [book]." So I'm grateful every time that happens. It's an amazing thing that people care that passionately.” PeopleThinkingBookMightHappensCareAdultsGratefulFabulousAmazing Things Author:Kate DiCamillo
“A couple of years ago my friend and business partner Jeffrey Richards was doing the Gore Vidal play, The Best Man, starring James Earl Jones. I asked Jeffrey out to lunch and asked him what he thought of James playing Grandpa in You Can't Take It With You. Jeffrey thought it was a fabulous idea and so did James.” MenYearsIdeasPlayCoupleMy FriendsYears AgoPartnersLunchFabulousGoreGrandpaBusiness Partners Author:Chris Hart
“I want to direct and work with the youngins and the fabulous actors of today.” WantTodayActorsDirectFabulous Author:Pam Grier
“Actually, I had a really nice part in that movie [Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains]. I mean, I have, like, one second in the final-cut version, where I say "You're fired" to Diane Lane. That's about all you see of me.” MeanNiceCuttingFinalsVersionsGentlemanFabulousLanesReally NiceStainsLadies And Gentlemen Author:Brent Spiner
“The woman who wrote the movie [Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains], her name is Nancy Dowd. She's a wonderful writer. She wrote Coming Home. And when I read the script, at that time, I thought, "This movie is going to do for girls what Breaking Away did for boys." I thought it was going to be huge. It was a great script.” HomeGirlNamesBoysWonderfulHugeScriptsGentlemanComing HomeFabulousStainsNancyLadies And GentlemenBreaking Away Author:Brent Spiner
“It was a fabulous experience shooting [in the Aviator], working with Leo [DiCaprio] and Danny Huston in the scene. It was great. I think what was most eye-opening about it was that [Martin] Scorsese was just like any good director you work with.” ThinkingEyeSceneDirectorsOpeningShootingFabulousEye OpeningGood DirectorsAviatorScorseseLeo Dicaprio Author:Brent Spiner
“Obviously, ["Fences"] is a character-driven piece in every sense of the word, and Denzel [Washington] knows the actor. He gave us two weeks of rehearsal. He is a truth teller, and he is a truth seer. So he knows when something is not going in the right direction, and he will call you on it. But, he knows the word to use to unlock whatever is blocking you. So I think he's fabulous and he's a teacher.” ThinkingKnowsTwoCharacterUseActorsTeacherPiecesWeekDrivenBlockFenceFabulousRehearsalTwo WeeksRight DirectionSeersDenzel Author:Viola Davis
“I would like to say something deeper, but for me, I saw a production of "Fences" in Rhode Island and a fabulous actress played Rose, but when she first came on the stage she was mad. You could just see it. She was all, "Troy stop!" So by the time you get to the revelation scene, I didn't think she loved him, so there was no loss. I think that the real tragedy and the real drama or the thing that makes you lean in is to see the love, to see the commitment. To see the fact that Rose is invested in this marriage no matter what.” ThinkingFirstsRealMatterFactsLossSawsStageDramaSceneCommitmentTragedyNo Matter WhatMadRoseProductionsDeeperActressesIslandsRevelationsFenceFabulousRhode Island Author:Viola Davis
“Elephant Man [movie] was much more difficult physically. This had a couple of days. It was quite tricky. I had my leg strapped up behind me and I am a little older now. It was all marvelous, though. He [Bong Joon-ho] is one of the most fabulous directors in the world.” MenWorldLittlesDifficultBehindsCoupleDirectorsLegsMarvelousElephantsFabulousTrickyBongsElephant Man Author:John Hurt
“I'm a big fan of Lady Gaga. I think she's kinda what modeling is about in a way: Unique-ness, different-ness, edginess, quirkiness is actually special and I think her message is - I wouldn't say it's exactly like my message - but there are similarities in embracing your uniqueness. When she talks about being born this way, I really think she's absolutely fabulous.” ThinkingWayDifferentBigsBornFansSpecialMessagesUniqueUniquenessFabulousModelingSimilarityGagaBorn This WayEdginessAbsolutely Fabulous Author:Tyra Banks
“I remember when you could dress for a premiere just by putting on a cute top. Now you have to be perfect and fabulous in every way, or you're ridiculed.” WayRememberPerfectDressesCuteFabulousRemember WhenPremieres Author:Julia Roberts
“This crazy ban on the seven states, where we can't accept immigrants, almost every analyst points out the obvious: It just increases the threat of terror. It lays the basis for terror. It's just like the atrocities in Abu Ghraib and Bagram and Guantanamo. They're the most fabulous recruiting techniques for Al Qaeda and ISIS.” StatesAcceptingCrazyBasesIncreaseLaysThreatSevenTerrorObviousTechniqueImmigrantsAlsFabulousIsisBansAl QaedaAtrocitiesAnalystsGuantanamoAbu Ghraib Author:Noam Chomsky
“Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades.” TryingBigsCrazyKeysShadeFabulousJackieJackie O Author:Alicia Keys
“I look for roles that resonate with me these days. While I love putting out just fabulous entertainment, I think now as artists, especially with so much uncertainty going on in the world, you want to be a part of things that offer or promote healing in some way and perhaps a little introspection once you leave.” ThinkingWorldWayWantLooksLittlesArtistHealingRolesOffersEntertainmentUncertaintyThese DaysIntrospectionFabulous Author:Octavia Spencer
“Two World Wars are sufficient and we are the ones who supported this notion of a united Europe, so there would never be another set of civil wars in Europe again, ever. That was a fabulous success. It was so fabulous that people now take it for granted.” PeopleWorldTwoWarUnitedEuropeNotionGrantedWar Of The WorldsSufficientCivil WarFabulousTwo Worlds Author:Daniel Fried