“I don't write from dreams because I don't remember mine, but I had a fragment of an image left about twins, whose father was telling them how their lives were going to go for the next eight years. I wrote a scene about that, and then another and then another and then another, and after five months I had 732 pages.” WritingYearsDreamRememberNextFatherLeftFiveMinesMonthsScenePagesEightTwinsFragments Author:Tamora Pierce
“I spent two months in Fredericksburg, Texas, when I was 8, while my father shot a movie, and I loved it. I just embraced the whole cowboy culture. I got myself a pair of awesome boots and a cowboy hat.” TwoWholeCultureFatherMonthsShotsHatsPairsTexasBootsCowboyTwo MonthsCowboy Hat Author:Alexander Skarsgard
“My all-time low is 62 at Bel-Air, but it was in match play, and I had two putts given to me from four feet. I'm playing only about once or twice a month. Full-time job. Full-time father. Full-time blonde.” TwoPlayJobsFatherGivenFourAirFeetMonthsLowsAll TimeBlondeFull Time JobsAll Time Low Author:Jack Wagner
“At 20, I realized that I could not possibly adjust to a feminine role as conceived by my father and asked him permission to engage in a professional career. In eight months I filled my gaps in Latin, Greek and mathematics, graduated from high school, and entered medical school in Turin.” SchoolFatherCareersRolesMonthsHigh SchoolMathematicsFilledEightMedicalI RealizedGreekFeminineLatinGapsPermissionMedical SchoolProfessional Career Author:Rita Levi-Montalcini
“Emotional healing is almost always a process. It takes time. There is a very important reason for this. Our heavenly Father is not only wanting to free us from the pain of past wounds, he is also desirous of bringing us into maturity, both spiritually and emotionally. That takes time, because we need time to learn to make the right choices. He loves us enough to take the months and years necessary to not only heal our wounds, but also build our character. Without growth of character we will get wounded again.” NeedsYearsImportantReasonEnoughCharacterPainPastChoicesFatherProcessGrowthHealingEmotionalMonthsWoundsHealMaturityHeavenlyTake TimeWoundedHeavenly FatherTime Of NeedIt Takes TimeRight ChoicesMake The Right Choice Author:Floyd McClung
“It's nine months before the election and Bush's poll numbers have fallen to the exact level that his father's poll numbers were nine months before he lost to Bill Clinton. Today front runner John Kerry said he's not superstitious, but just to be on the safe side, he's going to start f---ing everything that moves.” SaidTodayMovingFatherLostSidesLevelsNumbersFrontsMonthsSafeElectionBillsClintonNineFallenRunnersPollsSuperstitiousJohn KerryNine Months Author:Bill Maher
“Several weeks of summer vacation in the Thirties I spent working at $15 a week in the FORBES office.... I worked in the mail cage, where envelopes were slit and subscription payments extracted. Dad used to come pounding down the office aisle and pause long enough to ask, How much today? Inevitably the answer was inadequate-except once. That day the controller said excitedly, Mr. Forbes, the ledger shows a slight profit this month! ... My father turned to him and said, Young man, I don't give a damn what your books show. Do we have any money in the bank?” MenGivingLongSaidBookEnoughShowsTodayYoungUsedAsksFatherAnswersWeekMonthsDadOfficeSummerProfitDamnYoung ManVacationMailPausesCagesPaymentInadequateEnvelopesAisleSlitsForbesDon't Give A DamnControllersI Don't Give A DamnSubscriptionSummer Vacation Author:Malcolm Forbes
“In the months ahead, I will leave the Department of Justice, but I will never -- I will never -- leave the work. I will continue to serve and try to find ways to make our nation even more true to its founding ideals.” WayTryingFatherPoliticsNationsLeadershipWorkJusticeHistoryDemocracyPolicyMonthsIdealsConstitutionStrategyIdeologyDepartmentFounding Author:Eric Holder
“My father was a prosperous hatter-farmer - making hats for the local markets during the winter months, tilling his little ten-acre farm during the summer time.” LittlesFatherMonthsTenSummerWinterLocalsHatsFarmsFarmersProsperousAcresWinter MonthsSummer Time Book:An Artilleryman's Civil War Diary (Abridged, Annotated) Source: An Artilleryman's Civil War Diary (Abridged, Annotated)
“I calculated the amount of time I spent with my father during my entire life... the total amount of time I had with him, if you add up the hours, was about two months. My father was a busy man... we had very few opportunities to really sit down and talk as father and son.” IfsMenTwoFatherOpportunityHoursSonMonthsAmountDown AndAddBusyTwo MonthsFather And SonBusy Man Author:Mohammed Reza Pahlavi