“I have permits to be the first person in the world to walk across the Grand Canyon so that's a process we'll start working on. I'd say within three to five years I'll accomplish that as well.” WorldYearsFirstsWellsPersonsThreeProcessWalksFiveAccomplishFive YearsPermitFirst PersonCanyonsGrand Canyon Author:Nik Wallenda
“Writing books isn't a drastic departure from writing for the stage. I've always written in the long format, five, eight, 10-minute pieces rather than one-liners, so since writing books, the process hasn't changed much. A piece in my live routine can end up as part of one of my HBO specials, and it can also end up in one of the books.” WritingLongBookEndsProcessFivePiecesWrittenMinutesStageChangedEightRoutineWriting A BookDepartureFormatOne LinerHboDrastic Author:George Carlin
“I wanted to keep the music very electronic, very filmic, and give it an almost sci-fi like quality. Music is a necessity for me. I go into the studio at least five days a week, every week, so once I had the idea and the template, the process was quick and fun.” GivingIdeasWantedFunProcessQualityFiveWeekMusic IsStudiosSci FiQuality Music Author:Martin Gore
“The Christmas presents once opened are Not So Much Fun as they were while we were in the process of examining, lifting, shaking, thinking about, and opening them. Three hundred sixty-five days later, we try again and find that the same thing has happened. Each time the goal is reached, it becomes Not So Much Fun, and we're off to reach the next one, then the next one, then the next.” ThinkingTryingThreeNextFunProcessGoalFiveHappenedHundredOpeningSixtyShakingLiftingTry AgainExaminingThe Next OneChristmas Present Author:Benjamin Hoff
“I've lived through the shooting of movie, the editing and every other process along the way, so it's not for me to really judge it. I'll probably look at it again five years from now to get a fresh feel for it.” WayFeelsYearsLooksProcessFiveJudgingShootingFive YearsEditing Author:Clint Eastwood
“I use to watch like maybe three or four movies, five days out of the week. I was a movie buff, but I really didn't know what it was like behind the scenes, or the whole political process of it.” KnowsWholeUsePoliticalThreeProcessBehindsWatchesFiveFourWeekSceneBehind The Scenes Author:Michelle Rodriguez
“I try to see what the dream might be referring to - because the information in the world is being interpreted by my brain which only has the concepts derived from our five senses. So I think of the sequences in my dream as my brain doing its very best to process information in a way it knows I can deal with.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayTryingI CanDreamMightProcessDealsBrainFiveInformationConceptsSensesSequenceReferringFive Senses Author:Amy Hardie
“I've also learned to only write songs and melodies that really work for my voice and that I won't have issues doing live. Because you can get really, really comfortable in the comping process: out of five takes, maybe one of those high notes that you struggled to do, nailed it, and then live you're having that challenge of really having to recreate that.” WritingSongProcessVoiceChallengesIssuesFiveComfortableNotesMelodyGet RealHigh Notes Author:Solange Knowles
“While writing is a mystical process, it's also work. If you show up to work five days in a row, nobody's going to pat you on the back - everyone does that. Well, do that with your writing. Just show up. Be there for it. When you get an idea, write it down somewhere and then be a steward of that idea.” IfsWritingWellsDoeIdeasShowsProcessFiveMysticalStewards Author:John Darnielle
“The soul is that part of us that is immortal. It existed before the personality was born and it will exist after the personality is gone. The personality is an energy tool of the soul that is temporary. Through it we learn in this domain of the five senses. We learn through what we create and the impact that it has on us. This process is becoming conscious.” SoulEnergyProcessBornGoneFivePersonalityBecomingConsciousToolsImpactSensesImmortalTemporaryDomainFive Senses Author:Gary Zukav
“I was in correspondence with an anonymous source for about five months and in the process of developing a dialogue you build ideas, of course, about who that person might be. My idea was that he was in his late forties, early fifties. I figured he must be Internet generation because he was super tech-savvy, but I thought that, given the level of access and information he was able to discuss, he had to be older.” PersonsIdeasMightAbleCoursesGivenProcessLevelsFiveGenerationsInformationSourceMonthsInternetLateAccessDialogueDevelopingFortyCorrespondenceSavvy Author:Laura Poitras
“Because, we assume, these days, you just get in a car, you turn the key, and woosh, you're up the road. Or even now, dare I say, you don't turn a key; you get in a car and you're up the road. And yet with this particular car, it was a five-step process to start it. So how do I let the reader know that?” KnowsTurnsProcessStepsFiveCarParticularKeysReaderAssumingDareThese Days Author:Jacqueline Winspear
“The second term of the Bush administration and first five years of the Obama presidency have been devoted to codifying and institutionalizing the vast and unchecked powers that are typically vested in leaders in the name of war. Those powers of secrecy, indefinite detention, mass surveillance, and due-process-free assassination are not going anywhere. They are now permanent fixtures not only in the US political system but, worse, in American political culture.” YearsFirstsHas BeensWarPoliticalCultureNamesProcessTermLeaderFiveMassDuesAdministrationPermanentFive YearsDevotedPresidencySecrecySurveillancePolitical SystemsAssassinationDetentionDue ProcessFixturePolitical Culture Author:Glenn Greenwald
“Warren Buffett has said many times that people either get value investing in five minutes or they won't get it in five years. So, there is something in the human brain, that for some of us, makes all the difference in the world right away and the patience it requires is part of the wiring process.” PeopleWorldYearsHumansSaidValuesProcessDifferencesBrainFiveMinutesInvestingFive YearsFive MinutesHuman BrainBuffettWiringWarren Buffet Author:Mohnish Pabrai
“I went to network on a handful of pilots, and going to network is the most stressful situation anybody can ever be in. You're supposed to be on point, you're supposed to be at the top of your game, the funniest you can be, in about five minutes, in front of people wearing suits who really don't care, and they've probably already picked their person, but they have to see a handful just to satisfy the process. It's the most horrible, horrible process known to man. I wouldn't want anybody to go through it.” PeopleMenWantPersonsCareGamesProcessSituationKnownFiveMinutesFrontsDon't CareHorribleSuitsSupposed To BePilotsFive MinutesHandfulStressfulStressful SituationsWearing A Suit Author:Andy Dick
“Most of the time, it just sat there in my body, until the weekend. After five or six takes of crying, your body does not want to cry anybody. Your body is like, "I'm over this, can we start laughing, or something?," but you have to keep the emotion. It's a really weird process and it definitely just stays with you.” WantDoeBodyProcessEmotionLaughingFiveCrySixYour BodySatWeekendReally Weird Author:Tinsel Korey
“I have been trying to heal my body from surgeries over the last five years - from my broken leg, tonsillectomy, wisdom teeth, eagle syndrome and hip. Needless to say, it's been a very painful process.” TryingYearsHas BeensBodyLastsProcessFiveBrokenPainfulLegsHealTeethHipsFive YearsSurgeryEaglesSyndromesLast Five YearsBroken Leg Author:John Michael Montgomery
“There are always things I have to remove. I might look at a shot for five months, when somebody new to the screening room will say, 'hey, there's a modern air conditioner in that window.' It's a process.” LooksMightProcessRoomsFiveAirModernMonthsShotsWindowHeyRemoveScreeningAir Conditioner Author:Todd Haynes