“My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky.” WritingYearsFirstsMadeBookThreeFiveLuckyHusbandFive YearsThree YearsHousewife Author:Judith Perelman Rossner
“Don't let your present problems defeat you. The Chinese have a saying that if you live with a disaster for three years it will turn into a blessing. Look back in your own life at what appeared to be a devastating situation five or ten years ago. Many of those situations were the turning point that caused a number of great things to happen in your future. Regardless of what happens today, realize it is the beginning of something good.” IfsYearsLooksProblemHappensTodayTurnsThreeRealizingNumbersSituationFiveBlessingTenYears AgoDefeatDisasterGreat ThingsChineseOur FutureThree YearsEncouragingYour FutureTurning Points Author:Bob Proctor
“So I just took some time off. I was maybe going to do two or three years and it turned into five years. But certainly, I'd say it was the best thing I ever did. And now I come back to this whole thing really energized about it.” YearsTwoWholeThreeFiveBest ThingsFive YearsThree YearsTime Off Author:Woody Harrelson
“I have a lot left. There's only four or five good centers in the league and I'm in that number. ... I've been in it for 17 years but I've missed three years because of injury. If you do the math, I've still got three years left. You got that?” IfsYearsStillsThreeLeftNumbersFiveFourBasketballMathLeagueInjuryThree Years Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“No one can see ahead three years, let alone five or ten. Competition, new inventions - all kinds of things - can change the situation in twelve months.” YearsKindThreeSituationFiveMonthsTenCompetitionInventionAll KindsThree YearsTwelveNew Inventions Author:Thomas Rowe Price, Jr.
“I've written five books, a book every three years. I'm fairly lazy and it doesn't take that much...people who are not lazy are Isaac Asimov.” PeopleYearsBookThreeFiveWrittenLazyThree YearsIsaac Author:Ethan Canin
“Obviously this stuff takes a bit of planning, but I've always been someone that sets achievable short-term goals. I've never been someone that's had a five-year plan, or a three-year plan. That just seems to lead to a lot of disappointment, and doesn't give you the chance to be flexible. So I've just always been someone that's sort of reassessed where I'm at, and set goals that are realistic. And luckily, I've had plenty of chances to recalibrate and adjust, and good fortune's come my way.” WayGivingYearsSeemsThreeStuffBitsGoalTermChanceFivePlansFortuneDisappointmentPlanningPlentyMy WayFive YearsRealisticThree YearsFlexibleSetting GoalsShort TermGood FortuneFive Year PlansShort Term Goals Author:Eric Bana
“Certainly there was the Affordable Care Act part, then unaccompanied children [there has been a surge of children entering the country illegally and without parents, particularly in Texas], and things like, we find smallpox in an NIH lab, after 50 years? Why didn't you find it, like, five weeks ago or three years ago? There was thing after thing. But the big ones were [dealing with] the Ebola [outbreak], the unaccompanied children. [It was] perhaps a bigger challenge than I had calculated on my yellow pad as I was thinking about this role.” ThinkingYearsChildrenHas BeensCountryBigsCareThreeParentChallengesRolesFiveWeekYears AgoBiggerTexasYellowThree YearsEnteringAffordableLabsPadsEbolaOutbreaksSmallpoxAffordable Care Act Author:Sylvia Mathews Burwell
“What's difficult for American audiences is that they're used to a system here where you can get an actor for five years or even seven, and that is signed for at the audition. Whereas in England, no agent will give you an actor for more than three years.” GivingYearsUsedThreeActorsDifficultAudienceFiveEnglandSevenAgentsFive YearsThree YearsAuditions Author:Julian Fellowes
“The gypsy in my soul is living on the road again, ... When I first started my career, I was on the road for about five or six years straight, not living anywhere. Thirty-three years later, I`ve come full circle.” YearsFirstsSoulThreeCareersFiveSixCirclesMy SoulThirtyThree YearsLiving OnGypsyFull Circle Author:Maureen McGovern