“First of all I have to ask myself what am I trying to say and who am I trying to tell the story to. So if it's just 300 words going in the Independent it's very much where, what, who and when - fantastic. If there's a little bit more scope, if I've been given 1500 words by the sports editor, and I can have a little bit of fun, then I need to maybe entertain, include some different stuff.” IfsNeedsTryingFirstsLittlesI CanDifferentStoriesAsksGivenFunStuffBitsSportsLittle BitIndependentFantasticEditorsScope Author:Steve Bunce
“I've given parties that have made Indian rajahs green with envy. I've had prima donnas break $10,000 engagements to come to my smallest dinners. When you were still playing button back in Ohio, I entertained on a cruising trip that was so much fun that I had to sink my yacht to make my guests go home.” MadeStillsHomeGivenFunPartyBreakGreenDinnerEnvyRecognitionIndianEngagementGuestsSmallestPopularityButtonsOhioYachtPrima Donnas Book:The Crack-up Source: The Crack-up
“Basketball has always and will always come first to me but it's also given me the chance to do really fun things and work with really fun people and its something I'm lucky to have.” PeopleFirstsGivenFunChanceLuckyBasketballFun Things Author:Blake Griffin
“Even if the absence of evidence for a given god were not evidence of its absence, it would still be evidence that the belief in that god is unreasonable. That's the only proposition that any atheist of any kind has to demonstrate in order to win the argument. Because anything beyond that... is just having fun.” IfsKindStillsOrderWinningBeliefGivenFunEvidenceArgumentAtheistAbsenceHaving FunPropositionsUnreasonableJust Have Fun Author:Scott Clifton
“Quiet people, people who arent given to emotional outbursts, people who are economic with words - theyre also fun to play, but you find yourself needing a laser precision in those roles. Otherwise you just sort of stand around, looking slightly brain-dead. You worry about being uninteresting.” PeoplePlayGivenFunBrainRolesWorryEconomicEmotionalQuietFinding YourselfPrecisionLasersOutburstQuiet PeopleBrain DeadEmotional Outbursts Author:Damian Lewis
“The biggest message I've given our team, and I think it's really important, is first of all, no one can take away what happened last year. It's obviously a fun year, a terrific year. But I think a big mistake would be to try to compare themselves or ourselves to last year's team. I think the key really is, and I told them this: for you as a group, you're a different team.” ThinkingTryingYearsFirstsImportantDifferentBigsWould BeLastsGivenFunMistakeHappenedGroupsTeamKeysMessagesCompareLast YearTerrificBig Mistake Author:Tony Bennett
“Sometimes you're working in highly emotional scenes and you'll get lost in the moment. You're having fun with your friend at work. It's an opportunity to give to them as much as they've given back to you.” GivingSometimesMomentsOpportunityLostGivenFunEmotionalSceneHaving FunWorking It Author:Milo Ventimiglia
“An insult comic is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings.” PeopleGivenFunComicTitlesInsultSurroundingsExaggeration Author:Don Rickles
“What frustrated us about the song [Robots] was not that it existed - we owe a lot to that song and have had a ton of fun playing it. The problem was that it was a "given".It was like everyone was waiting for it to happen, and then it better be as crazy as the time they saw it before. Started to feel like dancing monkeys.” FeelsProblemHappensSongGivenFunWaitingSawsCrazyDancingFrustratedMonkeysRobots Author:Dan Mangan