“The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time. I was drawn to it because of the power of the writing, which gives me the actor a chance to explore many facets of myself.” GivingWritingLongPlayActorsChancePiecesLong TimeGive MeComicDramaticFacets Author:Linda Lavin
“Since there were others, a long time ago, who were kind enough to give me a hard time and allow me to study with them, I try and express the same Buddhist courtesy.” GivingTryingKindLongHardEnoughStudyBuddhismLong TimeGive MeBuddhistHard TimesCourtesyLong Time AgoRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“Being in New York and having worked at Time Out New York and then being at Time, living in New York for a long time has helped because I know everybody. And they're the people who call me and give me jobs. So that kind of real networking, which is just living in a place and having jobs where people around you are extremely successful, has helped me tremendously.” PeopleKnowsGivingKindLongRealJobsSuccessfulNew YorkLong TimeGive MeCall MeNetworking Author:Joel Stein
“When you give me something that I love, then I spend a long time drilling down on it and figuring out what it is I love about it.” GivingLongLong TimeGive MeDrilling Author:Mark Waid
“One thing that I've been doing for a long time is to wake up really early. I try to get up around 4 or 5 in the morning, long before most of my lab members are up, which gives me some quiet time to really think without distraction. I think that's important.” ThinkingGivingTryingLongImportantMorningOne ThingQuietMembersLong TimeGive MeWake UpGet UpDistractionLabsQuiet Time Author:Edward Boyden
“I breathe in. The water will wash my wounds clean. I breathe out. My mother submerged me in water when I was a baby, to give me to God. It has been a long time since I thought about God, but I think about him now. It is only natural. I am glad, suddenly, that I shot Eric in the foot instead of the head.” ThinkingGivingLongHas BeensMotherWaterNaturalFeetBabyLong TimeShotsGive MeCleanBreatheWoundsGladEricSubmerged Author:Veronica Roth
“He gives me a conflicted look and touches his lips to my forehead, right between my eyebrows. I close my eyes. I don't understand this, whatever it is. But I don't want to ruin it, so I say nothing. He doesn't move; he just stays there with his mouth pressed to my skin, and I stay there with my hands on his waist, for a long time.” WantGivingLooksLongHandsEyeMovingLong TimeMouthsSkinsGive MeLipsRuinsEyebrowsForeheads Author:Veronica Roth
“When you stand out there," John continues in a hoarse voice, "keep your chin up, all right? Don't let them get to you." "I won't." "Make them work for it. Punch someone if you have to." John gives me a sad, crooked smile. "You're a scary kid. So scare them. Okay? All the way until the end." For the first time in a long time, I feel like a little brother. I have to swallow hard to keep my eyes dry. "Okay," I whisper.” IfsWayGivingFeelsFirstsLittlesLongEndsHardEyeKidsVoiceBrotherLong TimeFirst TimeOkayGive MeScaryDryScareStanding OutChinsCrookedLittle BrotherChin UpCrooked SmilesHoarse Voice Author:Marie Lu
“For myself, I long ago decided that I would rather know the truth than be happy in ignorance. If I can not have both truth and happiness, give me truth. We’ll have a long time to be happy in heaven.” IfsKnowsGivingLongI CanHeavenIgnoranceLong TimeDecidedGive MeLong AgoCan Not Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“I sort of gave up on this whole human adventure a long time ago, divorced myself from it emotionally. It gives me an artistic detachment that I find valuable. I think the human race has squandered its gift, and I think this country has squandered its promise, for the sake of cell phones and Jet Skis.” ThinkingGivingHumansLongCountryWholeRaceAdventurePromiseLong TimeGive MeSakePhonesValuableCellsArtisticHuman RaceDivorcedLong Time AgoDetachmentGave UpJetCell PhoneSkis Author:George Carlin