“She never managed to find herself in these books no matter how hard she tried, exhuming traits from between the pages and donning them for an hour, a day, a week. We think in some ways, we have all done this our whole lives, searching for the book that will give us the keys to ourselves, let us into a wholly formed personality as though it were a furnished room to let. As though we could walk in and look around and say to the gray-haired landlady behind us, "We'll take it."” ThinkingWayGivingLooksBookMatterHardDoneWholeHoursWalksRoomsBehindsWeekKeysPersonalityPagesWhole LifeGrayTraitsSister Author:Eleanor Brown
“I turned down a movie this summer because it was nine weeks in Vancouver and my oldest daughter is 14. I've got four more summers with her. I'm not giving away nine weeks of her summer to go do a silly movie.” GivingMotherActorsFourWeekSummerDaughterSillyNineMovieTurned DownVancouverSilly Movie Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“Even having to do the amount of press that I have to do is dreadful and gives me so much anxiety. After having done this whole slew of press for 'Big Love,' now I'll have anxiety dreams for like a week and a half about all the stupid things I said.” GivingSaidDoneWholeDreamBigsHalfWeekStupidAmountAnxietyGive MePressesStupid Things Author:Chloe Sevigny
“Now I'm giving up a little in the week-to-week tournaments but reaping the benefits in the majors.” GivingLittlesWeekGiving UpBenefitsMajorsTournaments Author:Lee Westwood
“Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character.” GivingCharacterFilmWeekFrontsBehaviorSixCamerasIntimate Author:Linda Lavin
“Maternity leave is over for Tina Fey of Saturday Night Live. She'll be back behind the Weekend Update anchor desk for this week's episode, her first show since giving birth to daughter Alice on Sept. 10. I had to get back to work, .. NBC has me under contract; the baby and I have only a verbal agreement.” GivingFirstsShowsNightBehindsWeekBabyBirthDaughterAgreementGet BackContractsWeekendEpisodesDesksSaturdayAnchorsSaturday NightGiving BirthBack To WorkSaturday Night LiveNbcUpdatesMaternityFeyMaternity Leave Author:Tina Fey
“Wander a whole summer if you can. Thousands of God's blessings will search you and soak you as if you were a sponge, and the big days will go by uncounted. If you are business-tangled and so burdened by duty that only weeks can be got out of the heavy laden year, give a month at least. The time will not be taken from the sum of life. Instead of shortening, it will indefinitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.” IfsGivingYearsWholeBigsTakenWeekDutyMonthsBlessingSummerHeavyWanderImmortalTangledSponges Author:John Muir
“If women experienced the ecstasy of birth, they would have the high that would get them through the hormonal changes of the next week. Your body and your inner wisdom give you that high.” IfsGivingBodyNextWeekBirthYour BodyEcstasyNext Week Author:Christiane Northrup