“because the theater lost a Barrymore every time a Southerner decided not to go on the stage, just about anything that comes out of a Southern mouth is bound to be a ringing line.” LostLinesStageGoes OnMouthsDecidedTheaterBoundsSouthernSoutherner Book:Southern Ladies & Gentlemen Source: Southern Ladies & Gentlemen
“I weighed 193 pounds and had three chins. I couldn't get up before 9 a.m. and never saw patients before 10. I decided to go on a diet.” ThreeSawsGoes OnDecidedPatientGet UpDietsPoundsChins Author:Robert Atkins
“I used to do Korean classical music and started training to join an idol group after someone set me up an interview with my current agency. The common thing between Korean classical music and becoming a singer is that I get to go on stage which why I decided to get professional training for K-pop music without holding any bias.” UsedCommonGroupsStageGoes OnBecomingTrainingDecidedCurrentsPopsSingersAgencyInterviewsIdolsBiasClassical MusicPop MusicKoreanCommon ThingsProfessional Training Author:Kim Him-chan
“It stung this new rejection, but it was also a relief to put an end to the ambiguity and incertitude. I had been deceiving myself the day I decided I could master the art of detachment, or maybe the mistake was to allow things to go on in that vein for as long as they had.” LongArtEndsMistakeMastersGoes OnDecidedRejectionReliefDeceivingVeinsDetachmentAmbiguity Author:Catherine Sanderson
“That was a really interesting series [Threshold ] that I think would've been really great had it continued. I know Brannon Braga, who was running the show at the time, had a lot of really interesting ideas for what was going to happen the second, third, fourth, and fifth seasons, and they had it really planned out what was going to go on. But CBS just decided to pull the plug on it.” ThinkingKnowsIdeasShowsHappensRunningInterestingGoes OnDecidedThirdsSeasonsSeriesFourthReally GreatFifthReally InterestingThresholdPlugsInteresting Ideas Author:Brent Spiner
“Work hard on each opinion, but once the case is decided, don't look back; go on to the next case and give it your all. It's not productive to worry about what's out and released, over and done. That's advice I now give to people new to the judging business.” PeopleGivingLooksHardDoneNextOpinionCasesWorryAdviceJudgingHard WorkGoes OnDecidedProductiveGive It Your All Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided that kids could relate more to someone their own age than an adult. So suddenly all these previously grownup comics were lousy with sidekicks: Aquagirl, Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Stripesy... the list goes on.” KidsAgeInterestGoes OnAdultsDecidedListsRelateFlashRobinsGrownupsSidekicks Author:J. Michael Straczynski