“We owe it to the victims of the suicide bombers who struck London on 7 July 2005 to find out how the attacks happened and to learn the lessons that will spare lives in the future.” HappenedLessonsVictimSuicideLondonSparesJulyBombersSuicide Bombers Author:Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
“When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right.” FeltInterestingHappenedLessonsPercussionSchoolmates Author:Evelyn Glennie
“Restaurant Man is kind of the story, an unabridged story of what happened in my life, the good bad and ugly. Some people might glean some life lessons. It is honest, not written as a press release.” PeopleMenKindStoriesMightWrittenHappenedHonestLessonsPressesUglyReleaseRestaurantsLife LessonPress Release Author:Joe Bastianich
“I think by the age of about nine I recognized that there were a lot of different religions, and it was an accident I happened to be born into one of them. If I had been born somewhere else, I would have had a different one. Which is a pretty good lesson, actually. Everyone should learn that.” IfsThinkingShouldDifferentWisdomAgeReligionBornHistoryHappenedHuman NatureLessonsAccidentsNineSomewhere ElseDifferent Religions Author:Richard Dawkins
“If all this happened to you what paradigm might you develop? How might that paradigm affect you in terms of your life from that point on? What does this tell you about Abe? There are no failures, only lessons to be learned.” IfsDoeMightTermHappenedFailureLessonsParadigmNo FailureAbeLessons To Be Learned Author:Oprah Winfrey
“I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my druthers, it would never have been changed at all. What I learned from it is that today seems to be the hardest lesson of all. I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that it is not a dress rehearsal, and that today is the only guarantee you get. I learned to look at all the good in the world and to try to give some of it back because I believed in it completely and utterly.” IfsWorldWayGivingTryingYearsLooksHas BeensSeemsTodayHappenedJourneyChangedLessonsYears AgoDressesHardestGuaranteesDestinationRehearsalChanged My LifeGood In The World Author:Anna Quindlen
“I'm a great reader of history. I love - I have been reading history since I was a kid, and learning the lessons globally of what happened with people.” PeopleHas BeensKidsReadingHappenedReaderLessonsReading History Author:Warren Mundine
“My tutor was a film director on the side, and she introduced me to film. She then put me in one of her short films, and it came out of that. That's when I fell in love with the process of making a film. After that, I was about 15 and I was like, "This is what I've gotta do." So, I started taking acting lessons, and then I applied to college to do acting. I got an agent, and it all just happened.” FilmProcessSidesActingHappenedCollegeLessonsDirectorsAgentsFilm DirectorsShort FilmsTutor Author:Eve Hewson
“Whatever happened to Warren Buffett, the world's their-richest man? Guilt, a feeling of being blessed by luck, forgotten lessons - who knows? In any case, Buffett now believe that government should redistribute the wealth earned by others to those who did not earn it.” KnowsMenWorldShouldBelieveFeelingsGovernmentWealthCasesHappenedLessonsBlessedLuckGuiltForgottenBeing BlessedBuffettWarren Buffet Author:Larry Elder
“I'm glad Hurricane Katrina happened. It taught us an important lesson: black people can't swim.” PeopleImportantBlackHappenedTaughtLessonsGladSwimBlack PeopleHurricanesTaught UsKatrinaImportant LessonsHurricane Katrina Author:Carlos Mencia
“I'd always had an interest in guitar from about seven years old. But I first actually had lessons when I was about fifteen in Scotland, in Edinburgh. There was a folk club there and a girl called Jill Doyle taught me the guitar, who happened to be Davey Graham's sister. Davey Graham is one of my heroes and always has been. Fantastic guitar player. And he's had a strong influence on me all the way through.” WayYearsFirstsHas BeensGirlStrongInterestPlayerHappenedInfluenceTaughtHeroLessonsSevenGuitarFolksClubsFantasticFifteenScotlandSeven YearsMy HeroGuitar PlayerEdinburgh Author:Bert Jansch
“I think that one of the other lessons about what happened here is that open carry laws, even though many police, sheriff departments in Colorado support them, make it much harder for law enforcement to do their jobs.” ThinkingJobsLawSupportHappenedLessonsHarderPoliceDepartmentLaw EnforcementEnforcementColoradoSheriffs Author:Jonathan Michel Metzl
“I started taking lessons in third grade because I thought it was a fun thing to do. Through my acting teacher, I got my manager. That was about 5th grade. So once that happened it kind of clicked that I probably should pursue acting as a career.” ShouldKindFunActingCareersTeacherHappenedLessonsThirdsPursueManagersThings To DoGradesFun ThingsThird GradeActing Teachers Author:Jared Gilman
“What has happened in the last generation is that Tijuana has become a new Third World capital - much to the chagrin of Mexico City, which is more and more aware of how little it controls Tijuana politically and culturally. In addition to whorehouses and discos, Tijuana now has Korean factories and Japanese industrialists and Central American refugees, and a new Mexican bourgeoisie that takes its lessons from cable television.” WorldLittlesLastsCitiesGenerationsHappenedTelevisionLessonsThirdsFactoriesMexicoRefugeeMexicanCablesKoreanThird WorldBourgeoisieDiscoMexico CityChagrinTijuana Author:Richard Rodriguez