“Because I had children relatively late - in my 40s rather than in my 20s - it wasn't anything I ever knew that I would do. It kind of happened to me: I met the right woman and we had children. It was a revelation because it suddenly makes me realize "Oh, I get it. Now I know what to do with the rest of my life."” KnowsKindChildrenRealizingHappenedMetsLateRevelations Author:Mark Strong
“Actually, when I was young, I believe I met Nicolas Cage. I think I was probably eight, and I remember seeing him at somebody's house - it was an event and he happened to be there. People would ask me if I was his son, because I looked like him at that point, so I do remember feeling some connection and just wanting to say, like, 'Papa!'” PeopleIfsThinkingBelieveFeelingsRememberYoungAsksHouseI BelieveSeeingHappenedEventsSonMetsConnectionsEightAsk MeCagesPapa Author:Simon Helberg
“I met this amazing person, and we realized we had very similar views on how we wanted to live our lives. It’s happened quickly, with so many children. Yesterday, picking up the kids from school, Brad turned around in the car, and there were three of them. He couldn’t stop laughing. We love them and are having a great time.” ChildrenPersonsKidsWantedSchoolThreeViewsLaughingOur LivesHappenedCarMetsYesterdayGreat TimesBradAmazing Person Author:Angelina Jolie
“Its very important that people know that I really enjoy everything that has happened to me. And I tell my kids... youre not going to be the tallest, fastest, prettiest, the best track runner, but you can be the nicest human being that someone has ever met in their life. And I just want to leave that legacy that being nice is a true treasure.” PeopleKnowsWantHumansImportantKidsEnjoyHuman BeingsNiceHappenedMetsTrackTreasureLegacyBeing NiceRunnersPrettiestTrack Runners Author:George Foreman
“You never know what's actually going on in a person's life. You don't know what happened to them before you met them...and that's why they are the way they are. But I do think about it whenever I get in contact with my fans. I know this may be the only time they'll ever meet me. I try to take advantage of that moment and be kind and grateful.” ThinkingKnowsWayTryingKindMayPersonsMomentsWisdomRealityCommunityHappenedFansHuman NatureMetsAdvantageGratefulStrategyUnityIndividualityContactIdeologyThat MomentBe KindOnly Time Author:Katy Perry
“I've met a lot of people and happened to inspire a lot of people who I'm in conversation with about business. It's just how things are going for me and it's great, but music is always going to be number one for me.” PeopleNumbersHappenedInspireMetsConversationMusic IsOne For Me Author:Nas
“Take what happened to me in Bali. I planned on going to Ubud, then met a man on an airplane who told me it was too touristy. He gave me an address on the other side of the island, which turned out to be a palace where I lived for four years.” MenYearsSidesFourHappenedMetsIslandsAddressesFour YearsAirplanePalacesBali Author:Rita Gelman
“Breaking my neck was the best thing that ever happened to me. I have an Olympic medal. I've been to so many countries I would never have been, met so many people I would never have met. I've done more in the chair, ... than a whole hell of a lot of people who aren't in chairs.” PeopleHas BeensCountryDoneWholeHellHappenedMetsBest ThingsNecksChairsMedalOlympic MedalsBest Thing That Ever Happened To Me Author:Mark Zupan
“I never watched those Spice Girls. I didn't enjoy that at all. So I didn't know Victoria Beckham well. But she came out with this pretty boy, got married, and the boy got more tattoos and more tattoos. And then I met her a few times, and we started work, and something happened. You know, she wanted it. She loves what she's doing.” KnowsWellsWantedGirlEnjoyBoysHappenedMetsMarriedTattooSpicesVictoriaBeckhamSpice GirlsPretty Boy Author:Manolo Blahnik
“Because clearly the most amazing thing had happened: by some chance - no, the lover does not believe in chance, but destiny - destiny had arranged it so that the man and woman who had made the original whole, then somehow divided and separated by an angry God, had met up again, and now must reform the rightful, righteous whole. At once!” MenBelieveDoeMadeWholeChanceDestinyHappenedHe ManLoversMetsMen And WomenOriginalsAngryReformDividedRighteousAmazing ThingsMost Amazing Author:Fay Weldon
“I met this girl who had a huge scar on her leg from a car accident. She was talking about how, after it first happened, she would always wear long pants and cover it up. But, as she started to grow into it, she decided that that's just her now. It's just a part of who she is. She wears skirts and she shows it off now.” FirstsLongShowsGirlGrowsTalkingHappenedCarHugeMetsDecidedLegsAccidentsScarPantsSkirtsThis GirlCar Accident Author:Tinsel Korey
“I met my manager when I was in high school and I just started playing guitar. He came from a line of managing incredible artists. He said instead of opting for the quick fix he wanted me to go out and live my life and get some experience under my belt and keep in touch. It took me a long time to get to where I am but I wouldn't change it for nothing. It's been very valuable. Life happened and then the music came.” LongSaidWantedSchoolArtistLinesHappenedMetsLong TimeHigh SchoolGuitarIncrediblesValuableManagersLiving My LifeBeltsLife HappensPlaying GuitarQuick FixesValuable Life Author:Courtney Jaye
“I hadn't made that movie before and when I ever met the real Joy Mangano, which happened because De Niro insisted we meet her and her father, that's what she felt like to us. She impressed us with her quiet, serene authority with herself.” MadeRealJoyFatherFeltHappenedMetsQuietAuthorityImpressedSereneDe NiroReal Joy Author:David O. Russell
“I have a nice little idea from some people I met there who are now in their seventies, and I want to tell their story about the revolution through the eyes of musicians, in fact. The '59 Revolution. And what has happened to them since. It's very much a Cuban story. They haven't fared too well.” PeopleWantWellsLittlesIdeasFactsStoriesEyeNiceHappenedHavensRevolutionMetsMusicianSeventiesCubanThrough The Eyes Author:John Gimlette
“It was a scary decision to let cameras into my life, but if I was going to do it, I just wanted to be really honest and kind of introduce myself as an adult. I think the world met me as a young girl, and they still associate me with who I was when I was 13, they still don't understand how over the last eight years what has happened and who I've become.” IfsThinkingWorldYearsKindStillsWantedLastsYoungGirlDecisionHappenedHonestMetsAdultsCamerasScaryEightIntroducingAssociates Author:Jamie Lynn Spears
“I have long had a theory Bill Clinton-Hillary Clinton relationship. Not how they met, not that story, not the courtship or any of that. But how it happened that this once-in-a-lifetime woman.” LongStoriesHappenedTheoryMetsBillsLifetimeClintonCourtshipOnce In A Lifetime Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Dalai Lama acknowledges that he's met Westerners who to some extent are clearly Easterners at heart, and he would never want them not to become Buddhists just because they happened to be born in California.” WantHeartBornHappenedMetsBuddhistCaliforniaAcknowledgeLamaDalaiWesterners Author:Pico Iyer