“Seriously, the Olympic badminton players were apparently trying to lose on purpose, a big story. But really, think about it, if you train day and night for four years to be in the Olympics for badminton, in a way, haven't you already lost?” IfsThinkingWayTryingYearsStoriesBigsFunnyPurposeNightLostLosesFourPlayerHavensTrainFour YearsOlympicsDay And NightLondon OlympicsBadminton Author:Conan O'Brien
“The foolish square calves pretend to be frightened of our train. Bluffers! Haven't they seen it every day since they were born? It's just an excuse to shake the joy out of their heels.” JoyBornHavensTrainExcuseFoolishShakesFrightenedSquaresHeelsCalves Book:Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr Source: Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr
“I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I never came to that decision with the film half shot, where I was stuck on a runaway train and couldn't jump off. On those occasions where I have admitted defeat, that this is not going to work, I haven't embarked on that project and made that movie.” MadeMomentsFilmDecisionHalfHavensExampleProjectsShotsTrainDefeatStuckOccasionsGoing To WorkRunaway Author:Steven Spielberg
“The weird thing about drama school is that you train for three years for one thing and then more often than not, it's something that you haven't trained for that you end up doing.” YearsEndsSchoolThreeOne ThingHavensDramaTrainThree YearsWeird Things Author:Tom Ellis
“I would like to like to make one thing clear at the very outset and that is, when you speak of a train robbery, this involved no loss of train, merely what I like to call the contents of the train, which were pilfered. We haven't lost a train since 1946, I believe it was - the year of the great snows when we mislaid a small one.” YearsBelieveLostSpeakI BelieveLossClearOne ThingHavensInvolvedTrainSnowRobbery Book:Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Comedy of Peter Cook Source: Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Comedy of Peter Cook
“I train all the time and the weird thing is I'm in the gym with people between 20 and 25 years old and I look in the mirror and I look better than they do and they are young kids - either they haven't trained hard enough or they aren't serious enough.” PeopleYearsLooksHardEnoughKidsYoungHavensSeriousMirrorsTrainGymWeird Things Author:Hulk Hogan
“People who haven't ridden in trains don't know what they're missing. It's not like an airplane. You get to see the countryside, the beautiful country we live in. Unfortunately, our railroads have dwindled in passenger traffic.” PeopleKnowsCountryBeautifulMissingHavensTrainAirplaneTrafficPassengersCountrysideRailroadsMissing ItBeautiful Country Author:Ken Kelly
“Iraq, for the first time, gives al Qaeda and its allies contiguous safe-haven territory to train and launch attacks into the Levant. First into Jordan and Syria, and then into Lebanon, and virtually and ultimately into Israel and probably Egypt too. It also gives them haven to eventually work their way toward Turkey and into the Arabian Peninsula.” WayGivingFirstsHavensSafeFirst TimeTrainIraqIsraelAlsTerritoryAlliesSyriaEgyptTurkeysJordanAl QaedaLebanonSafe HavenArabianPeninsulas Author:Michael Scheuer