“I used to watch 'Coming to America' every day after school. I have full-on long-running inside jokes with friends and family about different scenes in that movie alone. Also, my brother and I loved 'The Golden Child,' so, yeah: I was a huge fan of Eddie Murphy growing up.” ChildrenLongDifferentRunningSchoolAmericaUsedWatchesGrowing UpGrowingFansBrotherHugeSceneJokesYeahGoldenMy BrotherFamily And FriendsMurphyAfter SchoolComing To AmericaInside JokesGolden Child Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“That $27,000 that a young player will now get just for making the main draw at the Australian Open is huge. It can set them up for a couple of months which at that level you really do need that kind of help. It sounds like a lot of money, but when you're travelling the world trying to make it as a tennis player, it doesn't last long.” WorldNeedsTryingKindLongHelpingLastsYoungSoundLevelsPlayerHugeMonthsCoupleDrawsTennisLots Of MoneyAustralianTravel The WorldTennis Player Author:Samantha Stosur
“I'm mentally getting myself ready to talk about it all year long because I know it's going to come. My main focus is not to really concentrate on that... So many things have to line up, to be healthy and consistent for so many games, to get to that point. I know as we get closer we're going to talk about it more. But believe me, when it's done, if it gets done, it will be a huge achievement and I'm definitely going to soak it in. But at this time, it's not at the top of my mind.” IfsKnowsYearsMindBelieveLongDoneGamesSportsLinesFocusReadyHugeHealthyAchievementTrainingPreparationConsistentBelieve In MeOf My Mind Author:Anthony Calvillo
“You're standing in a closet, and you've been in it so long that you can't remember that there's anything else, that there's a huge house with lots of rooms and there are lands outside the house and planets and universes and creations” WorldLongRememberUniverseHouseRoomsLandCreationIgnorancePlanetsHugeBuddhismStandingClosetsOther Worlds Author:Frederick Lenz
“Before a long-haul flight, buy yourself a cheap, big, comfortable pillow. It makes a huge difference.” LongBigsDifferencesHugeComfortableFlightPillowHaulLong Haul Author:Bruno Tonioli
“Now that copyrights can be just about a century long, the inability to know what is protected and what is not protected becomes a huge and obvious burden on the creative process.” KnowsLongProcessCreativeCenturyHugeObviousBurdenCreative ProcessProtectedInabilityCopyright Book:Free Culture Source: Free Culture
“I'm a huge fan of John Hughes and can say that 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' is easily a top 3 favorite. I'm also a huge fan of all the Second City talent, and I think my Dad and Bill Murray are long lost twins.” ThinkingLongLostCitiesFansTalentHugeDadBillsTrainMy DadPlanesTwinsAutomobileSecond City Author:Ryan McPartlin
“As you get older, as a comedian, and keep doing it, what you actually start to cherish on stage is not the build-up to the jokes, but how comfortable you can be in the silence and the non-laughing parts, and how long you can take the audience without a laugh to then get a huge reaction.” LongSilenceAudienceLaughingStageHugeComfortableJokesReactionsComedianCherish Author:Patton Oswalt
“I have never let gender get in my way. It has taken me over 30 years to get from a garage to the huge campus that we have today. And it's been a long journey.” WayYearsLongTodayTakenJourneyHugeGenderMy WayCampusGarageLong Journey Author:Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
“A drone strike is a terror weapon, we don't talk about it that way. It is; just imagine you are walking down the street and you don't know whether in 5 minutes there is going to be an explosion across the street from some place up in the sky that you can't see. Somebody will be killed, and whoever is around will be killed, maybe you'll be injured if you're there. That is a terror weapon. It terrorizes villages, regions, huge areas. It's the most massive terror campaign going on by a long shot.” IfsKnowsWayLongImagineSkyStreetsMinutesHugeWalkingWeaponsShotsAreasTerrorStrikesCampaignsRegionsMassiveVillageSocialistExplosionsInjuredDronesLinguistsLong Shots Author:Noam Chomsky
“The deadly arms race, and the huge resources it absorbs, have too long overshadowed all else we must do. We must prevent that arms race from spreading to new nations, to new nuclear powers and to the reaches of outer space.” LongNationsSpaceRaceHugeArmsResourcesNuclearOuter SpaceNuclear PowerArms Race Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961
“Grief is like the wake behind a boat. It starts out as a huge wave that follows close behind you and is big enough to swamp and drown you if you suddenly stop moving forward. But if you do keep moving, the big wake will eventually dissipate. And after a long time, the waters of your life get calm again, and that is when the memories of those who have left begin to shine as bright and as enduring as the stars above.” IfsLongEnoughBigsMovingLeftStarsWaterMemoriesGriefBehindsHugeLong TimeShiningEndureCalmWaveMoving ForwardBoatKeep MovingBehind YouSwamps Author:Jimmy Buffett
“I always sent my mother all these huge books I made. When my mother died, I was cleaning her cupboard, and these big books were only 20 pages long. She edited out, maybe burned, every single photograph where I'm naked.” LongMadeBookBigsMotherHugePagesDiedPhotographNakedBurnedCleaningEditedCupboardsMother DiedBig Book Author:Marina Abramovic
“Paradoxically, capital has unleashed myriad objects upon us, in their manifold horror and sparkling splendor. Two hundred years of idealism, two hundred years of seeing humans at the center of existence, and now the objects take revenge, terrifyingly huge, ancient, long-lived, threateningly minute, invading every cell in our body.” YearsHumansLongTwoBodyExistenceSeeingMinutesObjectsHugeHorrorHundredAncientRevengeCellsIdealismSplendorSparklingUnleashedManifoldInvading Author:Timothy Morton
“Scholars have been arguing for a long time whether the Soviet Union could have been turned into some kind of social democracy. I doubt it myself. I think what Gorbachev didn't quite understand, until it was too late, is that his efforts at change unleashed new, certrifical forces he hadn't counted on. He opened the door a crack and a huge wind blew it open.” ThinkingKindLongHas BeensForceSocialEffortDemocracyDoubtDoorsWindHugeLateLong TimeUnionsArguingToo LateCracksSovietScholarSoviet UnionCould Have BeenUnleashedGorbachevSocial Democracy Author:David Hoffman
“I don't really see a huge divide between filmmaking and television. In the end, a lot of people are going to be watching this stuff on their laptops and their iPhones anyway. So, it doesn't really matter where it comes from, as long as the stories get told.” PeopleLongEndsMatterStoriesStuffTelevisionHugeDividesFilmmakingIphoneLaptops Author:Cary Fukunaga
“I was a huge Sub-Zero guy, but the fact that you can download Freddy Krueger is the coolest thing I've heard of in a very long time.” LongFactsGuyHeardHugeLong TimeZeroDownloadsFreddy Krueger Author:CM Punk
“Capitalism creates a huge community of producers who are unceasingly striving to deprive each other of the fruits of their collective labor, and an oligarchy that cannot be effectively checked even by a democratically organized society....the subjugation is not by force but because the privileged class has long ago established a system of values by which the people were thenceforth, to a large extent unconsciously, guided in their social behavior.” PeopleLongValuesForceSocialCommunityClassHugeBehaviorCapitalismLaborFruitStriveProducersOrganizedCollectivesLong AgoPrivilegedOligarchySubjugationSocial Behavior Author:Albert Einstein
“I'm over smoking. You know, I feel like I've gone on long hikes and gotten to the top of the mountain and I'm looking at something beautiful, some great huge landscape, and there's some of the cleanest air that's on the planet. And then I light up, and say, "Ahh, what a great smoking moment this is!" So it's something evil that's taken over, and I want control over it.” KnowsWantFeelsLongMomentsLightBeautifulEvilGoneTakenAirPlanetsHugeMountainLandscapeSmokingOver ItLight UpSomething Beautiful Author:Eddie Vedder
“When I was in the eighth grade, I wrote this huge long paper about how I had no idea what I was gonna do with my life, but that I wanted to make a difference and touch even if it was like one person's life... inspire them.” IfsPersonsLongIdeasWantedDifferencesInspireHugePaperNo IdeaMaking A DifferenceGradesEighth Grade Author:Shantel VanSanten
“I was a voracious reader and I could never understand why comics were of any less merit or importance than any other way of writing. I think the thing that keeps me with comics is there's still so much to be done. There's still this huge unplowed field, this huge unexplored wilderness, and as long as I can keep doing new things and coming up with new things, I will.” ThinkingWayWritingLongStillsI CanDoneFieldsHugeReaderImportanceMeritWildernessNew ThingsUnexplored Author:Neil Gaiman
“Because 9/11 is an isolated incident. Things that are isolated issues as opposed to things that fundamentally change the United Sates of America and shift power from the people to the government. That is a huge shift. You have to take a long-term look at something that fundamentally changes the power structure of America.” PeopleLooksLongGovernmentAmericaTermUnitedIssuesHugeStructureLong TermIsolatedIncidentsCrazy Things Author:Benjamin Carson
“we have complaints that institutional dominance of the stock market has put 'the small investor at a disadvantage because he can't compete with the trust companies' huge resources, etc. The facts are quite the opposite. It may be that the institutions are better equipped than the individual to speculate in the market.But I am convinced that an individual investor with sound principles, and soundly advised, can do distinctly better over the long pull than large institutions.” MayLongFactsIndividualSoundCan DoCompanyPrinciplesHugeResourcesOppositesInstitutionsConvincedEtcInvestorsComplaintsDisadvantagesDominance Author:Benjamin Graham
“Small changes can magnifiy. The possibility of interpersonal communication has increased substantially with contemporary technology. But as compared with the major changes, which were long ago, these are not huge.” LongTechnologyPossibilityHugeCommunicationMajorsContemporaryLong AgoSmall ChangesInterpersonalMajor ChangeInterpersonal Communication Author:Noam Chomsky
“Sometimes you have to wait for the right deal. They all seem good, at least at first, and they may make you some quick money. But when the right deal comes, and it fits into your [overall] plan, it's just overwhelming success. Sometimes, with the long-term deals, you have to take a risk if you're going to get a reward. It's exactly like fighting. Sometimes you have to take chances to get that huge win.” IfsFirstsMayLongSometimesSeemsFightingWinningWaitingTermChanceDealsPlansRiskHugeFitRewardsLong TermOverwhelmingTake A Chance Author:Mike Tyson
“The commission of the investment sins listed above is not limited to 'the little guy.' Huge institutional investors, viewed as a group, have long underperformed the unsophisticated index-fund investor who simply sits tight for decades. A major reason has been fees: Many institutions pay substantial sums to consultants who, in turn, recommend high-fee managers. And that is a fool's game.” LittlesLongHas BeensReasonGuyTurnsGamesSinPayGroupsHugeFoolMajorsInstitutionsInvestmentInvestingDecadesManagersFundInvestorsFeesConsultantsIndex Funds Author:Warren Buffett
“Ironically, people who suppress the mini-confrontations for fear of conflict tend to have huge conflicts later, which can lead to separation, precisely because they let minor problems fester. On the other hand, people who address the mini-conflicts head-on in order to straighten things out tend to have the great, long-lasting relationships.” PeopleLifeLongProblemHandsOrderGrowthHugeConflictPersonal GrowthInvestingSeparationAddressesLastingMinorsConfrontationLong LastingLasting RelationshipLong Lasting Relationship Author:Ray Dalio
“I grew up watching American movies. My favorite movies have always been American, since as long as I can remember. I always had this huge respect for American filmmakers and American actors.” LongI CanRememberActorsHugeGrewGrew UpMy FavoriteFilmmakerAmerican Movie Author:Noomi Rapace
“As a matter of fact I don't know of one artist as long as I've been alive that they put in regular rotation in Boston who wasn't already on a major label with a huge deal behind them.” KnowsLongMatterFactsArtistDealsBehindsAliveHugeMajorsLabelsBostonMatter Of FactRotation Author:Slaine
“There's no way in which you can ever win a war against terror. As long as there are conditions in many parts of the world that make people desperate: poverty, disease, ignorance, etc. I hope that we will discover soon, that we can survive, only together. We can prosper only together. And I think people are beginning to realize this, that you can't have pockets of prosperity in one part of the world and huge deserts of poverty and deprivation and think you can have a stable, secure world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayLongWarTogetherWinningRealizingPovertyConditionsIgnoranceHugeDiseaseTerrorProsperitySecureDesertDesperateEtcPocketsStableDeprivationTogether We Can Author:Desmond Tutu
“People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.” MenLifeInspirationalLongSelfInspirationFaithCoursesStarsWonderSeaHugeMountainTravelOceanDiscoveryRiversWaveChristian InspirationalSelf DiscoveryHeightFinding YourselfDiscoveringCompassKnow YourselfKnow ThyselfSelf KnowingDiscovering YourselfOcean SeaDiscovering SelfDiscovery In LifeDiscovering Your True SelfVast OceanRivers And MountainsCircular Motion Author:Saint Augustine
“Long term thinking is so rare anywhere, but especially in startups. This is a huge advantage if you do it.” IfsThinkingLongTermHugeAdvantageLong Term Author:Sam Altman
“Because so few people make an actual long term commitment to what they're building, the ones that do have a huge advantage.” PeopleLongTermBuildingHugeCommitmentAdvantageLong Term Author:Sam Altman
“There's a huge difference between the shallow pleasure of instant applause and the long-lasting impact of true connection.” LongDifferencesPleasureHugeConnectionsImpactInstantLastingShallowApplauseLong LastingLasting Impact Author:Seth
“Well, I think the camera freedom is something that we've resisted for a long time and feels like probably the biggest stretch. But it has some huge benefits.” ThinkingFeelsWellsLongTimeHugeBenefitsLong TimeCameras Author:Will Wright
“My feminism has evolved way beyond self-empowerment and I see feminism as a path to peace on earth. The fundamental imbalance that is behind all of the other social diseases is patriarchy. I do believe. As men and women, together, I really long to feel my society evolve its understanding since we're one of the leaders in the f-word. I want us to grow our idea of feminism collectively and get both men and women involved in undoing patriarchy. It's huge. It's a huge job.” MenWayWantFeelsBelieveLongIdeasSelfEarthTogetherJobsSocialGrowsUnderstandingBehindsLeaderPathFeminismHugeInvolvedDiseaseMen And WomenEmpowermentFundamentalsEvolvePatriarchyWant UPeace On EarthSelf EmpowermentImbalanceReally LongUndoing Author:Ani DiFranco
“I am very blessed to have a great group of long-term friends and a huge family that has been very loving and supportive. I try to stay connected to that and contribute as much as I can.” TryingLongHas BeensI CanTermGroupsHugeBlessedConnectedLong TermSupportive Author:Jim James
“I don't know if I was ever called out, but I definitely have been told my chest hair gets super long. I don't like it at all, so I definitely shave my chest a bunch. I have a really nice, huge eagle on my whole chest, with the words "Strength" and "Honor" and "Sanctimony" around it, so I like to keep that clean and clear.” IfsKnowsLongHas BeensWholeClearNiceHugeHairHonorCleanBunchChestsEaglesReally Nice Author:Ryan Sheckler
“When I was 22, I finally reached that huge goal. Now I'm going for another one. It's so satisfying. It's something that I worked for for so long, and just to know that I got it feels so great.” KnowsFeelsLongGoalHugeSatisfying Author:Jonathan Horton
“So the idea was that, some catastrophic event had happened. There was a long dark age and then out of that, 100 years ago in this world, seven barons - these men and women - rose up and formed the new society. It's a feudal world, a part feudal barons and part warlord and part mob boss and they each control a huge resource so that there's an uneasy alliance, but they all need each other.” MenWorldNeedsYearsLongIdeasAgeDarkHappenedEventsThis WorldHugeMen And WomenResourcesYears AgoRoseSevenBossAlliancesDark AgesUneasyWarlords Author:Alfred Gough
“A profound transformation is happening here. The framers of our nation never envisioned these huge media giants; never imagined what could happen if big government, big publishing and big broadcasters ever saw eye-to-eye in putting the public's need for news second to their own interests. I approach the end of my own long run believing more strongly than ever that the quality of journalism and the quality of democracy are inextricably joined ... .” IfsNeedsBelieveLongEndsBigsGovernmentHappensEyeRunningNationsInterestMy OwnQualityDemocracySawsMediaHugeApproachNewsHappeningsTransformationProfoundJournalismGiantsPublishingLong RunsBig GovernmentBroadcastersFramers Author:Bill Moyers
“It was a movie [The Railway Man] that stayed with me a long time. It's still one of the things I'm most proud of. I got to know the man that I was playing and unfortunately he passed away just before the movie came out. It's one that meant a huge amount to me, and one that I'm particularly proud of.” KnowsMenLongStillsHe ManHugeAmountProudLong TimePassed AwayRailway Author:Jeremy Irvine
“Of course, we're so lucky to be in a time where that's not our reality anymore. I just thought it was very interesting to go back to that time now, and to look at all of these issues that are still relevant today, but just in such a different way, and to see how we approach them and try to overcome them. Yeah, we've come a long way with medicine and women's health in the Western world, but in a lot of parts of the rest of the world, that's still a huge issue.” WorldWayTryingLooksLongStillsDifferentRealityTodayCoursesInterestingIssuesHugeLuckyApproachOvercomingYeahMedicineWesternDifferent WaysRelevantLong WayVery InterestingWestern WorldSo LuckyWomen's Health Author:Eve Hewson
“Our government has made a whole lot of promises that, in the long run, it cannot possibly keep without huge tax increases.” LongMadeWholeGovernmentRunningHugePromiseTaxesIncreaseLong RunsTax Increases Author:David Walker
“When managers are afraid of redemptions, they get liquid. We all saw how many managers went from leveraged long in 2007 to huge net cash in 2008, when the right thing to do in terms of value would have been to do the opposite.” LongHas BeensValuesTermSawsHugeOppositesRedemptionManagersThings To DoRight ThingCashLiquid Author:Seth Klarman
“The lawyers have escaped most criticism [and undeservedly so]. The tax shelters [were approved by lawyers, who got paid huge commissions to do so] and every miscreant had a high-falutin' lawyer at his side. Why don't more law firms vote with their feet and not take clients who have signs on them that say, "I'm a skunk and will be hard to handle?" I've noticed that firms that avoid trouble over long periods of time have an institutional process that tunes bad clients out. Boy, if I were running a law firm, I'd want a system like that because a lot of firms have a lot of bad clients.” IfsWantLongHardRunningLawProcessSidesBoysTroubleFeetHugePeriodsTaxesCriticismVotePaidLawyerHandleFirmTunesShelterClientsApprovedLong Periods Of TimeLaw FirmsHard To Handle Author:Charlie Munger
“I worked with an amazing dialect coach named Jill McCullough. We did Skype sessions while I was shooting "No Escape" in Thailand, actually. So three times a week I would have long, two-hour sessions with her just working on the nuance of the accent, which I had had a huge background in because I went to drama school in England for four years.” YearsLongTwoSchoolThreeHoursFourWeekHugeDramaEnglandCoachesBackgroundsShootingFour YearsAccentsThree TimesSessionNuanceDialectThailandSkypeDialect Coach Author:Lake Bell
“Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.” LongActorsHugeRight NowKissingFollowingVersionsMovieLots Of MoneyCultKiss MeGoodnight Kiss Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“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
“We signed with Roadrunner because, they almost signed us in '97 or something, and we've been wanting to work with Monty Connor, the guy who signed us, for a long time because he's been a huge fan of us since, I mean, in high school, when I was in high school and he was following our band.” MeanLongSchoolGuyFansHugeBandLong TimeHigh SchoolFollowingMonty Author:Jess Margera