“I receive huge support from Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated. Likewise I feel I have a great affinity with the American sports fans. I play most of my golf in the U.S. nowadays and I am incredibly proud to have won the U.S. Open and U.S. PGA Championship in the last two years.” FeelsYearsTwoPlayLastsSportsSupportFansHugeProudGolfBritishTwo YearsChampionshipAppreciatedAffinitySports Fan Author:Rory McIlroy
“Spotify is returning a huge amount of money. We'll overtake iTunes in terms of what we bring to the record industry in under two years.” YearsTwoTermRecordsHugeIndustryAmountTwo YearsItunesSpotify Author:Sean Parker
“Cut like crazy. Less is more. I've often read manuscripts - including my own - where I've got to the beginning of, say, chapter two and have thought: “This is where the novel should actually start.” A huge amount of information about character and backstory can be conveyed through small detail. The emotional attachment you feel to a scene or a chapter will fade as you move on to other stories. Be business-like about it.” FeelsShouldTwoCharacterStoriesMovingMy OwnNovelCuttingCrazyInformationEmotionalHugeAmountSceneIncludingDetailsAttachmentFadesChaptersManuscriptsLess Is MoreSmall Details Author:Sarah Waters
“Micing it from two different angles in front of the speaker sounds huge, and it's so simple.” TwoDifferentSoundSimpleFrontsHugeSpeakersAngleDifferent Angles Author:Scott Putesky
“I'd been on a road trip right out of college, with a buddy of mine. It was uneventful. We didn't get laid. Although one time it was about 800 degrees and we were in Texas. We had shorts on and nothing else and somehow a motorcycle cop pulls up beside me and says, 'Come on, get on it, get on, go, go, go!' So I speeded up and it turns out we're in a huge state funeral. There are about 40 black Cadillacs in a row and then a green van called Mr Greenjeans, with two guys with no clothes in it.” TwoStatesGuyTurnsBlackMinesCollegeHugeDegreesClothesGreenTexasFuneralOne TimeCopVansBuddyMotorcycleShortsRoad TripGetting LaidCadillacsPull UpsTwo Guys Author:John Travolta
“It's the difference between watching a football game between two teams you don't care about, and watching a game where you have some kind of personal identity with one of the teams, if only a huge bet.” IfsKindTwoCareGamesDifferencesTeamIdentityFootballHugeDon't CareFootball GamePersonal Identity Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“I was given five injections. That evening I developed extremely high fever. I was trembling. My arms and my legs were swollen, huge size. Mengele and Dr. Konig and three other doctors came in the next morning. They looked at my fever chart, and Dr. Mengele said, laughingly, 'Too bad, she is so young. She has only two weeks to live ..'” SaidTwoYoungThreeNextGivenMorningFiveWeekHugeArmsDoctorsSizeLegsEveningDrsFeverTwo WeeksTremblingSwollenInjection Author:Eva Mozes Kor
“If we continue to show young girls that they are being compared to other girls, we’re doing ourselves a huge disservice as a society. I surround myself with smart, beautiful, passionate, driven, ambitious women. Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you rather than threaten you and make you feel like you’re immediately being compared to them. The only thing I compare myself to is me, two years ago, or me one year ago.” IfsFeelsShouldYearsTwoShowsBeautifulYoungGirlChallengesInspireHugeLike YouSmartYears AgoKillingPassionateDrivenCompareTwo YearsSurroundAmbitiousThrillOther GirlDisserviceTwo Years AgoKilling ItAmbitious Women Author:Taylor Swift
“In the [first] fifteen years [of field work] I can remember just ten times when I had really narrow escapes from death. Two were from drowning in typhoons, one was when our boat was charged by a wounded whale; once my wife and I were nearly eaten by wild dogs, once we were in great danger from fanatical lama priests; two were close calls when I fell over cliffs, once I was nearly caught by a huge python, and twice I might have been killed by bandits.” YearsFirstsHas BeensI CanTwoMightRememberWifeDogDangerFieldsHugeTenCaughtMy WifeBoatPriestsFifteenWoundedMight Have BeenDrowningCliffsWhalesFifteen YearsLamaPythonBanditsTyphoonsWild DogsClose Calls Author:Roy Chapman Andrews
“Character is everything, especially these days when that's what publishers are asking for. Make sure that yours have child appeal. Also don't have a huge cast of characters. One or two is best, four, the maximum.” ChildrenTwoCharacterFourHugeAskingCastsAppealsThese DaysPublishersMaximum Author:Kirby Larson
“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
“Surfing is a huge passion of mine. I'm and addict to it in a sense. I think it is a good addiction. I spend about anywhere from two to eight hours a day in the water when I am home. I enjoy competing and traveling. I don't know, I just like being in the ocean and enjoying God's creation. Just the adrenaline you get and its good exercise you get at the same time.” ThinkingKnowsTwoHomePassionEnjoyWaterHoursCreationMinesHugeExerciseOceanAddictionEightCompetingAddictSurfingAdrenalineGod's CreationGood Exercise Author:Bethany Hamilton
“I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You have to decide what your priorities are. Great actor, huge star. Sometimes, the two walk hand in hand. Most of the time, they don't.” WantPersonsTwoSometimesHandsActorsStarsWalksHugePrioritiesHand In HandGreat Actors Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“I think what's cool about about going on a co-headline tour is everyone's bringing a huge show, so it's not like opening band, opening band, then here's the big show. It's like two big shows.” ThinkingTwoShowsBigsHugeBandOpeningHeadlines Author:Jack Antonoff
“If you go to Wikipedia and you look at the Tour de France, there's this huge block in World War One with no winners, and there's another block in World War Two. And then it seems like there's another world war.” IfsWorldLooksTwoWarSeemsHugeBlockFranceWinnerWar Of The WorldsAnother WorldWikipediaWorld War TwoWorld War OneNo Winners Author:Lance Armstrong
“My mom has always been a huge inspiration. She was a single mom raising two kids in New York. Now that is full-on all the time.” TwoInspirationKidsNew YorkHugeMomMy MomSingle Mom Author:Kim Raver
“I'm a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. So discipline is something that was huge.” YearsTwoWarKidsParentMilitaryHugeMomDadDiscipline Author:Robert Griffin III
“Music is there for us to explore. To intentionally limit yourself to one, two, or three genres is limitation at its worst. Music is huge; its a gigantic history lesson, and if you are true music fan or a musician, you should explore it. Its all right there in front of us.” IfsShouldTwoThreeFansWorstFrontsHugeLessonsLimitsMusicianMusic IsLimitationGenreGenre IsMusic Fans Author:Phil Anselmo
“When we signed with Warner Bros., they knew what they were getting. They knew they weren't going to get some easily manipulated prepackaged pop group. That was not going to happen. What they wanted, I think, was the integrity that we had to offer. What they wanted was the kind of street cred or cache that R.E.M. could bring to them and the chance that we would give them a hit or two. What happened was we gave them a bunch of hits. And we became huge.” ThinkingGivingKindTwoHappensWantedChanceHappenedGroupsStreetsHugeIntegrityOffersPopsBunchBrosWarner BrosCache Author:Michael Stipe
“My wife and I have purchased two hybrids. We bought a 3 kw photovoltaic unit. We recycle and offset our carbon emissions on the Internet. We turn things off. But we also spend two nice salaries every year, and here's the dirty little secret - our environmental footprint is HUGE, I'm sure. We've all got to do what we can in our individual lives, but we've also got to drive the systemic changes that will make the big differences.” YearsLittlesTwoBigsTurnsIndividualDifferencesSecretNiceWifeHugeInternetEnvironmentalMy WifeDirtyUnitsCarbonSalaryOur EnvironmentEmissionsFootprintHybridIndividual LifeCarbon EmissionsSystemic Change Author:James Gustave Speth
“It's 1450 out of 1500 ETF funds that I just wouldn't touch because they're not diversified enough. Or they have some huge speculative twist to them that if you can guess the markets right you will do very well for a day or two but who can do that? Nobody.” IfsWellsTwoEnoughCan DoHugeInvestingFundTwists Author:John C. Bogle
“I think that women no longer have to set up a boundary between work life and home life. One of the hallmarks of my thinking is that I bring a lot of my personal life into my work. That's a huge advantage I have over men, who may feel they have to separate the two.” ThinkingMenFeelsMayTwoHomeHugeAdvantageBoundariesPersonal LifeHallmarkHome Life Author:Charlene Li
“There's a huge amount of pressure on every astronaut, because when you get right down to it, the experiments that are conducted on a space flight, or the satellites that are carried up, the work that's to be done, is important and expensive work, and you are up there for a week or two on a Space Shuttle flight. The country has invested a lot of money in you and your training, and the Space Shuttle and everything that's in it, and you have to do things correctly. You can't make a mistake during that week or two that you're in space.” TwoImportantCountryDoneSpaceMistakeWeekHugeAmountTrainingPressureExperimentsFlightExpensiveLots Of MoneyAstronautSatellitesSpace ShuttleSpace Flight Author:Sally Ride
“There are two ways to be rich: to have more or need less. It's estimated that we squander about 30 percent of our energy leaving the lights on, the refrigerator door open, and so on. Then there is the enormous amount of food that we expend huge amounts of energy to raise and then throw away.” WayNeedsTwoLightEnergyRichDoorsHugeAmountPercentRaisesLeavingEnormousTwo WaysRefrigerators Author:Bill Nye
“When [Len Wiseman and I] first met, I was a huge fan of the 'Alien' movies. I was a huge 'Die Hard' fan until it ate my husband for two years. We sit and watch movies all the time. One of my favorite movies is 'Dog's Day Afternoon.' Len loves that movie.” YearsFirstsTwoHardDiesWatchesFansDogHugeMetsHusbandMy FavoriteAliensTwo YearsMy HusbandAfternoonWatch MovieAliens Movie Author:Kate Beckinsale
“I think a shot can actually influence a scene in a huge way. For example, comedy is always better in a two-shot. What's between the characters is what's funny. So you learn about these things as you go along.” ThinkingWayTwoCharacterComedyInfluenceExampleHugeSceneShots Author:Emily Blunt
“I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal) and noticed a press release about an experienced editor leaving her job to join an agent in setting up a new agency. And I went "aha!" - because what you need is an agent who knows the industry but who doesn't have a huge list of famous clients whose needs will inevitably be put ahead of you. So I emailed her, and ... well, 11 years later I am the client listed at the top of her masthead!” KnowsNeedsYearsWellsTwoWantedJobsReadingStuffFieldsHugeIndustryTradeSellsPressesLeavingBritishListsSettingSettingsReleaseAgentsAgencyEditorsClientsJournalNew AgePress Release Author:Charles Stross
“Writers block: when I get it, it's because my subconscious spotted that I'd make a huge structural mistake in constructing a novel before my conscious mind became aware of it, and threw on the brakes. So I've learned not to sweat it: take two days off, then back up a chapter, read through, and try to work out why I'm suddenly uneasy about continuing.” TryingMindTwoMistakeNovelHugeConsciousWork OutBlockI've LearnedSweatChaptersContinuingSubconsciousTwo DaysUneasyWriter's BlockDays OffBrakeConscious Mind Author:Charles Stross
“A huge problem in movies or with people who work on movies is that two people can look at the same thing but they don't necessarily see the same thing.” PeopleLooksTwoProblemHuge Author:Gordon Willis
“I think I'm better than Jake (Shields), I think I should be fighting for the title, but I've been given a huge opportunity here to fight B.J. Penn and that's a big fight, belt or no belt. We're in a sport of selling fights right now, and the sport's growing, we're trying to get international, trying to get into every country, every household, and part of that is ticket sales is the idea that Jake Shields is coming over from Strikeforce with two belts. I understand that, it's a business decision.” ThinkingShouldTryingTwoIdeasCountryBigsFightingOpportunityGivenSportsDecisionGrowingHugeRight NowInternationalSellingTitlesHouseholdTicketsBeltsShieldsJakeBusiness Decisions Author:Jon Fitch
“I have two older brothers and they were a huge part of life; we were very close. We used to run around and get into trouble. That’s what I came from - that exploring nature.” TwoRunningUsedTroubleBrotherHugeExploringParts Of LifeOlder Brother Author:Jonny Weston
“I think a pilot is a pilot, no matter who's judging it, but I will say I am thinking a lot about how to tell stories for the series in a streaming environment where you can anticipate a huge portion of the audience will consume an entire season in the course of a day, two days or a week.” ThinkingTwoMatterStoriesCoursesAudienceEnvironmentWeekJudgingHugeSeasonsSeriesPilotsPortionsAnticipateTwo DaysStreaming Author:Frank Spotnitz
“I'm not a huge comic book fan, but I'm a closet fan of certain Marvel heroes, two of those being Iron Man, and the other being Guardians of the Galaxy, which I'm looking forward to.” MenTwoBookCertainFansHugeHeroComicIronComic BookClosetsGalaxyLooking ForwardGuardianIron Man Author:Kevin Feige
“...there are two (inter alia) two ways of ruining a society - namely, letting the market "be the sole director of the fate of human beings," and allowing technology to permeate every aspect of our lives. In the United States, both of these developments have converged, creating a huge chasm between rich and poor and pushing us over the edge into a kind of antisociety... While these developments have been widely hailed as the dawn of a golden age, the likelihood is that they actually amount to a death knell, the beginning of the end of the American empire.” WayHumansKindHas BeensTwoEndsStatesAgeHuman BeingsPoorUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesRichOur LivesFateHugeDevelopmentAmountDirectorsCreatingAspectEdgesGoldenDawnEmpiresPushingAllowingSoleTwo WaysRich And PoorLikelihoodGolden AgeChasmsOver The EdgeAmerican Empire Author:Morris Berman
“There was a huge period where I was filming and studying. But then we went into summer and it became easier. I did find combining the two difficult and I haven't figured out how to do it effortlessly just yet.” TwoDifficultStudyHavensHugePeriodsEasierSummerCombining Author:Yasmin Paige
“Kurt (Cobain) was a fan of my standup, which was pretty weird. I know when people hear that, it's kind of like finding out that Jimi Hendrix really liked Buddy Hackett, but he interviewed me at a college radio station before they broke and did Bleach. And then, like, about two years later, I was opening for Nirvana at these huge sports arenas.” PeopleKnowsYearsKindTwoSportsFansCollegeHugeFindingsRadioOpeningBrokeTwo YearsStationsArenaBuddyHendrixRadio StationsBleachCobain Author:Bobcat Goldthwait
“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
“It's frustrating always being compared to Britney because we are two very different artists... We both dance and sing but people have not yet had enough time to realise that there is a huge difference between us. If she wants to go and do something, I'll want to do the opposite.” PeopleIfsWantTwoDifferentEnoughArtistDifferencesHugeOppositesRealisingFrustratingEnough TimeHad Enough Author:Christina Aguilera
“Britney Spears' album Blackout is one of the hottest-selling CDs in the country. We're in a bad place, people: The world is melting, we're at war, and Two and a Half Men is a huge hit.” PeopleMenWorldTwoWarCountryHalfHugeAlbumsSellingMeltingCdsSpearsHottestBlackoutsTwo And A Half Men Author:Chelsea Handler
“I always hate having to use the equipment after these huge buff guys who move, like, the entire rack of plates. Then I get on, and move two plates, you know like: CLANK! CLANK! "I'm the two plate guy!" CLANK! CLANK! "Anyone wanna spot me?" CLANK! CLANK!” KnowsTwoUseMovingGuyHateHugeSpotsGymPlatesEquipmentRacks Author:Brian Regan
“No. It is not acceptable that the 6 largest financial institutions in this country have assets of almost 10 trillion dollars, and issue half of the mortgages and two-thirds of the credit cards. That is too much wealth and power in the hands of a few. If Teddy Roosevelt were alive today he'd tell us to 'break them up.' And he'd be right. These huge banks must be broken up.” IfsTwoCountryHandsTodayWealthHalfBreakIssuesToo MuchAliveHugeBrokenThirdsInstitutionsDollarsFinancialCreditCardsAssetsAcceptableMortgageCredit CardLive For TodayTeddyBroken UpFinancial Institutions Author:Bernie Sanders
“The story we hear over and over again is: Boy in science class, very nice to the girl, says, "Please come to our party on Saturday night." She, of course, shows up. He hands her two, three, four, five drinks. She becomes so inebriated he says, "You can sleep it off in my room. It'll be safe." Or, "I'll walk you home." It's all premeditated with the intention of having sex with that woman without her consent when she's passed out. It's a huge issue.” TwoStoriesShowsHomeHandsNightGirlThreeCoursesSexSleepWalksRoomsPartyClassBoysIssuesFiveFourNiceHugeDrinkPleaseSafeIntentionConsentSaturdayVery NiceSaturday NightHaving SexScience Class Author:Kirsten Gillibrand
“Some people want fame, popularity and huge sales. I've always hoped to have a really long career. So I've tried to make each of my creative decisions and business decisions to allow for longevity. As a side effect I got really famous and really big. I didn't realize the two could go together.” PeopleWantLongTwoBigsTogetherSidesRealizingDecisionCareersCreativeEffectsHugeFamePopularityLongevitySide EffectsReally LongLong CareersBusiness Decisions Author:Jewel
“From age 23 to 44 - I'm 45 now - I was always in need of money, and I was especially in need of it from 23 to about 34, and my great aunt would always give me money, a hundred bucks, every two months or so, and a lot of times that hundred bucks made a huge difference - I could eat or pay a small bill. It kept me going. She gave me money. It was very loving.” NeedsGivingMadeTwoAgeDifferencesPayHugeMonthsHundredGive MeBillsAuntBucksTwo MonthsGreat Aunt Author:Jonathan Ames
“What has changed for me is that I now have a huge family [Lightfoot has four children, from his first two marriages] - the result of my living.” FirstsChildrenTwoResultsFourChangedHugeOur Children Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“One of the first TV shows that I did was this prank show. And we did a prank where we took a Michael Jackson impersonator and I played his publisher.I was just really good at my job.We were just about to go onto the field to throw out the first pitch just two weeks after 9\11. It was a huge security breach, and we made a lot of cops look really dumb. Producers of the show thought it would be really funny and I didn't think about it because I was a young dumb comedian. So I got arrested and went to jail in the Bronx, and now I can never go back to Yankee Stadium.” ThinkingFirstsLooksMadeI CanTwoShowsWould BeJobsYoungWeekSecurityFieldsTvsHugeProducersDumbComedianJailCopTv ShowsPublishersYankeesArrestedTwo WeeksStadiumsBreachBronxPranksReally DumbYankee StadiumImpersonators Author:Rob Huebel
“I'm a husband and a dad. Two thirds of my day is spent being that character. It's a huge part of my identity and why I pursue things I do. I'm interested in questions my son asks me, like, "Why do animals fight? Why do you have to leave us to go on the road?" Everything he asks gets me thinking. If I'm going to do this, sacrifice time with family and friends, sacrifice resources, I need to think carefully about what I going to say and how I'm going to say it.” IfsThinkingNeedsTwoCharacterFightingAsksAnimalSacrificeIdentitySonHugeGoes OnDadHusbandResourcesThirdsPursueAsk MeMy SonFamily And Friends Author:Ben Sollee
“It was more about getting together with other musicians and playing live. I needed to suss out a full set [for the Last Summer tour], and I didn't want to play Fiery Furnaces material. So half of our set was new songs that we ended up recording for this album. And that made such a huge difference - going into the studio after playing a song for two years, knowing it inside-out and having sung it millions of times, and then recording it is a totally satisfying experience. You're suddenly in this controlled environment and you can make it sound exactly as you've been imagining it.” WantYearsMadeTwoPlayTogetherLastsSongSoundDifferencesHalfMillionsKnowingEnvironmentMaterialsHugeNeededSummerMusicianAlbumsStudiosTwo YearsControlledSatisfyingFieryFurnacesNew SongsLast Summer Author:Eleanor Friedberger
“We have our nominee, and it's is Secretary [Hillary] Clinton. I do hope that Secretary Clinton will take into account the huge resonance of the vision that Senator ["Bernie"] Sanders was putting forward.This has inspired millions of citizens - a style of campaign we've never seen before winning 22 states, extraordinary number of caucuses. Now the challenge is to bring the two halves of the party together.” TwoStatesTogetherWinningChallengesPartyNumbersHalfVisionMillionsStyleHugeCitizensAccountsClintonExtraordinaryInspiredCampaignsSecretarySenatorsResonanceCaucus Author:Jeff Merkley
“I'm a husband and a dad. Two thirds of my day is spent being that character. It's a huge part of my identity and why I pursue things I do.” TwoCharacterIdentityHugeDadHusbandThirdsPursue Author:Ben Sollee