“I'm not a long movie person. I have a very short attention span. If you give me a 90-minute movie, that's perfect. When it gets to be two hours, that's a little bit too long for me.” IfsGivingLittlesPersonsLongTwoBitsHoursPerfectAttentionMinutesLittle BitGive MeAttention SpanShort Attention Spans Author:Courteney Cox
“The ones [comedies] that I always liked, whether it's Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, or Fast Times of Ridgemont High, they were all about two hours, or a little bit over two hours. With that extra 15 or 20 minutes, you can get to real character and you're not just stuck in plot.” LittlesTwoRealCharacterBitsTermHoursComedyMinutesLittle BitNewsStuckExtrasPlotEndearmentReal CharacterTerms Of EndearmentFast Times Author:Judd Apatow
“I work out as little as I can for as much gain as I can. Yoga and a little bit of ballet -- only 30 or 40 minutes every other day. I keep supple for myself more than for roles.” LittlesI CanBitsRolesMinutesLittle BitYogaGainsWork OutBalletSupple Author:Julie Andrews
“I need to take a break from this life as a human for 45 minutes and go experience a little bit of immortality.” NeedsHumansLittlesBitsBreakMinutesLittle BitThis LifeImmortality Author:D. M. Turner
“I'm kind of a social person and I enjoy corresponding with people and checking out their Facebook pages. And it really doesn't take much time. Ten minutes in the morning, 10 minutes at night and a little bit during the day. It's just something I really enjoy.” PeopleKindLittlesPersonsNightSocialBitsEnjoyMorningMinutesTenLittle BitPagesCorrespondingFacebook PageChecking Out Author:Chris Frantz
“When you're designing and inventing the way I did, every minute of your life is put - every neuron in your brain into trying to think about the little code and how you can maybe have one less line of code and a little bit more straightforward from the beginning to the answer. And you don't have time to think about companies and products and how would I build this. So Steve Jobs and I were a very necessary pair.” ThinkingWayTryingLittlesJobsLife IsBitsLinesAnswersBrainCompanyMinutesDesignProductsLittle BitCodePairsStraightforwardInventingTime To ThinkNeurons Author:Steve Wozniak
“The hardest thing to get is true emotion. I always believe you need to earn that with the audience. You can't just tell them ok, be sad now. Humor, you can add. Even to the last minute you can be adding little bits of humor. But the true earned emotion is something that you really have to craft.” NeedsBelieveLittlesLastsBitsEmotionAudienceMinutesLittle BitAddHardestCraftsHardest ThingAlways BelieveLast MinuteTrue Emotions Author:John Lasseter
“When my life does get frantic and busy, there's always time to fit something in, even if it means getting up 15 minutes earlier. I get out of bed, do a few Asanas and then do a little bit of mediation. I just structure it into the day. It's really, really simple.” IfsMeanLittlesDoeBitsSimpleMinutesFitBedLittle BitStructureBusyAsanaMediationFrantic Author:Jayne Middlemiss
“I had an interesting day. I was in the studio with a group of musicians, who shall remain nameless, and I said to them "Our exercise today is not to use 'undo' at all. So, there's no second takes. Or, if you do a second take, you have to do the whole take. There's no sort of drop in, change that little bit". The session broke down in, I'd say, 40 minutes. It was impossible for people to work in that restriction any longer.” PeopleIfsLittlesSaidWholeUseTodayBitsInterestingImpossibleGroupsMinutesExerciseLittle BitMusicianStudiosBrokeSessionRestrictionNameless Author:Brian Eno
“I like watching films that are 94 minutes as a spectator. I think it's rare that you don't come out, even from a good film, thinking I wish it could have been a little bit shorter.” ThinkingLittlesHas BeensFilmWishBitsMinutesLittle BitCould Have BeenSpectatorsGood Films Author:Guy Jenkin
“One of the many things I love about working with Ryan Murphy is that you're always thin-sliced in this business. You walk into a room and people want you to be how you look or how you're perceived or whatever it is in that 10 minutes that hey meet you. I think Ryan [Murphy] has an intuition that looks a little bit deeper and sees things that other people might not see in you - sometimes you might not even see in yourself - but that he knows are there and that he might want to get to grow and stretch with as an actor.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantLooksLittlesSometimesMightActorsGrowsBitsWalksRoomsMinutesLittle BitDeeperIntuitionHeyThings I LoveMurphy Author:Matt Bomer
“Yoga is my luxury workout. If I'm on vacation or I have a day off, I love a 90-minute yoga class. It's a really strong workout, but it takes a little bit longer.” IfsLittlesStrongBitsClassMinutesLittle BitYogaLuxuryVacationWorkoutDays Off Author:Alison Sweeney
“Not playing every day, I kind of healed up a little bit from the little injuries that I had the year before. Then, when I got home this winter and my body wasn't beat up, I said, 'Wait a minute, this may work out.'” YearsKindMayLittlesSaidHomeBodyBitsWaitingMinutesLittle BitBeatsWinterWork OutInjuryHealed Author:Jim Thome
“First and foremost, my hats off to our directors and camera department. That is something I will miss after Longmire. I can't imagine working on another show that looks like this. We'll get the whole crew out on location and have a hundred people standing around, waiting for about 40 minutes, so that sun is just a little bit further in the sky and the light is hitting the cloud, in the perfect way.” PeopleWayFirstsLooksLittlesI CanWholeShowsLightBitsWaitingPerfectSunImagineSkyMinutesMissingDirectorsLittle BitHundredStandingCamerasCloudsDepartmentHatsHittingLocationCrewHats Off Author:Bailey Chase
“When movie people go over into television, it's a little bit of a shock. It's much faster-paced. Everything is really last-minute. You won't know your schedule for the next episode until the last minute.” PeopleKnowsLittlesLastsNextBitsMinutesTelevisionLittle BitFasterShockEpisodesSchedulesLast Minute Author:Charisma Carpenter
“The Naval Academy is a very prestigious place, and I choose to try it. I got there and darn near didn't pass, just about flunked out the first year, but a commandant by the name of Bush Bringle managed to call me in one day and taught me more about leadership in about 15 minutes than I have learned in the rest of my life. And because of Bush Bringle I regained some faith and confidence in myself, learning I had a little bit more in me than I thought, and I went back to work and finished.” TryingYearsFirstsLittlesNamesBitsMinutesTaughtOne DayLittle BitFinishedCall MeI Have LearnedAcademyNavalBack To WorkPrestigiousNaval Academy Author:Sam Smith
“I tend to prefer the band thing. I think playing solo is good for about 45 minutes. I remember when I was on my solo tour that I got a chance to play with Martin Stephenson of the Daintees. He's now refashioned himself as almost a delta blues guitar player and he's got all the technique, all the persona and the charisma on stage. I think I do too, but I'm more of a first position strummer guy with a little bit of filigree work. I could listen to him for hours; I could listen to myself playing solo for about half an hour!” ThinkingFirstsLittlesPlayRememberGuyBitsHoursChanceHalfPlayerMinutesStagePositionBandLittle BitGuitarTechniqueSoloRemember WhenPersonaCharismaGuitar PlayerDeltaDelta Blues Author:Bill Mallonee
“I don't understand how a musician can play 90 minutes on stage and then not dedicate a little bit of time to hang out at their merch table. It's not like digging a ditch or something; you're standing there thanking people for coming out to see you.” PeopleLittlesPlayBitsMinutesStageLittle BitMusicianStandingTablesHanging OutComing OutDiggingStanding There Author:Aaron Watson
“So when I can, I try my best to meditate a little bit every day, and that helps a lot. I think that just taking a minute, or however long you can, and really acknowledging everything that you have. Acknowledging what you have, and at the same time, acknowledging what other folks don't have. And you know, you don't have to feel guilty about it, but definitely to feel grateful is the first step in giving it back.” ThinkingKnowsGivingFeelsTryingFirstsLittlesLongI CanHelpingBitsStepsMinutesLittle BitGratefulFolksGuiltyFirst Steps Author:Thao Nguyen
“Meditation has become a big part of my life these days. It's more about taking some moments for yourself to deep-breathe and focus your attention inward. This has really helped me because, as a perfectionist, I used to think that if I couldn't meditate in my idea of the perfect way, then it wouldn't work. I now meditate even if it is for three minutes while I'm sitting in the car. Every little bit helps to slow the system.” IfsThinkingWayLittlesIdeasMomentsHelpingBigsUsedThreeBitsPerfectAttentionFocusMeditationMinutesCarLittle BitSittingBreatheThese DaysInwardPerfectionist Author:Renee Marino
“As a kid you learn that there are thinkers and there are philosophers and there are theologian, and I'd hear little bits of the ideas that these people pursued or developed or created and I'd be really excited. Then I'll start to read it and I think, "Wait a minute, this is a rabbit hole. This isn't a gateway or a ticket to anything except itself."” PeopleThinkingLittlesIdeasKidsBitsWaitingMinutesLittle BitPhilosopherExcitedHolesThinkerTicketsTheologianRabbitsPursuedGatewaysRabbit Holes Author:Will Oldham
“And religious music and the sort of symbolism of it and everything. But I had this idea. Actually, I sort of dreamt it. I woke up - just before waking up one morning, I sort of dreamt this song or the idea of it and the first little bit of it. And I jumped out of bed and I thought, well, you're still asleep. You're going to forget this in a minute - you know, like you do when you've had a dream.” KnowsFirstsWellsLittlesStillsIdeasDreamSongBitsReligiousForgetMorningMinutesLike YouBedLittle BitWake UpWakingSymbolismReligious Music Author:Nick Lowe
“There's a part of me that is really, really happy with all of my success lately because of what it can get me and what it can buy me in the fact that my music will hopefully reach more people. But it also makes me a little bit miserable because the minute the spotlight is on you, people start flinging sh*t at you for whatever reason.” PeopleLittlesReasonFactsBitsMinutesLittle BitMiserableHopefullyReally HappySpotlight Author:Amanda Palmer
“Videoing, lifting it, prodding it, and five minutes later they might even eat it! That first approach to the naked eye is crucial, so when you see pictures coming through on your social media, it does push you to be a little more creative and raise the bar a little bit higher.” FirstsLittlesDoeMightEyeSocialBitsCreativeFiveMinutesMediaHigherApproachLittle BitRaisesSocial MediaBarsNakedCrucialFive MinutesLiftingRaising The BarNaked Eyes Author:Gordon Ramsay
“I'm very gratified that I had my little 15 minutes,or whatever [at the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition]. It certainly didn't make me rich and famous. But it helped a little bit for a while.” LittlesBitsRichMinutesLittle BitCompetitionInternationalMonkSaxophone Author:Jon Gordon