“Yeah, you know, I performed occasionally. I was in such despair because I just - if I didn't have my music to connect with, I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be doing. There was never a 'B' plan here; it was just this. So it took me a long time to find my way.” IfsKnowsWayLongPlansFiguresDespairLong TimeYeahMy WaySupposed To Be Author:Melissa Manchester
“I'd love to be in the '70s. I'd love to have a big, long wig parted down the middle with flat-ironed hair and bell-bottoms. They're actually very flattering for my figure. The wider the leg, the better for a person with a booty.” PersonsLongBigsMiddleFiguresHairBottomLegsFlatsBellsFlatteringWigsBooty Author:Sarah Paulson
“I was a 'learn by doing' writer - I never took any formal writing classes. So it took a long time to figure things out and find my voice.” WritingLongVoiceClassFiguresLong TimeFormal Author:Sara Zarr
“The people who are good in the long run fail a lot, especially at the beginning. So, when you fail early, it might be worth realizing that this is part of the deal, the price you pay for being good in the long run. Every rejection is a gift. A chance to learn and to do it better next time. An opportunity to figure out how to bounce, not break. Don't waste them.” PeopleLongMightMotivationalRunningNextOpportunityRealizingChanceDealsPayBreakFailingFiguresWasteBe GoodRejectionLong RunsNext TimeBounce Author:Seth Godin
“I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright... Or maybe "stupid" is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I.” PeopleWorldWayLongMadeMatterFeelingsEarthJesusLeftFeltStupidFiguresComfortableDeserveHeavyBotherFreakDeitiesBetter WaysStupid PeopleFinding PeaceLeft AlonePersonal HappinessJesus Freak Book:The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time Source: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time
“I wanted to figure out how long to cook things. I did some experiments and then wrote a program using Mathematica to model how heat is transferred through food.” LongWantedFiguresModelsProgramExperimentsCooksHeat Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“Me personally, I'm a guy who it took a long time to figure out what I'm supposed to be doing. I relate to a lot of that finding oneself a little later in the game, or being thrown a curve later in the game.” LittlesLongGuyGamesFiguresFindingsLong TimeOneselfSupposed To BeRelateThrownCurvesFinding Oneself Author:Kurt Sutter
“The idea of a wanton woman is something I have inserted into almost all of my books. An outlaw figure who is disallowed in the community because of her imagination or activity or status - that kind of anarchic figure has always fascinated me. And the benefits they bring with them, in spite of the fact that they are either dismissed or upbraided - something about their presence is constructive in the long run.” KindLongBookIdeasFactsRunningCommunityImaginationFiguresActivityBenefitsSpiteFascinatedLong RunsConstructiveOutlawWanton Author:Toni Morrison
“The buddha-dharma does not invite us to dabble in abstract notions. Rather, the task it presents us with is to attend to what we actually experience, right in this moment. You don't have to look "over there." You don't have to figure anything out. You don't have to acquire anything. And you don't have to run off to Tibet, or Japan, or anywhere else. You wake up right here. In fact, you can only wake up right here. So you don't have to do the long search, the frantic chase, the painful quest. You're already right where you need to be.” NeedsLooksLongDoeMomentsFactsRunningFiguresBuddhismTasksWake UpNotionPainfulAbstractAcquireJapanInvitesQuestsDharmaFranticTibet Author:Steve Hagen
“There are several other sources of enjoyment in a long voyage, which are of a more reasonable nature. The map of the world ceases to be a blank; it becomes a picture full of the most varied and animated figures.” WorldLongFiguresSourceCeaseEnjoymentReasonableMapsBlankAnimatedVoyages Book:Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary Source: Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary
“The reverberation often exceeds through silence the sound that sets it off; the reaction occasionally outdoes by way of repose the event that stimulated it; and the past not uncommonly takes a while to happen, and some long time to figure out.” WayLongHappensPastSoundSilenceEventsFiguresLong TimeReactionsExceedReposeReverberation Book:Sometimes a Great Notion Source: Sometimes a Great Notion
“[In response to Alfred Tennyson's poem "Vision of Sin," which included the line "Every moment dies a man, every moment one is born."] If this were true, the population of the world would be at a stand-still. In truth, the rate of birth is slightly in excess of death. I would suggest that the next edition of your poem should read: "Every moment dies a man, every moment 1 [and] 1/16 is born." Strictly speaking, the actual figure is so long I cannot get it into a line, but I believe the figure 1 [and] 1/16 will be sufficiently accurate for poetry.” IfsMenWorldShouldBelieveLongStillsMomentsWould BeDiesNextI BelieveBornLinesSinVisionFiguresBirthResponseRatePopulationExcessAccurateTennyson Author:Charles Babbage