“When I remember how unhappy I was in adolescence - about the fact that, though I wasn't really using the term to or for myself, I knew that I was gay - I think, "Oh, if someone then could have shown me just an hour in the life that I have now, I would have made it through all of that misery and despair just fine." The pain lay in thinking that I had a desolate future.” IfsThinkingMadeFactsPainRememberTermHoursFineGayDespairLaysMiseryUnhappyMade ItAdolescenceDesolate Author:Andrew Solomon
“My character was a homogenization of various things, whether it be the attitude of a Bruiser Brody, or the look of Nikita Koloff or the way that Nikita looked at the people. I took a little bit of what I liked and what I had seen throughout the years from everybody that I was entertained by and made it my own.” PeopleWayYearsLooksLittlesMadeCharacterBitsMy OwnAttitudeLittle BitVariousMade It Author:Bill Goldberg
“After Brexit referendum, our country faces major challenges. Risks to the economy and living standards are growing. The public is split.The government is in disarray. Ministers have made it clear they have no exit plan, but are determined to make working people pay with a new round of cuts and tax rises.” PeopleMadeCountryGovernmentFacesChallengesPayEconomyClearCuttingGrowingPlansRiskTaxesMajorsStandardsRoundsDeterminedOur CountryMade ItMinistersSplitsExitReferendumsDisarrayNo Exit Author:Wes Streeting
“I have my eye on everything that's of the moment. All the dances, I can do everything that they're currently doing but still keep it smooth. So, I really made it something you can dance to in the summer time but keep it comfortable. You're going to be fly but you don't have to sweat hard and at the same time the song is real sexy.” MadeStillsI CanRealHardMomentsEyeSongCan DoComfortableSummerSexyMade ItSweatSmoothSummer Time Author:MC Hammer
“Nas' Illmatic blew my mind when I first heard it. The poetry was done on such a high level that in a way, it validated our existence, our culture. He used the language of the street at the time and made it art. Art tends to be validating.” WayMindFirstsArtMadeDoneUsedCultureLanguageLevelsExistenceHeardStreetsMade ItHigh LevelIllmatic Author:Erik Parker
“The Nick Boles text is kiboshed [Mike] Gove's chances. It undermined people's confidence in him. It made it look as if he's been conspiring all along. It did more damage to his reputation than anything else.” PeopleIfsLooksMadeChanceReputationMade ItDamageMikeConspiring Author:Andrea Leadsom
“Let me first of all congratulate both of the candidates who have made it through - both Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom are formidable politicians and they have fought great campaigns and they deserve to be in the final two.” FirstsMayMadeTwoPoliticianDeserveLet MeFinalsCampaignsMade ItCandidatesFormidableAndreaTheresa Author:Michael Gove
“It was absolutely killing me that I've spent the first 25 years of my life tryin' to avoid bullets. That was always the main concern. Don't go out late. Don't go to any shady neighborhoods. Don't hang in bars alone. Why? Because you wanna avoid bullets. So once I get to 35 then I was like "Woo, okay. Made it." And now there's a new warning. Now it's like strokes; I gotta watch my health.” YearsFirstsMadeWatchesLateConcernOkayKillingBarsMade ItNeighborhoodWarningBulletsStrokesShady Author:Questlove
“I can't stand things that are poorly made or shoddily conceived. I feel like I'm being insulted when something is poorly designed, poorly made. It's like whoever made that thing didn't respect the rest of us enough to do it well.” FeelsWellsMadeI CanEnoughMade ItInsulted Author:Damian Kulash
“[Jane] Roe has made it not only possible, but has found it constitutional to kill a whole class of people, simply because of their genetic make-up.” PeopleMadeWholeFoundClassMade ItJane Author:Sam Brownback
“There's no question to my mind and I think no question to any objective observer's mind that the DNC was supporting Hillary Clinton and was at opposition to our campaign. So I'm not quite shocked by this. And that is why many, many months ago I made it clear that I thought Debbie Wasserman Schultz should resign, should step down.” ThinkingShouldMindMadeStepsClearMonthsClintonCampaignsObjectivesMade ItOppositionShockedObservers Author:Bernie Sanders
“He [The Dalai Lama] has made it his mission to say, "We can't afford to squabble over minor differences, we have to concentrate on what we have in common, our common mission, our common culture - and indeed what we have in common with the rest of the world."” WorldMadeCultureDifferencesCommonMissionsMade ItMinorsLamaDalaiSquabblesCommon Culture Author:Pico Iyer
“My parents were divorced and my dad was in the Marines. I lived in California until I was 10 then we moved to Bettendorf, Iowa when I was in the fourth grade. I had an older brother so it made it a little easier to adjust to things.” LittlesMadeParentBrotherDadEasierMovedMy DadMade ItCaliforniaGradesFourthMarineDivorcedIowaOlder BrotherFourth Grade Author:Robbie Lawler
“Peter Hart, who's a pollster that's - who's done many focus groups about Hillary Clinton, talks about a glass curtain. She talks about the glass ceiling. He says voters feel there's a glass curtain between themselves and Hillary Clinton. They can't relate to her. They feel they don't really understand her, and that's made it easier for her opponents, of which there have been many over many years, to define her the way they want to.” WayWantFeelsYearsHas BeensMadeDoneFocusGroupsEasierClintonGlassesMade ItRelateOpponentsVotersPeterCurtainsCeilingsHartGlass CeilingFocus Groups Author:Tamara Keith
“One of the problems and the reason why Carolyn [Maloney ] wrote the book, the Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated is that some people think we have made it when we have not and there's much to be done.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensMadeBookReasonDoneProblemProgressMade ItReason WhyRumorExaggerated Author:Eleanor Smeal
“I've always been about setting goals. Then when I had a near death experience at nineteen, it made it even more important to strive to achieve certain things.” MadeImportantCertainGoalAchieveStriveSettingSettingsMade ItSetting GoalsNineteenNear DeathNear Death Experience Author:Phil Keoghan
“There's a book called Mummy and the people actually seem to have become addicted to mummy dust. And mummy dust was somehow made from people who've died of the most loathsome diseases. It's too bad that [David] Cronenberg didn't see this book, see I only saw it after the film was made. It might have been of interest to him.” PeopleHas BeensMadeBookSeemsMightFilmInterestSawsDiseaseDiedDustMade ItMight Have BeenMummy Author:William S. Burroughs
“Americans have made it clear we want to build a more sustainable future. I am excited to harness that energy and see what we can create together.” WantMadeTogetherEnergyClearExcitedMade ItHarness Author:Frances Beinecke
“Politicians talk about wage equality, but my father has made it a practice at his company throughout his entire career. He will fight for equal pay for equal work, and I will fight for this too right alongside of him.” MadeFightingFatherPayCompanyCareersPracticePoliticianEqualMade ItEqual Pay Author:Ivanka Trump
“The only reason that we humans and all creatures have made it thus far is because of the lessons learned consciously and unconsciously through the challenges we have been through.” HumansHas BeensMadeReasonChallengesLessonsCreaturesMade ItLesson Learned Author:Bryan Kest
“Maybe, just maybe, there should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story. The pain, the hurt. They raised their children. Some were working as maids, but when they left those kitchens, those homes, they made it to the mass meetings. And they put their bodies on the lines, also.” ShouldChildrenMadeStoriesHomeBodyPainLeftHurtLinesNovelRightsMovementMassMeetingsRaisedCivil RightsMade ItKitchenContributionGraphicCivil Rights MovementMaidsGraphic Novels Author:John Lewis
“I just find that I enjoy the music that feels like there's a journey to the top of this mountain, then you're at the top of the mountain finally with this magical feeling, and you're stoked because you made it, and you're up there, but there's a little bit of sadness to think of all that you lost along the way to get there. I guess I relate and enjoy the path and the struggle very much.” ThinkingWayFeelsLittlesMadeFeelingsLostBitsEnjoyStrugglePathJourneySadnessMountainLittle BitMade ItRelate Author:Aaron Bruno
“The first day I was told that I had osteoarthritis, I thought it was the worst thing that could possibly happen to me; I was done. I couldn't do anything. I couldn't run so my life was over. But because I'm a competitive person, I wasn't going to let anything slow me down and I turned it around and made it a positive.” FirstsPersonsMadeDoneHappensRunningWorstDown AndMade ItWorst ThingsCompetitive Person Author:Kristin Armstrong
“I know because the movie's made a lot of money, everyone's relaxed a bit so there wasn't that pressure to set the tone for the movies [Fifty Shades of Grey] so I felt a little more freedom this time and it probably made it more enjoyable.” KnowsLittlesMadeFeltBitsPressureMade ItToneFiftyShadeLots Of MoneyGreyRelaxedEnjoyableFifty ShadesShades Of Grey Author:Jamie Dornan
“After the song [for sausage Party] was finally done, we didn't have enough time, but we thought it would be fun. It also would've thrown it off a bit, because we really are doing more of an homage to Pixar, and if we filled it with songs, it would've felt more like Disney. And we had an experience, while we were making it, that going too Disney made it too weird.” IfsMadeDoneEnoughWould BeSongFunFeltBitsPartyFilledMade ItThrownEnough TimeHomageSausagePixar Author:Evan Goldberg
“I've made it clear in my reporting that we need a rational, effective and humane system. I don't support amnesty, and for that reason amnesty groups attack me. That's fine, it's a free country. Their attacks don't give me too much concern.” NeedsGivingMadeCountryReasonSupportClearToo MuchGroupsFineConcernGive MeRationalMade ItHumaneAmnestyFree Country Author:Lou Dobbs
“The Cable Guy was underbudgeted, so it was always a debate about whether we could have more days or certain things that we needed, because the budget was determined before the script was written. So that made it a hard production on everybody. But it's also a funny thing, because it's one of those movies that cost $40 million to make and made $100 million around the world, but at the time, it seemed like a disaster that it didn't make hundreds of millions of dollars, because Jim was on such a tear. But it was actually a successful movie.” WorldMadeHardGuyCertainMillionsSuccessfulWrittenTearsNeededCostDollarsScriptsProductionsDeterminedDebateDisasterMade ItAround The WorldBudgetsCablesFunny Things Author:Judd Apatow
“June [Hillary] had been doing all these things - the Himalayas and all the rest of it - so we had done things together for a long time, and, particularly as far as our Sherpas were concerned, we had a very sound, I think, philosophy. So that made it very easy for us to agree on what should be done.” ThinkingShouldLongMadeDonePhilosophyTogetherEasySoundLong TimeConcernedAgreeMade ItJuneHimalayasSherpas Author:Edmund Hillary
“I was a screenwriting major in college, and really wanted to do that after I graduated, but there are no job listings for that, as we all know. I had many classmates that made it in the business, but stand-up comedy was my way in, and my first film 'Sleepwalk with Me' was based on those autobiographical experiences.” KnowsWayFirstsMadeWantedJobsFilmComedyCollegeMajorsMade ItMy WayScreenwritingStand Up ComedyClassmatesWalk With Me Author:Mike Birbiglia
“I've been selfish over the years, and other people who have made it have too, but I can only speak for myself.” PeopleYearsMadeI CanSpeakSelfishMade It Author:Mike Birbiglia
“My husband had a clothing store in Paris, and I had his factory make specifically for me something similar to the one I was looking for. We made it in different colours, and decided to sell them in the store...and in a day, they were sold out! This sweater became later known as the "poor boy sweater" and it ended up making the cover of Elle magazine, and in a day, I became the "Queen of knit", without knowing anything about knitting!” MadeDifferentPoorKnownBoysKnowingHusbandDecidedSellsStoresMagazinesMade ItQueensParisColourMy HusbandClothingsFactoriesSweatersKnittingSold OutPoor BoyDifferent Colours Author:Sonia Rykiel
“"Dollhouse" was really insane. We shot it at this top house studio in Brookyln. It was really cool. I designed a mini dollhouse that we used. I made it all by hand and decorated each room, and we based the actual set off of that. The Dollhouse was just plain wood and I put roofing on it and everything. I got real carpet for it. It was crazy. It was definitely an interesting experience. It was the first music video I've ever made. It was definitely stressful but awesome. Everybody was really amazing on set; we just had a blast doing it.” FirstsMadeRealHandsUsedHouseInterestingRoomsCrazyShotsStudiosWoodsVideoInsaneMade ItCarpetReally CoolBlastStressfulReally AmazingDollhousesRoofing Author:Melanie Martinez
“We lost our way a long time ago with technology. Just because something is an advancement by going digital - that was a huge (expletive) mistake. It was a way for people to make money, but it sure didn't improve sound or quality of record making. It made it faster, cheaper, but it isn't as durable.” PeopleWayLongMadeLostSoundMistakeQualityTechnologyRecordsHugeLong TimeMade ItFasterMaking MoneyDigitalAdvancementLong Time AgoCheaper Author:John Mellencamp
“Seth [Rogen] had written a script with this guy, Evan [Goldberg], who none of us knew, and he was prepared to move to L.A. to try to get a script made. It had no title. I actually gave them the suggestion of naming it Superbad, which they did. I just thought it was a weird, interesting name for it. Evan came to L.A. to live with Seth, to be his roommate. It was kind of like, "Who's the new guy?" Within days, we all loved Evan. Long story short, both of them were groomsmen at my wedding.” TryingKindLongMadeStoriesMovingGuyNamesInterestingWrittenPreparedScriptsMade ItTitlesSuggestionsThis GuyRoommateLong Story Author:David Krumholtz
“I remember at the time, there were all these teen movies being made. It was this resurgence of John Hughes-esque teen comedies. I was sent a lot of them to audition for, and a lot of them at the time didn't really impress me. I remember I was sent one called East Grand Rapids High, which ended up becoming American Pie, and I didn't like it. Although I think I did audition for it.” ThinkingMadeRememberComedyBecomingEastMade ItPieImpressAuditionsRapidsResurgenceAmerican Pie Author:David Krumholtz
“The idea of a journeyman actor, people sort of say negatively - "Someone who never made it for real" - [but] I think a journeyman actor is the complete goal.” PeopleThinkingMadeIdeasRealActorsGoalMade It Author:Aya Cash
“Beginning of our conversation with Donald Trump, I made it very clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall.” MadePayClearWallTrumpConversationMade ItMexico Author:Enrique Pena Nieto
“We have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God. So when we are in the mess, remember Jesus made it right. We got to hang on to that by faith.” MadeRememberFallJesusGloryMade ItMessGlory Of God Author:Jud Wilhite
“But in his Farewell Address, George Washington made it clear that he perceived no greater threat to the American experiment than a partisan demagogue who 'agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against the other'” MadeCommunityClearGreaterThreatIllExperimentsMade ItAddressesFarewellAlarmsPartisansKindlesAnimosityFarewell AddressAgitate Author:John Avlon
“There's a starting place. And that starting place for everyone is ambition. We're all scared of that word today because they made it bad in the late '80s. As if desire is not a good thing.” IfsMadeTodayDesireAmbitionLateGood ThingsStartingScaredMade It80s Author:Brendon Burchard
“Of course, the English countryside is completely artificial. It was naturally a forest; they chopped down the trees and made it into what it is now: really a beautiful country.” MadeCountryBeautifulCoursesTreeForestsMade ItArtificialCountrysideBeautiful CountryEnglish Countryside Author:Freeman Dyson
“Well advice people have told me that is that, "If people aren't suing you, you haven't made it," which I don't necessarily believe but with greater success comes greater responsibility and being one of the few female entrepreneurs who I think has been as public as I have been, you're definitely under a spotlight. It's difficult to manage.” PeopleIfsThinkingBelieveWellsHas BeensMadeDifficultResponsibilityGreaterAdviceHavensFemaleEntrepreneurManageMade ItSpotlightSuing Author:Sophia Amoruso
“I don't feel that Shaunae Miller cheated me because she didn't break any rules or anything like that, but I do feel like it's a very difficult way to lose. Having worked so hard and I know that that was such a close race, it just kind of made it even harder to deal with defeat just because of how it was done. But I don't think that she had any ill intention by it or did it on purpose. I think it just kind of happened.” ThinkingKnowsWayFeelsKindMadeHardDonePurposeDifficultLosesDealsRaceBreakHappenedHarderIntentionDefeatIllMade ItCheated Author:Allyson Felix
“We've been married for 10 years. We have a five-year-old boy and an 11-month-old boy and life is good. It's a constant juggle but it is so incredibly fulfilling when you get a chance to look into each other's eyes at the end of the day and say, "We made it through another one."” YearsLooksMadeEndsEyeLife IsChanceBoysFiveMonthsMarriedConstantMade ItFive YearsThe End Of The DayFulfillingFive Year OldsLife Is Good Author:Sterling K. Brown
“After college, I shot a pilot for a show on Lifetime, which was basically House of Style for a TV lover. I think I got paid $1,500, and I was like, "Mom, I'm moving out! I made it!" I did two seasons of that, but I felt like a talking head and wanted to do more.” ThinkingMadeTwoShowsWantedMovingHouseFeltTalkingStyleCollegeTvsMomLoversShotsSeasonsPaidLifetimeMade ItPilotsMoving OutTalking Heads Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“I could name you a dozen superheroes whose powers I'd like to have. But if I could have any power in the world, it would be the power to read or watch a creative work and absorb the technical skill of the people who made it. Because then I could have even more fun writing. That's my core identity.” PeopleIfsWorldWritingMadeWould BeNamesFunWatchesCreativeIdentitySkillsCoreMade ItIf I CouldDozenSuperheroCreative WorkTechnical Skills Author:Kurt Busiek
“Especially without coverage, we have made it to 4, 5, 6% in the polls just on the power of the public interest out there from Americans who feel like they've been thrown under the bus by the two conventional parties.” FeelsMadeTwoInterestPartyMade ItThrownBusConventionalPollsCoveragePublic InterestThrown Under The Bus Author:Jill Stein
“It's such a pleasant experience [being a part of the DC Universe], though very nerve-wracking to come on to someone else's set, essentially. They've been there for two years, so for me to sort of walk on and to be expected to jump into it, it's not always that easy. But they made it incredibly welcoming and hospitable, so I'm very grateful for that.” YearsMadeTwoEasyWalksGratefulExpectedWelcomeMade ItPleasantTwo YearsNervesHarry PotterPotters Author:Tom Felton
“The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005 made it harder for individuals to file bankruptcy, which is always the last resort. Unfortunately, simultaneously consumers racked up so much debt that counseling companies - which are higher up on my list if you need help managing your debt - are sometimes unable to help. So if you fall into this camp, debt settlement may be something to consider.” IfsNeedsMayMadeSometimesHelpingLastsFallIndividualCompanyHigherHarderDebtListsMade ItReformConsumersCampsResortsFilesSettlementBankruptcyCounselingNeed HelpDebt SettlementUnable To Help Author:Jean Chatzky
“I'd love to see Sting come back. The guys that had the potential to make any money and draw any money, they came. The ones that made it, made it, and the ones that didn't, didn't. The list of those who made it, theres lots the list of those who didn't make it are longer then the ones who did.” MadeGuyDrawsListsMade It Author:Ric Flair