“To create a comedy major, I ended up starting a comedy night in the basement of my dorm, and I promoted and produced my final project, which meant I faxed press releases from an old Apple IIC, or whatever it was, to newspapers, not knowing if that would work or if that's how you do things.” IfsNightKnowingComedyProjectsMajorsPressesFinalsStartingNewspapersReleaseApplesNot KnowingBasementsDormsPress Release Author:Eugene Mirman
“When you sign with a major label there is no guarantee that they are going to release it either unless you have a guarantee clause or a marketing clause.” MajorsMarketingReleaseLabelsGuaranteesGuarantees ThatClauses Author:Michael Sweet
“Cancer vaccines are in the future. And they could be very effective. Checkpoint blockade, which is acting your immune system to recognize those cancer cells and kill them is another very promising approach and there have been some checkpoint blockade drugs out in the market now that will release the brake on T lymphocytes, the T lymphocyte is your major killer of tumor cells.” Has BeensActingDrugApproachMajorsCancerReleaseCellsKillersImmuneVaccinesImmune SystemBrakeTumorsBlockadesCheckpoints Author:Laurie Glimcher
“When our sailors in the Persian Gulf accidentally strayed into Iranian waters, that could have sparked a major international incident. Some folks here in Washington rushed to declare that it was the start of another hostage crisis. Instead, we worked directly with the Iranian government and secured the release of our sailors in less than 24 hours.” GovernmentWaterHoursMajorsCrisisInternationalFolksReleaseIncidentsSailorIranianHostageSecuredPersianPersian GulfHostage Crisis Author:Barack Obama
“The thing about being on the majors, from the beginning, going into this, I was like, "I'm not going to be treated like a factory," because that's never the way it was done before. You're talking about a major label, we're talking about serious business; you're not an artist anymore, you're a business, you have to work in terms of product, you have to release a product, and I don't really think that way at all.” ThinkingWayDoneArtistTermTalkingSeriousProductsMajorsTreatedReleaseLabelsFactoriesSerious Business Author:Beth Ditto
“You may have heard that Donald Trum has long refused to release his tax returns, the way every other nominee for president has done for decades. You can look at 40 years of my tax returns. I think we need a law that says, if you become the nominee of the major parties, you have to release your tax returns.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsYearsLooksMayLongDoneLawPresidentPartyHeardReturnTaxesMajorsDecadesReleaseTax Returns Author:Hillary Clinton