“Don't think for one minute, whoever you are, that you're not important. You're so vitally important to stand up and be heard and do what it is you do.” ThinkingImportantHeardMinutesOne Minute Author:Sally Field
“I used to live on the other side of Canberra so it'd take me about 20-25-minutes to come into training. I was so thankful to have a car. Mum was also happy because she had all this extra time instead of driving me to training, waiting around, and then taking me home.” HomeUsedWaitingSidesMinutesCarTrainingDrivingExtrasTake MeMumWaiting AroundExtra TimeCanberra Author:Melissa Breen
“It is easier to be gay at this very moment than it was five minutes ago. It is just constantly getting better, and it's wonderful.” MomentsFiveWonderfulMinutesEasierGayGet BetterFive Minutes Author:Guy Branum
“The type of person that might thrive on Vine in a six-second clip might not be the same kind of entertainer who would shine on a 10-minute vlog on YouTube. If anything, having these different platforms gives more people a chance to creatively express themselves.” PeopleIfsGivingKindPersonsDifferentMightChanceMinutesTypeSixShiningThrivePlatformsYoutubeEntertainersVinesClipShine On Author:Tyler Oakley
“I was 12 minutes late. Let's not make a federal case out of it.” CasesMinutesLate Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“I read little, I just glance through one newspaper. Just 15 minutes.” LittlesMinutesNewspapersGlances Author:Pope Francis
“Some stories feel like they need more time or less time to tell. To not obsessively have to trim or add that final two or three minutes is very helpful, because you can just organically follow how the story feels.” NeedsFeelsTwoStoriesThreeMinutesAddFinalsHelpfulMore Time Author:Judd Apatow
“I don't think because a story has humor in it means it's brief. For some reason, people think anything that's 30 minutes is a comedy, comedies can be longer or shorter, so can dramas.” PeopleThinkingMeanReasonStoriesComedyMinutesDrama Author:Judd Apatow
“I know, we can barely fit them in. That is a big challenge. Treating four lead characters equally, within a 30-minute format, is definitely challenging.” KnowsCharacterBigsChallengesFourMinutesFitFormatBig ChallengesLead Characters Author:Mark Duplass
“Yes, it leads people to believe that they have more information than our cops, but then, at some point, before you know it, you're both caught up. Everybody, when they're watching the who-dun-it shows, is making guesses in the first five minutes anyway. We just kind of give them what they want.” PeopleKnowsWantGivingFirstsBelieveKindShowsFiveMinutesInformationCaughtCopCaught UpFive Minutes Author:Kristin Lehman
“One of the things the police officers told us in the first minutes of being with them is that the way that they cope with their job is by using a lot of inappropriate humour. It's really a lovely opportunity to try to challenge our ideas of what it is to deal with complex issues, and that they're not always dower. Having that kind of humour along with the pathos for what people are going through is a really nice challenge.” PeopleWayTryingFirstsKindIdeasJobsOpportunityChallengesDealsIssuesNiceMinutesHumourPoliceComplexesLovelyOfficersReally NicePolice OfficerInappropriatePathos Author:Kristin Lehman
“When I do a film, the days before or the night before, I throw up. Sometimes it's just in my mouth and I swallow it back, but sometimes it's real. Whatever it is, it's hard. I don't do the first five or ten minutes of my character's appearance in a movie until the middle of the shooting schedule because I don't want him to be defined by my nervousness. So, we do the middle of the picture first.” WantFirstsRealSometimesHardCharacterFilmNightFiveMiddleMinutesTenMouthsAppearanceDefinedShootingSchedulesWant HimNervousness Author:Donald Sutherland
“What we did is we went on those parabolic flights, which people like to call the vomit comet. Basically, the plane throws you up into the air and catches you. And for about 30 seconds, you feel like there's no gravity. So what we did was we did a series of eight of those in a row. And every time we landed, we stayed perfectly still for the five minutes in between while the plane is setting up so that we could just continue the routine where we had left off. So the final video you see is all one take. And we seem to be weightless the entire time.” PeopleFeelsStillsSeemsLeftFiveAirMinutesSeriesFinalsEightSettingVideoFlightSettingsPlanesRoutineSecondsGravityFive MinutesComets Author:Damian Kulash
“Godzilla also represents the fear of nuclear annihilation, which was something that was big in my mind at the time. It was something that the people of this forthcoming generation haven't had to live with, but people around my age grew up with the idea that we could all be blown up at any minute. That's also what got me into hardcore music.” PeopleMindIdeasBigsAgeGenerationsMinutesHavensGrewGrew UpNuclearAnnihilationHardcoreForthcomingGodzilla Author:Brad Warner
“I always laugh because I used to think the week before anyone saw me on "Charlie's Angels," nobody cared what I ate, how I exercised, what clothes I wore. Nobody was interested and the minute I was on "Charlie's Angels" everything I said was interesting.” ThinkingSaidUsedInterestingLaughingSawsWeekMinutesClothesAngelCharlieNobody CaresCharlie's Angels Author:Cheryl Ladd
“I guess I would say, it's okay to put things off until the very last minute as long as you know you've got them under control.” KnowsLongLastsMinutesOkayLast Minute Author:Karlie Kloss
“HeartMath found that five minutes of feeling love and care can strengthen your immune system for up to six hours, whereas five minutes of feeling angry can weaken and suppress the immune system for six hours. Love releases very powerful, beneficial chemicals into the body.” FeelingsBodyCareFoundHoursPowerfulFiveMinutesSixAngryReleaseChemicalsFive MinutesBeneficialVery PowerfulImmuneImmune SystemLove And CareFeeling Angry Author:Marci Shimoff
“Bette Davis, she was so brilliant and one of my heroes, but she worked a ton, and then she didn't get All About Eve [1950] until the last minute. Claudette Colbert was supposed to be Margo Channing, but then she broke her back and couldn't do it. That allowed Davis to play her age.” PlayAgeLastsMinutesHeroBrilliantSupposed To BeBrokeMy HeroLast Minute Author:Winona Ryder
“The business is about coming up with a business plan and using your relationships and networking and seeing your dreams come true. Everyone on this show has their own business. Fifteen minutes of fame is fleeting. It's about learning the business and creating a new business.” ShowsDreamPlansSeeingMinutesFameCreatingYour DreamsOur RelationshipFifteenDreams Come TrueFleetingNetworkingOwn BusinessBusiness PlanNew Business Author:Eva Marcille
“I was asked to give a speech on the Everest swim, and during the Everest swim, I changed. I changed as a person, I honestly did. That mountain changed me, and I gave a speech about it for nine minutes.” GivingPersonsMinutesChangedMountainSpeechHonestlyNineSwimEverest Author:Lewis Pugh
“I'm naturally a personable person. I feel like figuring out ways to have my personality shine through outside of just a three minute song helped. I have layers, there are many different sides to Torae.” WayFeelsPersonsDifferentSongThreeSidesMinutesPersonalityShiningLayersDifferent Sides Author:Torae
“Ten minutes of a smartphone in front of your nose is about the equivalent of an hour long walk in bright daylight. Imagine going for an hour long walk in bright daylight and then thinking, "Now I'll get some sleep." It ain't going to happen.” ThinkingLongHappensHoursSleepWalksImagineMinutesFrontsTenNosesDaylightSmartphonesLong Walks Author:Daniel Kahneman
“Every night for the next week, set aside ten minutes before you go to sleep. Write down three things that went well today and why they went well...Writing about why the positive events in your life happened may seem awkward at first, but please stick with it for one week. It will get easier. The odds are that you will be less depressed, happier, and addicted to this exercise six months from now.” WritingFirstsWellsMaySeemsTodayNightThreeNextSleepHappenedWeekMinutesEventsMonthsEasierExercisePleaseTenSixSticksEvery NightAwkwardOddsSix MonthsThree ThingsGoing To SleepNext WeekLife Happens Author:Daniel Kahneman
“I think my father was sick of being on the sidelines watching a bunch of incompetents in his mind. And in our world, in our business world, these people wouldn't last five minutes in real companies, and he's sick of them making decisions that are costing our children, their children behind them, trillions of dollars and really giving up the great power that we've built up over the last 200 years.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingYearsMindChildrenRealLastsFatherDecisionBehindsCompanyFiveMinutesGiving UpBuiltSickOur ChildrenDollarsBunchOur WorldFive MinutesGreat PowerMaking DecisionsSidelinesBusiness World Author:Donald Trump, Jr.
“I wasn't so stupid that I didn't realize the implications of what they were saying. In my live work I was going for the quick thrill, rather than spending time concentrating on my voice. I figured I'd get on, make as many quick movement as possible, dance my ass off for five minutes, move into the insult portion of the evening, and then, at the end, create some kind of chaos until the 55 minutes were up.” KindEndsMovingVoiceRealizingFiveMinutesStupidMovementChaosSpendingAssEveningInsultPortionsThrillFive MinutesImplicationsConcentratingSpending Time Author:Iggy Pop
“Lagos was a city that had been turned against itself. There was a bridge that became the perfect trap for crimes, which began with nails being scattered to cause flat tyres. If the driver stopped, the car would be dismantled in 20 minutes and the parts thrown overboard [to people waiting below]. The system had turned into a kind of destructive device that could be used against people. That was the narrative.” PeopleIfsKindWould BeUsedCausesWaitingPerfectCitiesMinutesCarCrimeNarrativeBridgesDestructiveThrownFlatsDevicesDriversNailsTrapsOverboardTyres Author:Rem Koolhaas
“I like that we don't have to come out the first 10 minutes and score, you know, with joke, joke, joke. We can open it in a more novel way and keep playing different pranks as we go through the thing.” KnowsWayFirstsDifferentNovelMinutesJokesScorePranks Author:Bruce Vilanch
“A lot of the day-to-day, minute-to-minute struggles are a bit more taken care of, so it allows you to start asking more existential questions like, "What do I want in life? What's going to make me happy?"” WantCareBitsStruggleTakenMinutesAskingExistentialDay To DayMake Me Happy Author:Paul Rust
“I had a back-and-forth where I asked Donald Trump, is it true or false that he said the government should pay for everyone's health care? He said it's false. Listen, within minutes, we put out a video just contrasting what he said there with video of him just a few months earlier saying exactly the opposite.” ShouldSaidGovernmentCarePayMinutesMonthsTrumpOppositesVideoHealth CareBack And ForthTrue Or False Author:Ted Cruz
“Comedy, I figured, was the thing that came to me the most easily. Playing the trumpet and piano took practice. I thought that was a waste of time. I'd go out on the street corner and be funny. In a minute.” PracticeComedyStreetsMinutesWasteCornersPianoWasting TimeTrumpetsStreet Corners Author:George Carlin
“Now, a lot of people may be surprised at that, but I'm very dedicated to working out. Usually, it's running. It clears my mind, totally. I get on the treadmill, which I just bought, and I run on that for about 40-45 minutes.” PeopleMindMayRunningMinutesWork OutDedicatedTreadmills Author:Viola Davis
“I honestly just love Greek yogurt and honey, and berries, and some KIND granola or something because that's always something that I'm down to eat. But everything else, like anything savory just has to be ordered really last minute because I never know.” KnowsKindLastsMinutesHonestlyGreekHoneyBerriesLast MinuteYogurtSavoryGranolaGreek Yogurt Author:Chrissy Teigen
“Ivo van Hove is directing The Crucible, and rehearses in quite an unusual way. We started rehearsals last week and dived straight into the first act, like, five minutes after we all turned up. No warm-ups. We were very intensely immersed in that whole world on day one. It was quite surreal because I've never done any theater before.” WorldWayFirstsDoneWholeLastsFiveWeekMinutesTheaterWarmWhole WorldUnusualFive MinutesVansRehearsalSurrealCrucible Author:Saoirse Ronan
“I certainly don't feel like I am desperate to run away from a film set. I love the hustle and bustle. Everything is sort of mad right before a take, and then it just settles, and you've got these two minutes of a bit of magic. I just love that in film.” FeelsTwoRunningFilmBitsMagicMinutesMadSettlingDesperateRunning AwayHustleFilm SetBustleHustle And Bustle Author:Saoirse Ronan
“All of the thinking and planning that you do to get there, and then, in one minute, in one second, it just doesn't matter. It goes out the window. You either got it or you didn't. There is something kind of refreshing about that.” ThinkingKindMatterMinutesWindowPlanningRefreshingOne Minute Author:Jodie Foster
“It's completely unsexy [Yello, "Oh Yeah" 1985]. It does capture that weird '80s materialism and "We're gonna get it on now" vibe. But it's a very juvenile approach. It also became a weird signal for comedy, in the sense that when you heard the song, it meant comedy was happening on screen. I feel like this song was probably done in a couple of minutes in a studio.” FeelsDoeDoneSongComedyHeardMinutesCoupleApproachHappeningsYeahStudiosScreensMaterialismCaptureSignals80sJuvenile Author:Margaret Cho
“I feel like this song [Yello, "Oh Yeah"] was probably done in a couple of minutes in a studio. There was probably no thought behind it; they were just playing with some samples and threw it together. I feel like there's no dream behind the song. Usually there's a dream or some kind of passion attached to a song. This song feels very empty. It made a lot of money for the songwriters but at the expense of culture.” FeelsKindMadeDoneDreamTogetherSongCulturePassionBehindsMinutesCoupleEmptyYeahStudiosExpensesLots Of MoneySongwritersSample Author:Margaret Cho
“The European problem is that it assumes that the minute a woman has a child, the mother identity subsumes the professional identity. Now she's the mother, above all, and we must give her all this time.” GivingChildrenProblemMotherMinutesIdentityAssuming Author:Anne-Marie Slaughter
“Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.” MightKnowledgeMinutesCuriosityLeisureTriflesEmulationUseful Knowledge Book:The Rambler: In Four Volumes.. Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes..
“Let's look at lending, where they're using big data for the credit side. And it's just credit data enhanced, by the way, which we do, too. It's nothing mystical. But they're very good at reducing the pain points. They can underwrite it quicker using - I'm just going to call it big data, for lack of a better term: "Why does it take two weeks? Why can't you do it in 15 minutes?"” WayLooksDoeTwoBigsPainSidesTermWeekMinutesVery GoodCreditDataMysticalReducingTwo WeeksLending Author:Jamie Dimon
“Things move so quickly on set. When you're about to do another take and you have a minute to figure out what you're doing, you just kind of determine how you're going to do it on the spot.” KindMovingMinutesFiguresDetermineSpotsDoing You Author:Michael Cera
“I was shocked to find out how many deaths occurred due to fires across the country and how simply they could've been avoided. Knowing how to get out of our homes is important, especially in less than 2 minutes.” ImportantCountryHomeKnowingFireMinutesDuesShockedAvoided Author:Frankie J. Grande
“I had a 90-minute one-man show. I performed it and my life just exploded. Everything - my life just changed. Every writer, director, producer, studio head, movie star - they all wanted it. It was the hottest property since 'Rocky.'” MenShowsWantedStarsMinutesChangedDirectorsPropertyStudiosProducersOne ManMovie StarHottest Author:Chazz Palminteri
“I'm more focused as a singer and hands-on with music and more exacting, and less trying to furiously fit a thousands thoughts into a four minute song.” TryingHandsSongFourMinutesFitFocusedSingers Author:Dan Bejar
“Meanwhile someone is shining my head to get it dry to attach my top-hat to my head with toupee tape. I get into microphone and get back up into my dressing room for the rest of my costume. I get snapped into all these things and layers and bundled up. I walk downstairs to the pit. Someone hands me my baton (which lights up like a wand) and I watch the first three minutes of the show. Then I come up out of the pit and there I am.” FirstsShowsHandsLightThreeWalksRoomsWatchesMinutesShiningCome UpDryHatsGet BackTapeLayersCostumesDressingsPitsMicrophonesLight UpWandsDressing RoomsBatonTop Hats Author:Tituss Burgess
“George W. Bush was passionate about AIDS. And we had a 10-minute talk at the interval of a concert at the Kennedy Center about AIDS. And I was astonished about how well-informed he was and his commitment to AIDS. And so it's the typical thing of don't judge a book by its cover until you have read the book.” WellsBookMinutesJudgingCommitmentPassionateAidsConcertsTypicalIntervalsJudging A Book By Its Cover Author:Elton John
“I have worked with some incredible talent, and loved every minute of it.” MinutesTalentIncredibles Author:Olivia Stuck
“I don't have a set working style. Some lyrics come really slow, others come in 10 minutes while I'm watching basketball. They're always a surprise to me.” MinutesStyleBasketballSurprise Author:Travis Morrison
“Even afterwards when you go through a scene and then step off, sometimes you need a minute to just decompress.” NeedsSometimesStepsMinutesScene Author:Aldis Hodge
“Though a song may race by in a minute and a half, every aspect of it is calculated and intentional.” MaySongRaceHalfMinutesAspect Author:Jacob Bannon