“I had never done a 90-minute play with no intermission, so it is a bit like you get onto the train and you don't get off until it's over - and it's over very quickly, so don't miss a moment of it. That experience is very rare and specific so don't miss a minute, because there aren't very many minutes of it.” DonePlayMomentsBitsMinutesMissingLike YouTrainIntermission Author:Lily Rabe
“My big running discovery was around Stanley Park in Vancouver. Miss it. That's a six-mile loop. Now I smile when I get four miles done. Age is a beast.” DoneBigsRunningAgeFourMissingSixDiscoveryMilesBeastParksLoopsI SmileStanleyVancouver Author:Michael Weatherly
“I've done so many interviews that I've gotten past the ego and the personality. I used to feel that there might be something missing, but a few years ago I realized that I was so causative over how the interview went that I was no longer concerned over the effects of the interview.” FeelsYearsDoneMightPastUsedEffectsMissingPersonalityEgoConcernedYears AgoI RealizedInterviews Author:John Travolta
“If you're a fan of American roots music, you won't want to miss 'Awake My Soul--The Story of the Sacred Harp.' Filmmakers Matt and Erica Hinton have done a fine job capturing the history, sound and spirit of this unusual but compelling art form that, trust me, you don't have to be religious to appreciate.” IfsWantArtSoulDoneStoriesJobsFormSpiritSoundReligiousFansMissingFineAppreciateRootsSacredMy SoulAwakeFilmmakerUnusualCompellingTrust MeHarps Author:Eric Zorn
“Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today ... The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty.” MenWorldShouldHumansArtDoneAgeTodayActionMovingLiteratureFiveMissingHe ManAchievementTwentiesTreasureFortyPricelessTwenty Five Author:William Osler
“It was a real revolution. But with one missing feature. That is the feeling in a people that "We have done it once, and if the new lot let us down, we can do it again!" It was that proud, menacing confidence which made the French revolution special. But it's not around in 21st-century Europe. After 1989, the people handed over liberty to the experts. Will they ever want it back?” PeopleIfsWantMadeRealDoneFeelingsCan DoLibertySpecialCenturyMissingRevolutionProudEuropeFeaturesExperts21st CenturyFrench Revolution Author:Neal Ascherson
“The more important point, however, is not about what the money does. It's about what has to be done to get the money. The effect of the money might be (democratically) benign. But what is done to secure that money is not necessarily benign. To miss this point is to betray the Robin Hood fallacy: the fact that the loot was distributed justly doesn't excuse the means taken to secure it.” MeanDoeImportantDoneFactsMightTakenEffectsMissingExcuseSecureBetrayHoodFallacyRobinsBenignRobin Hood Author:Lawrence Lessig
“[On Kay Strozzi in The Silent Witness:] Miss Strozzi ... had the temerity to wear as truly horrible a gown as ever I have seen on the American stage. ... Had she not luckily been strangled by a member of the cast while disporting this garment, I should have fought my way to the stage and done her in, myself.” WayShouldDoneStageMissingMembersShould HaveSilentCastsHorribleWitnessMy WayGarmentsGowns Author:Dorothy Parker
“What we suffer, what we endure, what we muff, what we kill, what we miss, what we are guilty of, is done by us, as individuals, in private.” DoneSufferingIndividualMissingEndureGuilty Book:What the woman lived: selected letters of Louise Bogan, 1920-1970 Source: What the woman lived: selected letters of Louise Bogan, 1920-1970
“[As a writer] you have to have the three D's: drive, discipline and desire. If you're missing any one of those three, you can have all the talent in the world, but it's going to be really hard to get anything done.” IfsWorldHardDoneDesireThreeTalentMissingDiscipline Author:Nora Roberts
“Life is not somewhere waiting for you, it is happening in you. It is not in the future as a goal to be arrived at, it is herenow, this very moment - in your breathing, circulating in your blood, beating in your heart. Whatsoever you are is your life, and if you start seeking meaning somewhere else, you will miss it. Man has done that for centuries.” IfsMenLifeHeartDoneMomentsLife IsWaitingGoalBloodCenturyMissingFutureHappeningsSeekingBreathingMeaning Of LifeSomewhere ElseWaiting For YouLife Means Author:Rajneesh
“Whoever you are, there is some younger person who thinks you are perfect. There is some work that will never be done if you don't do it. There is someone who would miss you if you were gone. There is a place that you alone can fill.” IfsThinkingInspirationalPersonsDonePerfectGoneMissingSelf EsteemAddictionEsteemLife Wisdom Author:Jacob Braude
“I see a couple of things missing. Any society, any community, even in the family, when the elders don't do their jobs, the youth suffer. We have no done our job. I'm saying anybody 55 and up. We didn't teach people the basic things.” PeopleDoneJobsSufferingCommunityTeachMissingYouthCoupleEldersBasic Things Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“To be so superfocused and honed in on one thing can be good because then you get what you're supposed to get done, done but you also miss out on other things. I could have spent more time with my family, and a million other little things.” LittlesDoneMillionsOne ThingMissingMy FamilyBe GoodMore TimeLittle Things Author:Joan Jett
“You might get up in the morning and do your devotions and say a few prayers and there you go. You think you've done your connecting for the day. But you don't know how to wait before the Lord and really stop and hear from the Lord or dig deeper and walk throughout the day with the Lord. It's like sending a quick Tweet or checking your Facebook page real quick. "Hey Lord, what's going on?" But you're missing the intimacy of, "Be still and know that I am God."” ThinkingKnowsStillsRealDoneMightWaitingPrayerWalksLordMorningKnow HowMissingPagesDeeperDevotionGet UpHeyIntimacyYour FaceConnectingTweetDig DeepFacebook Page Author:Jeremy Camp
“As I look back now on my coaching career, I think of my family, I think of the days that we spent together. I say this to coaches everywhere: If you ever have a chance to take your kids with you, take them. Don't miss that opportunity. Because when it's all over and done with, when you look back, those are going to be your fondest memories.” IfsThinkingLooksDoneKidsTogetherJobsOpportunityMemoriesChanceFamilyCareersMissingMy FamilyCoachesCoaching Author:John Madden
“So, most of it was done over the phone. But one of the first things I did as a director, because it's one of the first things you should do, even though most don't, is to ask good actors who they think is right for the part. They know better than anybody. But without missing a beat Maggie said Pauline Collins. I didn't know Pauline because I hadn't seen Shirley Valentine, but then I saw this thing that she did with Woody Allen [You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger], in which she was wonderful as a psychic, and I said to her on the phone: "The dialogue seemed improvised."” ThinkingKnowsShouldFirstsSaidDoneActorsAsksDarkSawsWonderfulMissingDirectorsBeatsPhonesStrangerDialogueTallValentinePsychicsWoodyGood ActorsMaggie Author:Dustin Hoffman
“I can often tell when drawings are done from photographs, because you can tell what they miss out, what the camera misses out: usually weight and volume - there's a flatness to them.” I CanDoneMissingWeightCamerasPhotographDrawingVolumeFlatness Author:David Hockney
“Failing, and learning from it, is necessary. Unil you've done it, you're missing an important piece of your creative arsenal.” ImportantDoneCreativePiecesFailingMissingArsenal Author:Twyla Tharp
“I don't understand why we have to experiment with film. I think everything should be done on paper. A musician has to do it, a composer. He puts a lot of dots down and beautiful music comes out. And I think that students should be taught to visualize. That's the one thing missing in all this. The one thing that the student has got to do is to learn that there is a rectangle up there - a white rectangle in a theater - and it has to be filled.” ThinkingShouldDoneBeautifulFilmWhiteOne ThingMissingStudentsTaughtPaperMusicianTheaterDown AndFilledExperimentsComposerDotsBeautiful MusicRectangles Author:Alfred Hitchcock
“I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn't been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they'd given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I'm an Aries. I never lose.” IfsFirstsDoneWantedFacesThreeWinningGivenLosesHalfMissingThrownOscarsHepburnAries Author:Bette Davis
“I love my family and I miss them very much but I'm a new person now. I know a lot of people will not agree with what I've done, but it was right for me.” PeopleKnowsPersonsDoneMissingMy FamilyAgreeLove My FamilyI Love My Family Author:LaToya Jackson
“There are many images which I miss on purpose. I've done too many of them before and photographing them again doesn't change the world, or me.” WorldDonePurposeMissingChanging The World Author:Jim Goldberg
“Michael Jordan was blessed by God to play basketball and Roger Brown was the closet person to him I ever saw. I don't say that lightly. Roger was phenomenal. There was nothing he couldn't do. He was so quick he would trick people blind - I even saw him miss layups because he was laughing so hard at what he had just done to someone.” PeoplePersonsHardDonePlayLaughingSawsMissingBasketballBlessedBlindTricksBrownClosetsJordanRogerPhenomenalLaughing So Hard Author:Mel Daniels
“I still play but for some reason, I am having so much fun playing guitar and singing that I don't really miss it because I've done it for so long like twenty-something years with Motley.” YearsLongStillsReasonDonePlayFunMissingSingingTwentiesGuitarPlaying GuitarTwenty Somethings Author:Tommy Lee
“I think people often miss the fact that things often start in a swashbuckling like low cost just get it done kind of way, even when they grow into these iconic brands.” PeopleThinkingWayKindDoneFactsGrowsMissingCostLowsBrandsIconicGet It Done Author:Jonah Peretti
“It's what the Taliban does in Afghanistan, it's what gets done in the Middle East, and it's clearly something that certain mainly conservative groups in the United States would like to do. They miss the good old days, when men were men and women were nothing.” MenDoeStatesDoneCertainUnitedUnited StatesGroupsMiddleMissingMen And WomenConservativeEastAfghanistanMiddle EastOld DaysTalibanGood Old Days Author:Anna Quindlen
“I was very, very unhappy with even the so-called very elite schools. The one thing I've always done every day with my children is to watch what they do at school, and I was always a bit unhappy with the academic program. It was a kind of hit and miss.” KindChildrenDoneSchoolBitsWatchesOne ThingMissingProgramUnhappyMy ChildrenAcademicElites Author:Marva Collins
“Even when I was Miss World, I did all the dressing up I could, so the pretty face thing was done. But it was never about just looking pretty with the crown, I always wanted to make it more than that - I wanted to make it about beauty with a purpose. So I carried that into my films as well.” WorldDoneFilmPurposeMissingPretty Face Author:Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
“I miss football, but I'm not done. I'm not retired or anything, I just know my worth. Once it's clear that the NFL isn't considering your worth, then you get a better picture of what's really important and what you should put your energy and time into.” ImportantDoneEnergyMissingFootballRetired Author:Antonio Cromartie
“The best advice I've got was - "All you have is the process. All you have is the journey of making something. Once you're done you have absolutely no control on how it's received, or if people like it or hate it, or what is done with it. As long as you enjoy the process, then you'll always be happy." I really feel like that's important advice. Sometimes we get so focused on the results that we miss doing it - we miss the adventure of being in the midst of something because we're looking too far ahead.” PeopleLongImportantSometimesDoneHateEnjoyJourneyAdviceMissingAdventureFocusedBest Advice Author:A Fine Frenzy
“The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.” WayI CanDoneSocialMissingMusicianGood ThingsExperimentsBad ThingsGregariousWorking Alone Author:Moby
“'White Rabbit' was mostly done in about two days, the music in about half an hour. The music is a 'Bolero' rip-off and the lyrics a rearrangement of 'Alice in Wonderland.' You take two spectacular hits and throw them together, and it's hard to miss.” TwoHardDoneTogetherHoursWhiteHalfMissingMusic IsRabbitsRipSpectacularTwo DaysWonderland Author:Grace Slick
“I was lingering out on the pavement. There was a missing person inside of myself and I needed to find him . . . I felt done for, an empty burned-out wreck . . . Wherever I am, I'm a '60s troubadour, a folk-rock relic, a wordsmith from bygone days, a fictitious head of state from a place nobody knows.” KnowsPersonsStatesDoneFeltRocksMissingNeededEmptyFolksBurnedWrecksNobody KnowsPavementRelicsLingeringHead Of StateBurned OutTroubadoursMissing A PersonBygone Days Book:Chronicles: Volume One Source: Chronicles: Volume One