“I was a producer and rapper before Linkin Park. Once the band took off, it was the center of my focus. A couple of years ago, I started missing doing straight-up hip hop, and that's when Fort Minor began.” YearsFocusMissingCoupleBandYears AgoHip HopProducersHipsParksHopsRapperMinorsStraight UpFortsLinkin Park Author:Mike Shinoda
“Kenny was actually here at Melwood as a 15-year-old schoolboy. He came on trial and he went home afterwards. It was only later that Bill Shankly realised that Dalglish was here as a boy and he went mad! He said 'how did we miss him?' Kenny just had the football brain. He was born with it and you can't give that to people. He had that natural born talent.” PeopleGivingYearsSaidHomeBornNaturalBrainBoysTalentMissingFootballBillsMadTrialsRealisedKenny Author:Ian St John
“You'd be surprised how many writers, or how many actors, if they miss a paycheck or two, they've got nothing. As a writer or an actor you can have four or five jobs in one year and then have none for two years.” IfsYearsTwoJobsActorsFiveFourMissingTwo YearsPaychecks Author:Paul Haggis
“I fear that I can no longer travel without technology. Twenty years ago, I loved getting on a bus in West Africa and taking off for a city I'd never been to before, relying on advice from out-of-date travel books and fellow passengers on the bus. Now, I end up using TripAdvisor, Yelp, and Google Maps. I probably eat and sleep better when I'm on the road, but I miss the mystery of travel when it was more random and unpredictable.” YearsI CanBookEndsSleepCitiesTechnologyMysteryAdviceMissingYears AgoTwentiesFellowsWestMapsBusGoogleUnpredictablePassengersWest AfricaTravel BooksGoogle Maps Author:Ethan Zuckerman
“My parents got divorced when I was about ten years old, but I saw my mom go work two and three jobs to make sure we didn't miss a beat.” YearsTwoJobsThreeParentSawsMissingMomTenBeatsMy MomDivorced Author:LeToya Luckett
“Iran has agreed to deepen our coordination as we work to locate Robert Levinson, missing from Iran for more than eight years. Even as we rejoice in the safe return of others, we will never forget about Bob. Each and every day our hearts are with the Levinson family, and we will not rest until their family is whole again.” YearsHeartWholeForgetMissingReturnSafeEightIranNever ForgetRejoiceBobCoordinationSafe Return Author:Barack Obama
“I've had down periods in the past few years where I haven't been writing or working on music, and during that time something always felt like it was missing, but when I bring it back into the equation, everything in my life makes sense again. As corny as that sounds.” WritingYearsPastFeltSoundMissingHavensPeriodsMake SenseEquationsCorny Author:Keiynan Lonsdale
“I'll always miss Mad Men, of course, but it is interesting to finally answer different questions after nine years. Not that that's a criticism to anyone, but just simply as a character for nine years, you're going to get a lot of the same questions for many, many, many years. This is sort of refreshing.” MenYearsDifferentCharacterCoursesAnswersInterestingMissingCriticismMadNineRefreshingNine YearsMad Men Author:Christina Hendricks
“Now I am practicing as well as a criminal defense lawyer in handling appeals. The court of appeals appointed me to handle cases and although that's not trial work and I don't have to go to court, it kind of satisfies the need I have to practice still and I have transitioned into readiness not to be in trial anymore. It took a little while for me to get used to not doing it and I did miss it for a few years, but eventually I transferred into another life.” NeedsYearsWellsKindLittlesStillsUsedPracticeCasesMissingCourtDefenseCriminalsLawyerTrialsHandleAppealsReadinessAnother LifeCriminal Defense Author:Marcia Clark
“I studied voiceover, and I studied acting and I got my first series and my first agent a week out of high school. And it took me about five years of hit-or-miss auditioning and booking on occasion before I could support myself totally as an actor.” YearsFirstsSchoolActorsActingSupportFiveWeekMissingHigh SchoolSeriesAgentsOccasionsFive Years Author:Bob Bergen
“I wanted to come back to the guitar after three albums and almost 10 years. I started to miss this instrument and I wanted to come back to the guitar.” YearsWantedThreeMissingInstrumentsGuitarAlbums Author:Rokia Traore
“The first important [step] one was going to school. There was an advantage as there was a one-room schoolhouse that was within walking distance of my home. I went there being very shy, but I fit in quickly, and I was nurtured by a very dedicated and caring teacher, Magdalen George, who we referred to as Miss George. She was my teacher for a full seven years.” YearsFirstsImportantHomeSchoolRoomsStepsTeacherMissingFitWalkingAdvantageDistanceSevenCaringShyDedicatedSeven Years Author:Paul Smith
“I was more intrigued by the relationship [in Felicity]; the idea of these two teenagers who were placed together. What would that be like, and what would it be like to watch that unravel. Living together, and having babies with somebody, missing out on your whole childhood, and then spending all these years with someone. I was more intrigued by that.” YearsTwoIdeasWholeTogetherWatchesChildhoodMissingBabySpendingTeenagerIntriguedFelicityHaving A BabyLiving TogetherMissing Out Author:Keri Russell
“I look at the tattoo inside my left wrist. It's my brother's name, he committed suicide two years ago. Just before the second anniversary of his death, I tattooed his name. I miss him, of course, and I decided I would live for me, and for him.” YearsLooksTwoCoursesNamesLeftMissingBrotherYears AgoDecidedSuicideCommittedMy BrotherTwo YearsTattooWristsTattooedTwo Years Ago Author:Pom Klementieff
“I ran into Axl [Rose] at a club some year ago and told him he's crazy, we all miss them, and he needs to get the band back together.” NeedsYearsTogetherCrazyMissingBandYears AgoRoseClubsRanBack Together Author:Steven Tyler
“Well, one of the things we felt was missing from the greater conversation is that transgender people have been living and working in America for years...People may think it's a "new" thing; it's not...So we wanted to show not just the political side, which is what you see with Caitlyn Jenner. And not the other side with Laverne Cox, who's great.” PeopleThinkingYearsWellsMayHas BeensShowsWantedAmericaPoliticalFeltSidesGreaterMissingConversationNew ThingsTransgender Author:Whoopi Goldberg
“I was on a TV show when I was 13, and I had a tutor for high school. Everyone was like "Oh, you're missing out on the high school experience," so I'd go with my cousins to parties where there would be a keg and people doing body shots and playing quarters. I was like, What a waste of time. I didn't want to be doing E [ecstasy] and making out with a guy three years older than me who's a loser.” PeopleWantYearsShowsBodyWould BeSchoolGuyThreePartyMissingTvsWasteHigh SchoolShotsEcstasyLoserQuartersWasting TimeThree YearsTv ShowsCousinMy CousinMissing OutTutorKegsSchool Experience Author:Jessica Alba
“Crimes are being committed 24/7, 365 days a year. My show aired one hour a day, and then a repeat at 2 a.m. So I am launching a website, a crime-fighting website, a community. I will be writing for the website and curating content. Also, we'll have social media, Facebook Live, and a podcast. I'm really excited about it, and I believe we will help people - find missing people, solve unsolved homicides.” PeopleWritingYearsBelieveHelpingShowsFightingI BelieveSocialCommunityHoursMediaMissingCrimeCommittedExcitedSocial MediaSolveRepeatsWebsiteOne HourHomicideLaunching Author:Nancy Grace
“Given that level of responsibility with your 25-year old or 35-year-old chef, it's just quite nice to see how they handled that exposure. Not every chef deals with it properly; they get slightly excited, a little bit overconfident and then they miss out on the most important part.” YearsLittlesImportantGivenBitsLevelsDealsResponsibilityNiceMissingLittle BitExcitedChefExposureOverconfident Author:Gordon Ramsay
“Christmas is the one day of the year when it's most obvious someone's missing. It had to become less about the presents.” YearsMissingOne DayObviousDays Of The YearMissing It Author:Jeff Brazier
“I believe that if we could see the chapters that are missing from the book [The Autobiography of Malcolm X], we would gain an understanding as to why perhaps - perhaps - the F.B.I., the C.I.A., the New York Police Department and others in law enforcement greatly feared what Malcolm X was about, because he was trying to build a broad - an unprecedented black coalition across the lines of black nationalism and integration. And in way, it presages 30 years ahead of time, the Million Man March.” IfsMenWayTryingYearsBelieveBookLawI BelieveUnderstandingBlackLinesMillionsMissingNew YorkGainsPoliceDepartmentNationalismMarchBroadsChaptersAutobiographyIntegrationLaw EnforcementEnforcementIn-lawsUnprecedentedCoalitionsAhead Of TimePolice DepartmentBlack NationalismMalcolm X Autobiography Author:Manning Marable
“In one of his final acts in office, President Obama shortened the sentences of 209 prisoners, pardoned 64 individuals .The list included Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, longtime imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López Rivera and retired U.S. Marine Corps General James Cartwright. But missing from the list is 71-year-old Native American activist Leonard Peltier.” YearsIndividualPresidentMissingOfficeArmyIndependenceFinalsSentencesListsNativeActivistPrisonerPresident ObamaNative AmericanOscarsMarineRetiredMarine CorpsChelseaWhistleblowersPez Author:Amy Goodman
“There's a huge piece of humanity that's missing - a huge piece - and our [American] culture is infant, comparatively speaking, to these folks who have been around for thousands of years.” YearsHas BeensHumanityCulturePiecesMissingHugeFolksInfantAmerican Culture Author:Lisa Ling
“We're still missing about a dozen vaccines that will make a huge difference. For adults, we've got HIV and TB are still huge; for kids malaria is still killing a half million kids a year out of that 6 million. We probably need some vaccines, but we need a little more data to make sure we're getting the vaccines that will save the most lives.” NeedsYearsLittlesStillsKidsDifferencesHalfMillionsMissingHugeAdultsKillingDataDozenHivVaccinesMalaria Author:Bill Gates
“I live in New York now, and miss France quite a bit. Of course, the reality of living in a small village in the south of France was very different than the fantasy I had of living in France. Over the years I spent there, that fantasy was worn away and I found a more realistic version of France than the one I began with. I wouldn't say the spell ever goes away, but transforms. Now that I understand French culture more intimately, and speak fluent French, I have a different, more solid, relationship to the country.” YearsDifferentCountryRealityCultureCoursesFoundSpeakBitsFantasyMissingNew YorkSouthVersionsFranceVillageRealisticSpellsWornFluentSmall VillagesFrench Culture Author:Danielle Trussoni
“I think Trump has made it really hard for people to read, period. He's made it hard for me anyway. Part of his evil is the way it constantly distracts us, constantly upends our horizon. To leave your computer for three hours now is to miss a year's worth of drama. This is programmatic and common to other autocratic regimes of our times.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsMadeHardThreeEvilHoursCommonMissingTrumpPeriodsDramaComputerMade ItOur TimeHorizonRegimes Author:Jonathan Raymond
“People rarely speak of children; you hear of 'cohort groups' and 'standard variations,' but you don't hear much of boys who miss their cats or 6-year-olds who have to struggle with potato balls.” PeopleYearsChildrenSpeakBoysStruggleGroupsMissingStandardsCatBallsPotatoesVariation Author:Jonathan Kozol
“When you take a year off from football, you come back for all the enjoyable moments. When you're not playing, you miss out on all the highs, but you also miss these disappointments. But I would rather be in the arena to be excited or be disappointed than not have a chance at all. That's football. That's why everybody plays it.” YearsPlayMomentsChanceMissingFootballDisappointmentExcitedDisappointedArenaEnjoyable Author:Peyton Manning
“I developed my training routine going into my senior year at Jackson State. I found this sandbank by the Pearl River near my hometown, Columbia, Miss. I laid out a course of 65 yards or so. Sixty-five yards on sand is like 120 on turf, but running on sand helps you make your cuts at full speed.” YearsStatesHelpingRunningCoursesFoundFiveCuttingMissingTrainingRiversSpeedSandRoutineSixtyYardsSeniorPearlsHometownColumbiaTurfSenior Year Author:Walter Payton
“What's missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old. The man assumed office almost four years ago - isn't it about time he assumed responsibility?” MenYearsDoeStoriesLastsHouseLeadershipWhiteResponsibilityForeverFourMissingOfficeYears AgoBlameAdministrationBarackWhite HouseFour YearsGetting OldShifting Author:Paul Ryan
“To the citizens of Israel, I say: We have passed difficult years, faced the most painful experiences and overcome them. The future lies before us. We are required to take difficult and controversial steps, but we must not miss the opportunity to try to achieve what we have wished for, for so many years: security, tranquillity and peace.” TryingYearsLyingOpportunityDifficultStepsAchieveSecurityMissingCitizensPainfulIsraelControversialTranquillityPainful Experiences Author:Ariel Sharon
“I want to go to college. I'm going to take four years off. I don't want to miss that. I want to be a writer. I think that'd be awesome.” ThinkingWantYearsFourMissingCollegeFour Years Author:Kristen Stewart
“I miss England. I miss the weather. I've spent moss of the last 25 years on tour. I'm ready to come home.” YearsHomeLastsMissingReadyEnglandWeatherComing HomeMoss Author:Sting
“I'm home a lot. Because I live in Ireland, we can live under the celebrity radar. I might go missing for a whole year.” YearsWholeHomeMightMissingIrelandRadarWhole Year Author:Bono
“Comic-Con has become more of a pop cultural festival, and to not be included feels like you're missing the biggest celebration of the year.” FeelsYearsMissingLike YouPopsComicCelebrationFestivalsComic Con Author:Felicia Day
“I never think, 'Where am I going to be in a year's time?' That seems to be a sure way of missing the fact that you might be quite happy now.” ThinkingWayYearsFactsSeemsMightMissing Author:Jo Brand
“Do you ever wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it!” YearsWaitingMissingDays Of The Year Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald
“But why must everything have a practical application? I'd been such a diligent soldier for years - working, producing, never missing a deadline, taking care of my loved ones, my gums and my credit record, voting, etc. Is this lifetime supposed to be only about duty? In this dark period of loss, did I need any justification for learning Italian other than that it was the only thing I could imagine bringing me any pleasure right now?” NeedsYearsCareDarkLossPleasureRecordsImagineMissingDutyPeriodsRight NowLifetimeSoldierCreditPracticalsSupposed To BeVotingEtcItalianApplicationLoved OnesJustificationDeadlineDiligentGum Book:Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Source: Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything