“Now I understand why people do drugs, why people drink, and why people go crazy. As the success level goes up and up and up, the further detached I get from everybody else. Luckily, with my girlfriend, everything is gravy because I brought her into it. I brought her in and she's very hands on with my career.” PeopleHandsLevelsCareersCrazyDrinkDrugGirlfriendMy GirlfriendDetachedGravy Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“I don't date Janet Jackson. She is my girlfriend; there is a difference. She is a very special and talented woman who never ceases to amaze me.” DifferencesSpecialCeaseGirlfriendMy Girlfriend Author:Wissam Al Mana
“Right after I graduated, my girlfriend, who I had been going out with for five years, dumped me, and my grandmother died.” YearsFiveDiedGirlfriendFive YearsGrandmotherGoing OutMy GrandmotherMy GirlfriendDumpedMother Died Author:Mike Gordon
“I mean, you can't have sex until you're married if you're Mormon. The first time I had sex, my parents found out. They were listening in on the phone while I was talking about sex to my girlfriend. They freaked out, man. They both cornered me in my bedroom.” IfsMenFirstsMeanFoundSexParentTalkingListeningMarriedFirst TimePhonesGirlfriendBedroomMy GirlfriendCornered Author:Bert McCracken
“I really enjoy touring period! I had another band called Killing Machine, we went out on tour which was only fifteen shows & we went out in a really old motor home. That had to be the most fun. I didn't have to do radio at nine in the morning everyday. It was me & a bunch of friends. The singer was my tattoo artist. My girlfriend would fly in & we would sleep in a hammock above the bed the band were sleeping in [laughs]. I like that stuff that's really fun, I like the camping experience.” ShowsHomeArtistFunStuffEnjoySleepMorningLaughingPeriodsBedBandMachinesKillingEverydayRadioSingersNineBunchGirlfriendFifteenTattooMotorTouringMy GirlfriendCampingSleeping InHammocks Author:Tracii Guns
“I never used to watch horror films because I was a nervous type. I believed all the publicity about The Exorcist when it was released - you know, all that nonsense about people fainting in the cinema - and decided it would definitely freak me out. I particularly remember my girlfriend telling me about Suspiria - ironic considering my first ever film work was with Argento - and how scary it was.” PeopleKnowsFirstsRememberFilmUsedWatchesTypeHorrorDecidedScaryNervousCinemaGirlfriendNonsenseIronicFreakConsideringPublicityMy GirlfriendHorror FilmExorcistFainting Author:Simon Boswell
“I have since talked to some of my girlfriends sexual assault and found out that they had their own experiences that they never shared at the time. It was never talked about it. And I think it's because of that normal response - you feel badly, you feel responsible, you feel guilty, you feel like you did something wrong, you feel ashamed.” ThinkingFeelsFoundLike YouNormalResponsibleResponseGuiltyGirlfriendAshamedAssaultMy GirlfriendSexual Assault Author:Kirsten Gillibrand
“Growing up, me and my brother, we were kind of exact opposites. We were completely yin and yang. He was more rough and tumble, and I just wanted to play with my girlfriends.” KindPlayWantedGrowing UpGrowingBrotherOppositesGirlfriendMy BrotherRoughMy GirlfriendYangYin And Yang Author:Candis Cayne
“I experienced direct telepathy with other people, and during one such incident, I I received a channelling of cosmic information from some being in another realm. It came directly through a friend who was tripping on acid, and as he began speaking stream-of-consciousness to me and my girlfriend - and both of us were very stoned on grass - his words conveyed cosmic instructions and information we all three knew to be profoundly important and meaningful.” PeopleImportantThreeConsciousnessInformationDirectMeaningfulGrassRealmsGirlfriendStreamsCosmicInstructionIncidentsAcidMy GirlfriendTelepathyTrippingStream Of Consciousness Author:Susan Schneider
“I am a serial monogamist of sorts, and have been with my girlfriend for almost four years. In imagining my brain back to worlds where I might be around someone other sexed in that way and not know them that well, speaking out loud almost seems like requiring of demon language, or money spurting.” KnowsWorldWayYearsWellsHas BeensSeemsMightLanguageBrainFourLoudGirlfriendDemonFour YearsMy GirlfriendSerialsSpeaking Out Author:Blake Butler
“Growing up in rural Utah had a lot of benefits, but in an environment that prized conformity, fit wasn't one of them. I ended up in my senior year with a 0.9 GPA, which I think you actually have to work pretty hard to get. In the exact same month they kicked me out of school, my girlfriend - still my wife today - told me she was pregnant. So, it was an interesting start to life: working 10 or 12 minimum-wage jobs; getting bored really quickly and quitting; having my in-laws - rightly - in full panic mode and thinking I had some kind of character flaw.” ThinkingYearsKindStillsHardCharacterTodaySchoolJobsLawInterestingGrowing UpEnvironmentWifeGrowingMonthsFitBenefitsMy WifeQuittingBoredGirlfriendFlawsConformityPanicPregnantMinimumSeniorIn-lawsMy GirlfriendMinimum WageUtahWere PregnantSenior YearCharacter FlawsGpa Author:L. Todd Rose
“Sometimes it bursts from your imagination fully formed, sometimes you absorb from nonfiction, sometimes you're able to imprint your own autobiographical experiences on a world you never yourself were a part of. A decent number of the one-liners in the title story originally came up in conversations with my girlfriend or my neighbor.” WorldSometimesStoriesAbleImaginationNumbersConversationNeighborTitlesGirlfriendDecentNonfictionMy GirlfriendOne Liner Author:Anthony Marra
“I definitely have friends who - they've gone to multiple jobs, they've had trouble finding jobs, some have gone back to school - it's a very transitional period in anyone's life. I think definitely people have, even like my girlfriend for example, she works her job - and just the fact that she has a job - she just feels super lucky in this economy. But it can really shape, I think, the way you view the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayFeelsFactsSchoolJobsViewsEconomyGoneTroubleExamplePeriodsShapesLuckyFindingsGirlfriendMultipleMy GirlfriendMultiple Jobs Author:Chris Baio
“I think that the work that's left to be done - and I see the end in sight at this point - is to just let go and stop talking about it. It's definitely 'stop talking about the whole size thing.' I don't go to my girlfriend's house and say, 'Hey, I'm your big friend, let's talk about big things.' It's not a topic of conversation within my friend group - I'm ready for society, Hollywood, the press, magazines, everyone, to just catch up and say, 'These women are just like the women we've been using for so long. Let's just throw them into the mix and stop talking about it.'” ThinkingLongEndsDoneWholeBigsHouseLeftTalkingGroupsReadyConversationLetting GoMy FriendsHollywoodSightPressesSizeMagazinesHeyGirlfriendTopicsBig ThingsMy GirlfriendJust Let Go Author:Ashley Graham
“Shortly before my arrest, my girlfriend at the time, who's now my wife of ten years, told me she was quitting drugs and going to church. I went with her once but that was it. After the arrest, I didn't know what I was going to do. She told me to trust in God but I mean, I was looking at ten years and was like, "God? I'm not dying, I need a lawyer. I need bail."” KnowsNeedsYearsMeanChurchWifeDyingDrugTenMy WifeLawyerQuittingGirlfriendTrust In GodMy GirlfriendBailGoing To Church Author:Christian Hosoi
“I think a lot of my girlfriends growing up gave themselves up to any boy who paid attention to them. I think young women now are a lot more particular. They pick and choose.” ThinkingYoungAttentionBoysGrowing UpGrowingParticularPicksPaidGirlfriendYoung WomenMy Girlfriend Author:Bo Derek
“Actually my relationships with my girlfriends have become that much deeper and more profound, because I'm like, huh, yeah, I don't have to judge you, or you judge me. It was a lot of - I didn't want to be that crazy girlfriend.” WantCrazyJudgingYeahProfoundDeeperGirlfriendMy GirlfriendJudge Me Author:Zoe Bell
“You get to a certain age and it really occurs to you: "My mother and my father will not always be here. My spouse or my girlfriend or boyfriend are here right now, but someday they won't be." You realize that you need to like yourself.” NeedsAgeMotherCertainFatherRealizingLike YouRight NowGirlfriendSomedayBe YouSpouseMy GirlfriendLike Yourself Author:Angel Olsen
“Parking's expensive, so I walk or ride my bike, which is good because my girlfriend's getting her PhD as an environmental engineer.” WalksEnvironmentalGirlfriendExpensiveEngineersBikeMy GirlfriendParkingPhds Author:Chaz Bundick
“I thought [when I was 16] my days were just going to be spent hanging out on a beach and my girlfriend was going to be Miss Teen USA and my best friend will be a dolphin.” MissingBeachUsaGirlfriendHanging OutMy Best FriendMy GirlfriendDolphins Author:Aasif Mandvi
“My girlfriend says that I thrash throughout the night, for longer periods than are generally accepted as corresponding to REM sleep, and she often has to move to the couch to get any sort of rest before she goes to work in the morning.” MovingNightSleepMorningPeriodsAcceptedGirlfriendCouchesMy GirlfriendCorresponding Author:Keith Murray
“I've only been a mom for not even two years yet, so I haven't had much of a chance. But boy do I wish I could have lunch with my girlfriends in the middle of the afternoon. I don't remember the last time I had lunch in the afternoon with my girlfriends.” YearsTwoLastsRememberWishChanceBoysMiddleHavensMomGirlfriendTwo YearsLunchAfternoonLast TimeMy Girlfriend Author:Mila Kunis
“There must be something here for me to get or to share or to do. So I have the duty that I do, the dharma that I do - which I love - with my teaching, with my family, my son, my students, my girlfriend.” ShareTeachingStudentsSonDutyMy FamilyGirlfriendMy SonDharmaMy Girlfriend Author:Gary Kraftsow
“Just having women come up to me and say they love the workout series, and that they have it and have guys come up and say, "I bought it for my girlfriend and she loves it." I feel really lucky and have gratitude for that, and now I get to put out a new series so I'm very happy.” FeelsGuyGratitudeLuckySeriesCome UpGirlfriendVery HappyWorkoutMy Girlfriend Author:Carmen Electra
“I was in the back of the car with my girlfriend, the Rascals came on the radio and I realized their song was sexier than the sex I was trying to have.” TryingSongSexCarRadioI RealizedGirlfriendMy GirlfriendRascals Author:Steven Van Zandt
“Osho used me and Shunyo (my girlfriend at the time) as an example of how he envisioned men and women should relate. He shared a story he had often told in discourse of a man and woman who lived at opposite ends of a lake. They were deeply in love but only met by chance when sometimes out rowing on the water. He said it was beautiful how Shunyo and I met like this couple. When we had the feeling to be together, we would meet and enjoy. And when we were apart, we were also happy and content in our aloneness.” MenShouldSaidEndsSometimesStoriesFeelingsTogetherBeautifulUsedEnjoyWaterChanceExampleCoupleMetsMen And WomenOppositesRelateGirlfriendLakesDiscourseMy GirlfriendRowingHappy And ContentDeeply In Love Author:Swami Anand Milarepa
“One of the things I've done personally is bring my girlfriends into my health and fitness journeys.” DoneJourneyGirlfriendMy GirlfriendHealth And Fitness Author:Michelle Obama
“When I was 18, I went to a Baptist church with my girlfriend, and had a breakthrough when a pastor laid hands on me on an altar call. I wept that evening and realized how numb I had become with God and how He was calling to me for restoration. I received that blessing and went on to raising my three children in a Lutheran Church in the Bay Area as a member of Journey.” ChildrenHandsThreeChurchJourneyCallingBlessingMembersAreasEveningGirlfriendPastorBreakthroughAltarsRestorationNumbMy GirlfriendBaptistsBay AreaLutherans Author:Jonathan Cain
“When I came on to Jack Reacher, I had just taken my girlfriend on vacation and ate everything I could. I put on about 15 pounds, so when I met [the Jack Reacher team] I was clocking in at about 180. They looked at me and were like, "You're just gonna lose five pounds, we're gonna keep you skinny".” LosesTakenFiveTeamLike YouMetsGirlfriendPoundsVacationSkinnyMy Girlfriend Author:Patrick Heusinger
“Obviously I was talking to my parents and my girlfriend all the time, but it's one thing to finally be in the same room and get to be with each other and just hang out.” ParentRoomsTalkingOne ThingGirlfriendHanging OutMy Girlfriend Author:Patrick Heusinger
“I talk about folding it in often with Althea, my girlfriend. She's getting her doctoral degree at Berkeley and she talks about how even when writing these very academic, and, for the most part, serious papers there's just so much going on in her head and heart, and it's a reminder that there's a reason that she's studying these things.” WritingHeartReasonStudySeriousDegreesPaperGirlfriendAcademicPapersRemindersMy GirlfriendBerkeleyHead And HeartFolding Author:Paul Beatty
“I mean, shout out to the people that get dressed everyday and want to take that picture everyday. I would much rather post pictures of [my girlfriend] than of myself.” PeopleWantMeanEverydayPostsGirlfriendMy GirlfriendShout Out Author:Iman Shumpert
“Usually the beginning of a story that people hear a lot. For example, "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut" or "My dad keeps losing his car keys." And then I just think of different ways the story could end. "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut. I don't understand why she's crying. I'm the one who has to get a new girlfriend." Then I try it out on stage. I don't do a lot of re-writing. My jokes either work or they don't. The trick is just to write a ton of jokes.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingTryingDifferentEndsStoriesStageCarCryExampleKeysDadLosingJokesMy DadTricksUpsetDifferent WaysGirlfriendMy GirlfriendHaircutsCar KeysNew GirlfriendNew Haircut Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“Over the past six years, my girlfriend and I live on our boat two or three months a year. It's just one of our seasonal homes at this point.” YearsTwoHomePastThreeMonthsSixBoatGirlfriendJust OneMy GirlfriendOver The PastThree Months Author:Travis Rice
“I would have to take some kind of revenge if my girlfriend had been aggressed, my mother had been aggressed, or my kids had been aggressed. I think I would go for personal revenge.” IfsThinkingKindKidsMotherRevengeGirlfriendMy Girlfriend Author:Gaspar Noe
“I know my girlfriend is free-spirited. I know she's so charming that it's disarming. I get it. And I know that every man is going to fall in love with her.” KnowsMenFallFalling In LoveEvery ManGirlfriendCharmingMy GirlfriendSpiritedDisarming Author:Wilmer Valderrama
“Everyone was talking about having airplanes disappear. And I said, "Wait, wait, wait. That's what you like? I'd tell you a story about something like my girlfriend leaving me, and the magic was really hard. The airplane thing was comparatively easy, and people liked that thing?" I realized at that moment, the power of the simple idea.” PeopleSaidIdeasHardMomentsStoriesEasyWaitingSimpleTalkingMagicLeavingDisappearI RealizedGirlfriendThat MomentAirplaneLeaving MeMy GirlfriendSimple Ideas Author:David Copperfield
“My girlfriend knows that if I'm acting weird at home to go to one of my shows to see what's on my mind.” IfsKnowsMindShowsHomeActingGirlfriendMy Girlfriend Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“I definitely feel like it took me a while to learn the baseline things you have to do if you want people to hear you. That's why I've had the same haircut for the entire time that I've been on television and that's why I wear literally the same jacket every day. I keep all the clothes I wear on TV in my office on a little hanging rack. My girlfriend calls it all the colors of the German rainbow. Grays, blacks, a slightly greenish gray for the days that I'm feeling particularly festive. I'm not trying to accomplish anything in the way I look other than to be boring enough for people to hear me.” PeopleIfsWayWantFeelsTryingLooksLittlesEnoughFeelingsTelevisionColorTvsOfficeClothesBoringAccomplishGirlfriendGrayRainbowJacketsMy GirlfriendHaircutsRacksFestive Author:Rachel Maddow
“I'm not against marriage, but I think it is not as important to me as it is for other people, for example. I think getting married would not change the way I feel about my girlfriend... And I don't know if that would make me happier.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsImportantExampleMarriedGirlfriendMy GirlfriendGetting Married Author:Enrique Iglesias
“I've been profoundly germophobic since I was a young child. I don't want to kiss anyone but my girlfriend for my whole life.” WantChildrenWholeYoungKissingWhole LifeGirlfriendMy GirlfriendYoung Children Author:Charlie Hunnam
“Hip-hop is my girlfriend, hip-hop is my kid. Hip-Hop fills the void of the things that I don't have. I pay it 101% attention. I don't think I could be as good a father, or as good a husband or anything like that - the way I am as an artist - until I'm not an artist anymore.” ThinkingKidsArtistFatherAttentionHusbandGirlfriendMy Girlfriend Author:Lloyd Banks
“Larry David called me and said, "You can never watch The West Wing again. Either the show is going to be great without you and you're going to be miserable, or the show is going to be less than great without you and you're going to be miserable." So I had them send a tape of the first episode that I didn't do. I put it in the VCR and I don't think I got 15 seconds in before I leapt up and slammed it off! It felt like I was watching somebody make out with my girlfriend. I've never seen a West Wing episode in seasons five, six or seven.” ThinkingSevenMiserableGirlfriendMy Girlfriend Author:Aaron Sorkin
“Being raised on a boat felt like it was totally normal to me. I was just another kid hanging out, doing this and that. My girlfriend and I had a funny period of time where I was always wanting to hug her all the time. I looked at my brother and he's the same way. It wasn't that our family was necessarily more affectionate than others. It was that we were basically sitting on top of each other, or side by side squished in together all the time. Because the boat was that small. It became part of our nature to be close to people.” PeopleKidsTogetherBrotherBoatOur FamilyGirlfriendMy BrotherHanging OutHugMy GirlfriendAffectionate Author:Jherek Bischoff
“Life is short, so I am one of those people - and luckily my girlfriend is too - who wants to live everywhere. I don't know how long I'll be there, but I like it right now.” PeopleLongGirlfriendLife Is ShortMy Girlfriend Author:Benjamin Booker
“I've always written songs from a sad place. I can't think of one good song that I have written in a happy place. I was saying I was kinda bummed because I've been sorta chasing the girl I've been in love with for years and years and we're finally together now, and I'm like super happy for months and months and months. And my girlfriend asks, "Why haven't you written a song for me?"And I don't know how to tell her "Because it's just too good."” ThinkingTogetherSongGirlGirlfriendMy GirlfriendMy GirlHappy Place Author:Ty Stone
“A lot of my girlfriends like baggy oversized stuff and put on menswear already. And I also wanted something that my boyfriends - my gay and straight buddies - could wear. I wanted something for everyone.” GayGirlfriendBuddyMy GirlfriendMy Boyfriend Author:Chloe Sevigny
“I get mad at my girlfriends when they say things about their neck or something, "My neck is a disaster," and I'm like, "Come on, you don't even believe that." You're taking that from the outside world, you know? You look amazing, you're beautiful, you're 40, you're in the prime of your life. I'm not interested in fighting it at all. I don't think anyone else is wrong for trying to fight it, however.” ThinkingWorldTryingBelieveBeautifulFightingMadDisasterGirlfriendNot InterestedMy Girlfriend Author:Rosemarie DeWitt
“Within the fashion industry, being on shoots and working with agencies and other models, it's never been an issue being anything other than straight. It's so accepted within this industry. Out of every community that I'm a part of, or have been in, the fashion industry has been the most accepting. To the point where it was celebrated. I'd be on set talking about my girlfriend and someone would say "Oh, you're a lesbian! That's amazing." It's such a warm, welcoming community in that sense.” CommunityAcceptingFashionAcceptedWelcomeGirlfriendMy GirlfriendFashion Industry Author:Jennie Runk