“I could vanish the silk better than Ben Vereen - that was for sure. So I think maybe they said, "Okay, maybe he has something to offer." Years pass and I get a bit of a career, and Ben Vereen ends up hosting one of my specials where I walked through the Great Wall of China. Things came full circle in kind of an ironic way, when you have that honor of people that have influenced you so much host your show. It's a huge experience in your life.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsKindSaidEndsShowsBitsCareersHugeWallHonorOffersOkayChinaCirclesIronicHostThey SaidSilkFull CircleGreat WallGreat Wall Of China Author:David Copperfield
“In terms of not retiring? I don't want to leave and think to myself, "Maybe I should have stayed a bit longer". I'm dwelling on it. I have turned down a few Premier League offers. But the fact is, after being at Chelsea for so long and a year with Manchester City, I don't want to get involved in a relegation dogfight.” ThinkingWantShouldYearsLongFactsBitsTermCitiesInvolvedOffersShould HaveLeagueRetiringGet InvolvedDwellingManchesterTurned DownChelseaPremier LeagueManchester City Author:Frank Lampard
“My aesthetic is not a Disney aesthetic at all, but when I met with the wonderful producers at Disney, they weren't looking for me to do their aesthetic. I'd already spent 20 years in the theater, so if they were going to hire me, they'd be hiring me for what I have to offer.” IfsYearsWonderfulMetsOffersTheaterProducersAestheticHiring Author:Julie Taymor
“I only had one year of eligibility and I wasn't getting many offers from other schools. I jumped on it to make a mark. That was the most wise decision I made coming out of Oklahoma junior college.” YearsMadeSchoolDecisionWiseCollegeOffersMarkComing OutJuniorsOklahomaWise DecisionEligibilityMost Wise Author:John Starks
“The voice of God does not pander, offers no five-year plan, no long-term solution, nary an edict. It is small & fond & local. Don't look for your initials in the geese honking overhead or to see thru the glass even darkly. It says the most obvious crap - put down that gun, you need a sandwich.” NeedsYearsLooksLongDoeVoiceTermFivePlansOffersSolutionsGunGlassesObviousLocalsLong TermFive YearsCrapInitialsSandwichesGeeseOverheadVoice Of GodFive Year PlansHonking Author:Mary Karr
“Take free money. No matter how in debt you are, if your employer offers a matching contribution on a 401(k) or other retirement vehicle, you must sign up and contribute enough to get the maximum company match each year. Think of it as a bonus.” IfsThinkingYearsMatterEnoughCompanyOffersDebtContributionRetirementVehicleMaximumEmployersBonusMatchingFree Money Author:Suze Orman
“I've had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-year-old boys.” YearsBoysMilitaryOffersBallsInvitationsProposalPromMarriage Proposal Author:Hope Solo
“Another year is fast approaching. Go be that starving artist you’re afraid to be. Open up that journal and get poetic finally. Volunteer. Suck it up and travel. You were not born here to work and pay taxes. You were put here to be part of a vast organism to explore and create. Stop putting it off. The world has much more to offer than what’s on 15 televisions at TGI Fridays. Take pictures. Scare people. Shake up the scene. Be the change you want to see in the world.” PeopleWorldWantLifeInspirationalYearsArtistBornPayTelevisionSceneOffersTaxesShakesPoeticScareOrganismsVolunteerJournalFridayStarvingAnother YearStarving Artist Author:Jason Mraz
“Jamie was more than just the woman I loved. In the year Jamie helped me become the man I am today. With her steady hand she showed how important it was to help others; with her patience and kindness she showed me what life really is all about. Her cheerfulness and optimism, even in times of sickness, was the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed . . . Jamie also thought me the value of forgiveness and the transforming power it offers . . . Jamie was not only the angel who saved Tom Thornton, she was the angel who saved us all.” MenYearsImportantHelpingHandsTodayValuesKindnessOffersAngelOptimismSavedHelping OthersSicknessSteadyTomsTransformingAmazing ThingsCheerfulnessMost AmazingJamieSteady Hands Author:Nicholas Sparks
“The years after graduation hardened me into someone quite different from the strutting graduate who left campus that day headed for New York city, ready to offer the world his talent. The world, I discovered. was not all that interested.” WorldYearsDifferentLeftCitiesTalentNew YorkReadyOffersNew York CityGraduatesCampusHardenedStrutting Book:Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson Source: Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson
“To write without pay until somebody offers pay. If nobody offers pay within three years, the candidate may look upon this circumstance with the most implicit confidence as the sign that sawing wood is what he was intended for.” IfsWritingYearsLooksMayThreePayOffersWoodsCandidatesThree Years Author:Mark Twain
“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight and a half years ago. Dare not say that a man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant.” MenYearsHeartMayHas BeensSoulFeelingsForgetHalfGoneOffersLateYears AgoWeakDareEightMy SoulBrokeToo LateAgonyUnjustPersuasionHis LoveYou AgainPierceHalf A YearResentful Book:Persuasion: World Classics Source: Persuasion: World Classics