“A lot of people think I was an overnight success, but I was an opening act for three or four years, and then I signed my contract with EMI. Then it kind of blew up overnight.” PeopleThinkingYearsKindThreeFourOpeningContractsFour YearsOvernight Success Author:Vanilla Ice
“For three years between 16 and 19 I was the opening-act-for-the-opening-act-for-the-opening-act, you know? And then I was on tour with Ice-T, Stetsasonic, EPMD, Sir Mix-a-Lot--legends--and went on to sell 160 million records. It still baffles me.” KnowsYearsStillsThreeMillionsRecordsSellsOpeningIceLegendsThree YearsNow And Then Author:Vanilla Ice
“It is so gratifying to hear from people who look up to you and see you in these places that they never thought they could ever dream to be. It's emotional. You really feel like you're opening up people's minds, who otherwise thought that they couldn't dream big. That's such a huge opportunity. It's such a gift.” PeopleFeelsMindLooksDreamBigsOpportunityEmotionalHugeLike YouOpeningLook UpUp To YouOpening Up Author:Julia Jones
“Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways.” PeopleWayLateRedOpeningDustNew WaysOpening Up Author:Ma Jian
“It is the hope of those who work toward the breakout from planet Earth that the establishment of permanent, self-sustaining colonies of humans off-Earth will ... make human life forever unkillable, removing it from the endangered species list, where it now stands on a fragile Earth overarmed with nuclear weapons. Second, the opening of virtually unlimited new land areas in space will reduce territorial pressures and therefore diminish warfare on Earth itself.” HumansSelfEarthSpaceForeverLandPlanetsWeaponsAreasPressureSpeciesListsNuclearOpeningPermanentHuman LifeFragileEstablishmentNuclear WeaponsWarfareUnlimitedDiminishColonyPlanet EarthSustainingTerritorialEndangered Species Author:Gerard K. O'Neill