“I went into my own black-out period which lasted two or three years where the canvases would simply build up until they'd get like stone and it was always just a gray mess. The image wouldn't emerge, but I worked pretty regularly. I was fighting to find I knew not what, but I could no longer stay with what I had.” YearsTwoFightingThreeBlackMy OwnPeriodsStonesMessGrayThree Years Author:Lee Krasner
“When our children and grandchildren look back on this period, one question will overwhelm all the rest: Did we do everything in our power to fight and to win the war on terror? That's the fundamental question this generation faces.” LooksChildrenWarFacesFightingWinningGenerationsPeriodsOur ChildrenFundamentalsTerrorGrandchildrenWar On TerrorThis GenerationChildren And Grandchildren Author:George W. Bush
“One of the great things about movies is that it's just that short period of time. It's a bubble. The last thing you want to know is that Elizabeth and Darcy had a fight over how to treat the servants!” KnowsWantLastsFightingPeriodsTreatsGreat ThingsServantBubblesDarcy Book:Nora Ephron: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations Source: Nora Ephron: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
“[Asked, upon the death of her fast friend and sister suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1816-1902), which period of their association she had enjoyed the most:] The days when the struggle was the hardest and the fight the thickest; when the whole world was against us and we had to stand the closer to each other; when I would go to her home and help with the children and the housekeeping through the day and then we would sit up far into the night preparing our ammunition and getting ready to move on the enemy. The years since the rewards began to come have brought no enjoyment like that.” WorldYearsChildrenWholeHelpingHomeMovingNightFightingEnemyStruggleReadyPeriodsRewardsWhole WorldHardestEnjoyedEnjoymentAssociationPreparingAmmunitionHousekeepingSuffragistsReady To Move On Author:Susan B. Anthony
“You could believe that Sinbad could fight a skeleton because that's from a period in the past, a magical period. But if you had James Bond fighting a skeleton, it'd be almost comical.” IfsBelievePastFightingPeriodsSkeletonsComical Author:Ray Harryhausen
“I love it [music]. I always have loved it. There's something about playing music that inspires me. When I've had some really down periods in my life, debauched beyond belief, not knowing what the hell I'm gonna do with my life, [Rolling Stones'] "Street Fighting Man" or something like that would come on the radio, and I'm pounding the dash and the rock and roll will inspire me to keep going. It inspires me. It's true.” MenFightingBeliefHellKnowingStreetsRocksInspirePeriodsStonesRadioKeep GoingNot KnowingRollingRock And RollPlaying MusicRolling Stones Author:Creed Bratton
“Overseas, America's fighting men and women have been waging war against those who would attack America and plunge the world into a period of darkness, and their success can easily be seen.” MenWorldHas BeensWarAmericaFightingDarknessPeriodsMen And WomenPlungeWaging War Author:Mark Kennedy
“Oh yes, the Klitschkos. They got to learn how to fight. Period. But I'll tell you one thing - they're great human specimens. And I'd be happy to be able to work with them. If they chose to work with me. They had an opportunity when they got free of Peter Kohl - they didn't come to me. You know, I'm with who's with me. And I really don't care what fighter it is. I would be happy to promote them..Who could beat Vitali? Rahman could beat Vitali. His style is suited to beat Vitali.” IfsKnowsHumansWould BeCareAbleFightingOpportunityOne ThingStylePeriodsBeatsDon't CareFighterPeter Author:Don King
“There's always someone kicking guns. We wanted ["Badlands"] to be a world without guns and bullets, where martial arts was the form of fighting and defense and attack. Martial arts is king in this world. That was the first thing. We didn't want it to be a period piece either. We felt those are overdone and stuffy. That was what lead us to explore that area of science fiction and future, a world we can create and control.” WorldWantFirstsArtWantedFormFightingFeltFictionPiecesThis WorldKingsPeriodsArt IsGunAreasScience FictionDefenseMartial ArtsBulletsKicking Author:Miles Millar
“When you are fundamentally committed to something that is right, you just decide to go down fighting. Period.” FightingPeriodsCommitted Author:Cornel West
“We do not abandon ship. I say, as corny as it may sound, through the strength and spirit and fire and dare and gamble of a few men in a few ways we can save the carcass of humanity from drowning. No light goes out until it goes out. Let's fight as men, not rats. Period. No further addition.” MenWayMayLightSpiritHumanityFightingSoundFirePeriodsDareShipsAbandonRatsCornyDrowningGamble Author:Charles Bukowski
“Jews are no longer pressed and obliged to fight, hide or deny their Jewishness. What for? No one actually requires today to abandon the idiosyncrasy of some other culture or ethnic tradition. The great achievement of this last period is that we have been slowly, sometimes reluctantly, yet steadily, learning the art of living with differences.” Has BeensArtSometimesTodayLastsCultureFightingDifferencesPeriodsAchievementTraditionJewDenyAbandonObligedArt Of LivingGreat AchievementOther CulturesIdiosyncrasies Author:Zygmunt Bauman