“On TV, stories and events are finalized in 30 or 60 minutes, or neatly tied up after a season or two. The best stories are the ones that force us to come to our own conclusions and to explain why we believe in our conclusions.” BelieveTwoStoriesForceMinutesEventsTvsSeasonsConclusionTiedTied Up Author:Lurlene McDaniel
“The holiday season promotes a heightened sense of community. It draws our chins up and helps us look above and over the limiting fence of our own events, activities and preoccupations. The opportunity for a heroic gesture can tap you quietly on the shoulder in the midst of a holiday bustle. If you are attentive, you will notice the gentle touch and will be able to respond. Remember... There are no small acts of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.” IfsWorldLooksHelpingAbleRememberOpportunityCommunityKindnessEventsActivityQuietDrawsSeasonsShouldersGentleHolidayMidstCompassionateHeroicGesturesFenceChinsPreoccupationActs Of KindnessHoliday SeasonBustleSmall ActsSmall Acts Of KindnessChin UpGentle Touch Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“In a small Polish farm community, during the fall planting season of 1981, events occurred which electrified the world, sending reverberations of magnitude to capitals as diverse as Washington, Peking and especially Moscow.” WorldFallCommunityEventsSeasonsFarmsDiversePolishMagnitudeMoscowReverberation Book:Poland: A Novel Source: Poland: A Novel
“Anyone, however, who has had dealings with dates knows that they are worse than elusive, they are perverse. Events do not happen at the right time, nor in their proper sequence. That sense of harmony with place and season which is so strong in the historian--if he be a readable historian--is lamentably lacking in history, which takes no pains to verify his most convincing statements.” IfsKnowsHappensPainStrongHistoryEventsSeasonsHarmonyStatementsHistorianLackingRight TimeConvincingSequenceElusiveDealingsNo PainVerify Book:To Think of Tea! Source: To Think of Tea!
“There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; distinct from the ordinary lights which guide our course and mark our seasons, yet true to their own laws, potent in their own influences.” MenLightEarthLawCertainCoursesDestinyInfluenceEventsStrangeOrdinarySeasonsMarkGuidesCometsErraticPortents Author:Bill Vaughan
“The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to the greatest sports event in this country...You're forgotten by Thanksgiving.” IfsWorldMeanCountrySportsLosesEventsSeasonsSeriesForgottenPlayoffsWorld SeriesWedgesGreatest Sports Author:Tim McCarver
“I am very blessed to be able to play tennis, the sport that I love and very grateful for the opportunities to play in the finals of big events, when the season starts you are on the roll constantly and obliged to be committed to daily routines on and off the court.” LovePlayBigsAbleOpportunitySportsEventsSeasonsBlessedGratefulCourtFinalsCommittedTennisObligedAnd OffDaily RoutinesBig Events Author:Roger Federer
“When I was 20, I was contemplating quitting. I was at the first event of the season and I overhead a conversation between two girls. One told the other, "God still loves you," and that caught my attention. Later that day, I caught up with the girl and asked her what she meant. Before then, I'd never really thought about God. But there was an undeniable stirring in me and I couldn't ignore it.” FirstsStillsTwoGirlAttentionLove YouEventsConversationSeasonsCaughtQuittingContemplatingCaught UpStirringOverheadStill Love You Author:Kelly Clark
“That was part of the whole original concept. We were thinking, it's off-season, let's do a really fun, local-oriented event, raise money for good causes and bring some music to the valley.” ThinkingWholeFunCausesEventsConceptsSeasonsOriginalsRaisesLocalsValleysGood CausesOff Season Author:Andy Kaufman
“I think that was in the discussions when NBC finally bought it and was trying to figure out how to distinguish it as an event. I'll be honest, we did shoot it with the idea of it being an on-going series, but because I am insane when I get to the end of a season and they give you a big, giant cliff-hanger with no answers, I insisted that we provide all the answers to the questions that we set up, at the beginning.” ThinkingGivingTryingIdeasEndsBigsAnswersHonestEventsFiguresSeasonsSeriesInsaneBeing HonestDiscussionGiantsCliffsNbcHangers Author:Remi Aubuchon
“Next year [2017], we are going to hold a series of events there that we would like to call Russian Seasons [in Japan]. Over 40 different activities - and what is more, in different cities.” YearsDifferentNextCitiesEventsActivitySeasonsSeriesJapanNext Year Author:Vladimir Putin
“That movie [A Series of Unfortunate Events] told four books in two hours, and we have two hours per book. So we have eight hours to tell four books, and if people watch we'll get to tell more of them. There's only thirteen books, so there's only going to be two more seasons, but that allows for a lot of time to be in character and to maintain character.” PeopleIfsTwoBookCharacterHoursWatchesFourEventsSeasonsSeriesEightUnfortunateThirteenUnfortunate EventsSeries Of Unfortunate Events Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?” IfsWorldFirstsKindDifferentFallFoundMagicChildhoodEventsBedSeasonsWake UpSnowEnchantmentSnowflakeWinter SnowSnow FallingFirst SnowSnow Storms Author:J. B. Priestley
“United have spent all season commemorating the 50th anniversary of Busby's decision to defy the Football League and take the club on a tragic and triumphant journey into Europe, but no orchestrated event could conjure the celebrations ignited by last night's outstanding obliteration of Roma or deliver a more fitting tribute.” LastsNightDecisionUnitedJourneyEventsFootballEuropeSeasonsClubsSoccerAnalysisLeagueTragicCelebrationLast NightOutstandingFittingTributeTriumphant50th Anniversary Author:Andy Hunter