“This poem is very long So long, in fact, that your attention span May be stretched to its very limits But that’s okay It’s what’s so special about poetry See, poetry takes time We live in a time Call it our culture or society It doesn’t matter to me cause neither one rhymes A time where most people don’t want to listen Our throats wait like matchsticks waiting to catch fire Waiting until we can speak No patience to listen But this poem is long It’s so long, in fact, that during the time of this poem You could’ve done any number of other wonderful things You could’ve called your father Call your father You could be writing a postcard right now Write a postcard When was the last time you wrote a postcard? You could be outside You’re probably not too far away from a sunrise or a sunset Watch the sun rise Maybe you could’ve written your own poem A better poem You could have played a tune or sung a song You could have met your neighbor And memorized their name Memorize the name of your neighbor You could’ve drawn a picture (Or, at least, colored one in) You could’ve started a book Or finished a prayer You could’ve talked to God Pray When was the last time you prayed? Really prayed? This is a long poem So long, in fact, that you’ve already spent a minute with it When was the last time you hugged a friend for a minute? Or told them that you love them? Tell your friends you love them …no, I mean it, tell them Say, I love you Say, you make life worth living Because that, is what friends do Of all of the wonderful things that you could’ve done During this very, very long poem You could have connected Maybe you are connecting Maybe we’re connecting See, I believe that the only things that really matter In the grand scheme of life are God and people And if people are made in the image of God Then when you spend your time with people It’s never wasted And in this very long poem I’m trying to let a poem do what a poem does: Make things simpler We don’t need poems to make things more complicated We have each other for that We need poems to remind ourselves of the things that really matter To take time A long time To be alive for the sake of someone else for a single moment Or for many moments Cause we need each other To hold the hands of a broken person All you have to do is meet a person Shake their hand Look in their eyes They are you We are all broken together But these shattered pieces of our existence don’t have to be a mess We just have to care enough to hold our tongues sometimes To sit and listen to a very long poem A story of a life The joy of a friend and the grief of friend To hold and be held And be quiet So, pray Write a postcard Call your parents and forgive them and then thank them Turn off the TV Create art as best as you can Share as much as possible, especially money Tell someone about a very long poem you once heard And how afterward it brought you to them” PoemThis GirlA Very Long PoemMarty Schoenleber Iii Book:This Girl Source: This Girl
“Will Cooper prefers the whole Lake.” This GirlColleen HooverWill CooperAsdfghjkl Book:This Girl Source: This Girl
“I stand up and walk forward, grabbing the arm of the desk chair. I sit back down on the bed and pull her to me until she’s flush against my legs. I place my hands on her cheeks and force her to look at me. “Layken Cooper, I love you. I’ve loved you since the second I laid eyes on you and I haven’t stopped loving you for a second since.” LoveThis GirlWill Cooper Author:Colleen Hoover
“I was a bartender in New York and I overheard this girl saying she made $3000 doing a commercial. A kid at work told me, 'Hey, I know this director and he'd really like you!'. So I walked into this guy's office and was like 'I was thinking maybe I could make $3000' and he hired me for commercials, short films, like 15 jobs in a row.” ThinkingKnowsMadeKidsJobsFilmGuyGirlNew YorkLike YouDirectorsOfficeHeyThis GuyThis GirlBartenderShort FilmsReally Like You Author:Pauley Perrette
“When I first met Adèle I was like, ‘Wow, this girl has a strong character!’ She has something very free about her. I’m not used to it. Some actresses are too self-aware, they strike a pose. Adèle is a force of nature.” FirstsSelfCharacterUsedGirlStrongForceMetsActressesStrikesAdsWowForces Of NatureThis GirlStrong Character Author:Lea Seydoux
“I learned lots of dirty jokes very young. There was this girl who told me them. The gang I led went in for shoplifting and pulling girls' knickers down. Other boys' parents hated me.” YoungGirlParentBoysJokesDirtyHatedPullingGangThis GirlKnickersDirty JokesShoplifting Author:John Lennon
“I was quite intimidated by Ralph Fiennes. I didn't really talk to him while I was doing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the only thing I did with him was when he stepped on my head. Then I went to this play and he was there. And this girl said, “you've worked with Ralph Fiennes haven't you, Robert?” and I was like, “well, no...” and Ralph said, “yes, I stepped on your head.” And that was the extent of our conversation.” WellsSaidPlayGirlFireHavensConversationHarry PotterPottersIntimidatedThis Girl Author:Robert Pattinson
“I think bringing depth to characters means really needing to find out who this girl is, what is she passionate about, what makes her tick, what gets her going in life. So I did a lot of backstory for who she was and sometimes it comes across screen and sometimes it doesn't. You never know, because you're not the director, but you can only do your work and hope that it somehow subtly is infiltrated in that. But I think the characters I've played for the most part have depth, just not in the way that you think they do.” ThinkingKnowsWayMeanSometimesCharacterGirlDirectorsDepthPassionateScreensTickThis Girl Author:Amy Smart
“When you trust the director you want to trust his or her choices. I don't want to say, 'No, I don't like this girl or that guy," when the director really loves them. No, you want to go with what the director likes.” WantGuyChoicesGirlDirectorsLikesThat GuyThis Girl Author:Denzel Washington
“I'm a private person so wasn't the type of person who could talk to people and be like this is going on at home, I want this shirt, this girl don't like me, etc. I just rap about it!” PeopleWantPersonsHomeGirlTypeRapLike MeShirtsEtcThis GirlDon't Like Me Author:Kirko Bangz
“I remember getting this scrapbook that this girl made, that I actually gave to my mom to hold onto because she has a 'Twilight' shrine in their house in Florida. It was just this scrapbook of me, starting with 'Twilight,' and the whole progression of me and my career throughout that, and other stuff that I had done in between.” MadeDoneWholeRememberGirlHouseStuffCareersMomStartingMy MomTwilightFloridaProgressionThis GirlShrines Author:Ashley Greene
“Guys standing around and talking about Spanish fly: 'You know anything about Spanish fly?' 'No, tell me about it.' Well there's this girl Crazy Mary, you put some in her drink man, she, 'Haaaaaaaaaaaaah.' Oh yeah, that's really groovy man, Spanish fly is groovy, yeah. From then on, any time you see a girl: 'Wish I had some Spanish fly.' Go to a party see five girls standing alone: 'Boy if I had a whole jug of Spanish fly, I'd light that corner up over there. HAAAAAAH.'” IfsKnowsMenWellsWholeLightGuyGirlWishPartyTalkingBoysFiveCrazyDrinkStandingYeahCornersMaryThis GirlStanding AloneJugsGroovy Author:Bill Cosby
“Every time I got drunk, this girl named Nikki would show up. When I got drunk, I was just a different person. This is a totally different person than Lisa. When these two started to battle it out, I had to create a third person to come in and straighten the two of them out. Nina, my evil twin who came from within, who I blame my sins on. (satanic alter) All the problems I did have stemmed from what I was doing - I was creating all these different personalities.” PersonsTwoDifferentShowsProblemGirlEvilSinPersonalityBattleCreatingThirdsBlameDrunkTwinsSatanicThis GirlNinaThird Person Author:Lisa Lopes
“I was in college, I thought I was going to be a lawyer, I met this girl named Laura who was the most beautiful girl I had ever known, and she was taking an acting class, so I decided to take the same acting class. And I was a terrible actor in college.” BeautifulGirlActorsActingKnownClassCollegeTerribleMetsDecidedLawyerThis GirlBeautiful GirlActing ClassesLaura Author:Kurt Fuller
“The biggest thing in my life right now is my girlfriend. I love this girl. I know I love her because she told me.” KnowsHumorFunnyGirlRight NowDatingGirlfriendMy GirlfriendMy GirlThis GirlFunny Dating Author:Adam Ferrara
“I do read some of the scripts from America and, even though the themes or subject of the film is very interesting, and some of the scenes are very interesting, there is a tendency that they have to explain everything. There will be no dilemma. This guy was evil, and this girl was very sweet. And in the end, we'd have to see eight endings because we'd also have to know what happened to the uncle. It's like, "Are you kidding me?!"” KnowsEndsAmericaFilmGuyGirlEvilInterestingHappenedSubjectsSweetSceneScriptsEightTendenciesThemeUnclesThis GuyVery InterestingDilemmaThis GirlVery Sweet Author:Mads Mikkelsen
“My hat was pulled down and this girl said 'Are you really him?' I whispered 'Yeah, I'm really him.' She screamed, 'Mom! Dad! It's Heath Ledger!” SaidHateGirlMomDadDown AndYeahHatsThis GirlMom Dad Author:Josh Hartnett
“I tried to have a cookie, and this girl said, "I'm mailing those cookies to my friend." So I couldn't have one. You shouldn't make cookies untouchable.” SaidHumorFunnyGirlMy FriendsCookiesThis GirlUntouchablesMailing Author:Mitch Hedberg
“I met this girl, she was an actress, and she gave me her number. It started with 555.” HumorFunnyGirlNumbersMetsActressesThis Girl Author:Mitch Hedberg
“I used to drink wine. This girl asked me, "Doesn't wine give you a headache?" "Yeah, eventually, but the first and the middle part are amazing!"” GivingFirstsHumorFunnyUsedGirlMiddleDrinkYeahWineHeadacheThis Girl Author:Mitch Hedberg
“When you get an idea and you fall in love with it there's not a whole lot of choice. You're going down a street and you meet this girl and you know it doesn't have to make any sense. Bingo! You're in love.” KnowsIdeasWholeChoicesFallGirlStreetsFalling In LoveThis GirlBingo Author:David Lynch
“I was making love to this girl and she started crying. I said, "Are you going to hate yourself in the morning?" She said, "No, I hate myself now."” SaidHumorFunnyHateGirlMorningCryI HateMaking LoveHate YouThis GirlHate MyselfI Hate Myself Author:Rodney Dangerfield
“I once went out with this girl, she was no bargain either, she showed up with pigtails under her arms.” HumorFunnyGirlArmsBargainsThis GirlPigtails Author:Rodney Dangerfield
“You can be distracted by your love life, by the baseball game, movies, by the nonsense. "Can I get my kid into this private school? Can I get this girl to go out with me Saturday night? Am I going to get the promotion in my office?" All this stuff, but in the end the universe burns out. So I think it's completely meaningless.” ThinkingEndsKidsSchoolNightGirlUniverseGamesStuffOfficeBaseballNonsenseLove LifeMeaninglessSaturdayPromotionDistractedSaturday NightBaseball GamesThis GirlBurn OutPrivate School Author:Woody Allen
“I was 30 years old and this girl I knew found out I had never gotten high. Nobody had ever told me about marijuana.” YearsGirlFoundMarijuanaThis Girl Author:Jack Herer
“In terms of what people see of me, I have become this girl who just loves to be photographed, doesn't know how to focus, doesn't know how to work on set, just loves the attention, knows how to go out at night, knows how to party.” PeopleKnowsNightGirlTermPartyAttentionKnow HowFocusThis Girl Author:Lindsay Lohan
“As a comedian I don't think they look at me as a sexual person but I can see where with actors it would be a little difficult for them because its part of their mystique, it gives them an easier time to change characters and people aren't going oh we have a gay actor, their gay so I don't know if I'm gunna buy this guy with this girl, its weird, I don't think it's fair; it's only done with us, it seems, like they just accept everyone as straight and go along with it and then its oh their gay and make a big deal out of it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGivingLooksLittlesPersonsI CanDoneCharacterBigsSeemsWould BeGuyGirlActorsDifficultDealsAcceptingEasierGayFairsComedianLook At MeThis GuyBig DealThis GirlMystiqueEasier Times Author:Wanda Sykes
“I thought being a Christian was about following rules and going to church and being good all the time, but this girl helped me understand that it's about having a relationship with God. That was where things shifted for me.” ChristianGirlChurchFollowingBe GoodRelationship With GodThis GirlGoing To ChurchFollowing Rules Author:Kelly Clark
“You're already using your imagination because you're watching fiction and then you're trying to believe that this girl who weighs 100 lbs, soaking wet, could actually beat up a guy. Which works in a lot of situations but in a lot of situations you look at it and you're like, "Come on. Could you please get someone in there who actually has biceps and not just because they don't eat?"” TryingBelieveLooksGuyGirlImaginationFictionSituationPleaseBeatsWetThis GirlSoakingBiceps Author:Katee Sackhoff
“Well, I was a big fan of the book and therein a huge fan of the girl Precious. And so I felt like I knew this girl. I felt like I'd grown up alongside her. I felt like she was in my family. She was my friend and she was like people I didn't want to be friends with.” PeopleWantWellsBookBigsGirlFeltFansHugeMy FriendsMy FamilyThis Girl Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“What was the scandal? I fell in love with this girl, married her. We have been married for almost 15 years now.” YearsHas BeensGirlMarriedScandalThis Girl Author:Woody Allen
“Last night, I went to a birthday party, and this girl brought a cake and a cheesecake. And the other girls that lived in the apartment, I swear to God, all night long: 'You're taking that cake with you when you go. That cake's not staying in this house.' Like it's this evil, Hope Diamond, nuclear, horrifying cursed thing.” LongLastsNightGirlEvilHousePartyNuclearStayingCakeDiamondSwearApartmentLast NightAll NightCursedOther GirlThis GirlBirthday PartyCheesecakeSwear To God Author:Janeane Garofalo
“Wayne's World was a turning point-after Wayne's World, it was like, "Who is this girl? Where did she come from? Let's give her another job. Have her come in and meet instead of read” WorldGivingJobsGirlWayneTurning PointsThis Girl Author:Tia Carrere
“I was more into music, before I got into college. In high school, I used to play guitar and sing. I did a lot of that. But, when I graduated and went to college, I remember my freshman year and this girl from across the hall, who is one of my good friends to this day, had a brother who was in the school improv team. We went to go watch a show and it blew my face off.” YearsPlayShowsSchoolRememberFacesUsedGirlWatchesTeamCollegeBrotherMusic IsHigh SchoolGuitarHallsThis DayGood FriendThis GirlFreshmanFreshman Year Author:Steven Yeun
“I met this girl who had a huge scar on her leg from a car accident. She was talking about how, after it first happened, she would always wear long pants and cover it up. But, as she started to grow into it, she decided that that's just her now. It's just a part of who she is. She wears skirts and she shows it off now.” FirstsLongShowsGirlGrowsTalkingHappenedCarHugeMetsDecidedLegsAccidentsScarPantsSkirtsThis GirlCar Accident Author:Tinsel Korey
“My friends are trying to get me to go out on blind dates. Big 'NO' to that because all my friends are a bunch of lying geeks. They're always like, 'Brian, you're really gonna dig this girl. She's got Traci Lords' eyes, Michelle Pfeiffer's nose, Kim Basinger's lips.' Yeah, they always forget to tell me she's also got Charlie Brown's head.” TryingBigsEyeLyingGirlForgetLordMy FriendsYeahBlindLipsBunchNosesBrownGeekCharlieKimBrianThis GirlBlind Date Author:Brian Posehn
“I had a dream this girl was cheating on me! I woke up and went back to sleep to find him, he kicked my ass in my dream!” DreamGirlSleepAssCheatingI Had A DreamThis GirlCheating On Me Author:Donnell Rawlings
“I didn't react visually. This girl came up and knelt over the body and let out a God-awful scream that made me click the camera. (On photographing Mary Vecchio with slain student Jeffery Miller during the shootings of students at Kent State, April, 1970.)” MadeStatesBodyGirlStudentsCamerasAwfulShootingScreamMaryAprilClicksThis GirlKent Author:John Filo
“When I was in middle school, I tried to impress this girl by jumping over this ledge on a scooter. I caught the edge of the ledge and totally fell right in front of her. I never talked to her again. So [my advice is], take it easy if you have a school crush!” IfsSchoolGirlEasyMiddleAdviceFrontsEdgesCaughtCrushImpressJumpingMiddle SchoolThis GirlTake It EasyLedgesScooters Author:Kevin Jonas
“Basically, there's a good friend of mine who works at EMI Publishing, a publishing company. He had asked me - he was like, you know, do you know this girl, Amy Winehouse? She's in New York for a day. She's kind of meeting people to maybe work with on her second album.” PeopleKnowsKindGirlCompanyNew YorkMinesLike YouMeetingsAlbumsDo You KnowPublishingGood FriendAmyThis Girl Author:Mark Ronson
“When I got the beat, in my imagination I was catapulted into this club where all the boys and girls are looking hot and wearing amazing clothes, and there's this girl dancing and looking better than me.” GirlImaginationBoysClothesBeatsHotDancingClubsMy ImaginationBoy And GirlThis Girl Author:Katy B
“I have a camp so I brought my writers, LaShawn Daniels and at the time, Anesha and Antea [Birchett], they were sisters, and this girl Delisha [Thomas] and Makeba [Riddick]. I brought basically five writers to work on different ideas. You either make the cut or you don't.” IdeasDifferentGirlFiveCuttingCampsThis GirlDifferent Ideas Author:Rodney Jerkins
“I worked at a bunch of other salons, and at one, this girl was going out to do a photo shoot for a women's magazine and brought me along to assist her. I remember going on that shoot and thinking, "God, this is great. It's creative, and you get to work with all of these other creative people." At that point I decided that hair would be my in to fashion and all the things I thought I would enjoy - and did enjoy.” PeopleThinkingWould BeRememberGirlEnjoyCreativeFashionHairDecidedBunchMagazinesGoing OutCreative PeopleThis GirlPhoto ShootsSalonsThinking God Author:Guido Palau
“I've got my girl records that are real feel-good and could be a radio crossover. But it's not me going in that direction, and being like, "We need this huge pop crossover record where we need this girl on the hook."” NeedsFeelsRealGirlRecordsHugeRadioPopsFeel GoodHookMy GirlThis GirlCrossover Author:Donnis
“I had to perform in Dallas at the W Hotel. I was with my best friend, and I had walked on in to the area where I was meeting the crew. Then my best friend came in, and he's like, "This girl at the front desk asked, 'Is his name Quindon? I know him, he's that guy from Romeo + Juliet, I'm one of his big fans.'" I was just like, how does she recognize me from then to now? I was wowed by that because here I am 34, it was 20 years ago, and how does she recognize me?” KnowsYearsDoeBigsGuyGirlNamesFansFrontsAreasYears AgoMeetingsHotelDesksCrewMy Best FriendThat GuyHere I AmJulietDallasThis GirlRomeo JulietFront Desk Author:Quindon Tarver
“Taika [Waititi] came up... We kind of had and we sort of named this girl Moana, named after the ocean. And we had a very, a visual outline of the story. And we heard about Taika from people in the South Pacific that we talked to.” PeopleKindStoriesGirlHeardOceanSouthVisualsOutlinesPacificThis Girl Author:Ron Clements
“Once you've fallen in love, it's turned around your whole life. You keep thinking about this girl all the time instead of thinking about other things. Since the object of love is that particular person, being separated brings about a longing and pain.” ThinkingPersonsWholePainGirlLove IsObjectsParticularLongingWhole LifeFallenThis Girl Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr
“I think God has me on a path. I think he puts certain people in my life, and angels send messages to me, like, Kanye, I want you to say this, and I want you to say that, and I want you to talk to this girl here, and I don't want you to do this over here.” PeopleThinkingWantCertainGirlPathMessagesAngelI Want YouThis Girl Author:Kanye West
“It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.” FunnyMotivationGirlWomenSexyEmpoweringDiariesEmpowering WomenMy AttitudeWomen Empowering WomenThis GirlBeautiful GirlGirlyGood GirlBest AttitudeBad AttitudeFunny SexBad GirlOne Tree Hill VoiceoverTree HillWhatsappOne Tree Hill OpeningShort One Tree HillOne Tree Hill LifeCute GirlCool StatusOne Tree Hill LoveCool AttitudeHot GirlOne Tree Hill MemorableFunny Strong WomenNew AttitudeSexy WomenOne Tree Hill DeathOne Tree Hill InspirationalFunny GirlGirly GirlOne Tree Hill FriendshipSweet GirlCool GirlSexy Girl Author:Tallulah Bankhead
“I love women, but I feel like you can't trust some of them. Some of them are liars, you know? Like I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog's name. Then I said, 'Does he bite?' She said, 'No.' And I said, 'Oh yeah? Then how does he eat?' Liar.” KnowsFeelsDoeSaidHumorFunnyGirlNamesTalkingDogLike YouMetsYeahCuteParksLiarsBitesThis Girl Author:Demetri Martin