“During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.” Has BeensMadeBookHappensLastsNightThreeMy OwnCitiesWeekHotel Author:Laini Taylor
“I had amazing stuff happen right off the top. I thought this was how it worked. Hollywood is awesome! Cut to three years later: What happened?” YearsHappensThreeStuffCuttingHappenedHollywoodThree YearsStuff Happens Author:Dana Fox
“Physically, I have to get a lot better, ... I have to play these three setters and the points are going to go on and on. This is not something that is going to happen overnight. I am only 18 and this is going to take time. My body is still growing and I'm still adjusting to my own body.” StillsPlayBodyHappensThreeMy OwnGrowingGoes OnTake TimeAdjusting Author:Maria Sharapova
“Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead; that is where your future lies. Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. There are really only three types of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who say, What happened?” PeopleLooksHardHappensCareLyingThreeOpportunityEnjoyWatchesHappenedHard WorkTypeThings HappenLive LifeOur FutureWho CaresYour FutureMake Things Happen Author:Ann Landers
“I looked at my family and I said, "I've got a spouse. I've got three kids. There's no way I'm ever buying a music subscription service for the five of us. It's just not going to happen." So we wanted to do something really great for families... It wasn't easy. We had to convince the labels it was in their best interests, too.” WaySaidHappensKidsWantedThreeEasyInterestFiveMy FamilyLabelsBuyingConvinceReally GreatSpouseSubscription Author:Eddy Cue
“It's been an incredible few weeks for Emma Pooley, first winning three stages in the Giro Rosa to demonstrate that she's the best climber in the women's peloton, then lining up for La Course - a race she helped to make happen - on the Champs-Elyses. So, it may come as a surprise to hear that she will retire after the Commonwealth Games road race on Sunday.” FirstsMayHappensThreeCoursesGamesWinningRaceWeekStageSurpriseIncrediblesSundayRetiringCommonwealthEmmaClimbersRosaLining UpCommonwealth Games Author:Emma Pooley
“Playing with Aaron Rodgers, every time I went into a game you always felt like no matter what happens, he was going to bail you out somehow. He was that kind of guy. He was one of the three or four guys you have in the league right now that no matter where you are or what’s going on in the game, you have a chance with him.” KindMatterHappensGuyThreeGamesFeltChanceFourRight NowNo Matter WhatLeagueWhere You AreBailAaron Rodgers Author:Charles Woodson
“There are three sorts of people in the world: Those who are immovable, people who don't get it, or don't want to do anything about it; there are people who are movable, people who see the need for change and are prepared to listen to it; and there are people who move, people who make things happen.” PeopleWorldWantNeedsHappensMovingThreePreparedThings HappenNeed A ChangeMake Things Happen Author:Benjamin Franklin
“It having been said above that God bends all the reprobate, and even Satan himself, at his will, three objections are started. First, that this happens by the permission, not by the will of God. To this objection there is a twofold reply, the one, that angels and men, good and bad, do nothing but what is appointed by God; the second, that all movements are secretly directed to their end by the hidden inspiration of God.” MenFirstsSaidEndsInspirationHappensThreeMovementAngelGods WillSatanPermissionGood And BadObjections Book:Institutes of the Christian Religion Source: Institutes of the Christian Religion
“Well, people have been wondering what's going to happen to the novel for two hundred years; its death has been announced many times. You know, I think the novel keeps redefining the world we live in. What you should look for in a novel is a window nobody else is looking out of, that nobody else can look through. What you look for is a voice. You pick up a novel by someone such as Faulkner or Hemingway and you just read three pages and you know who wrote it. And that's what one should demand of a novelist.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldShouldYearsWellsLooksHas BeensTwoHappensThreeVoiceWonderNovelDemandPagesPicksHundredWindowNovelistsRedefining Author:Mordecai Richler
“Don't let your present problems defeat you. The Chinese have a saying that if you live with a disaster for three years it will turn into a blessing. Look back in your own life at what appeared to be a devastating situation five or ten years ago. Many of those situations were the turning point that caused a number of great things to happen in your future. Regardless of what happens today, realize it is the beginning of something good.” IfsYearsLooksProblemHappensTodayTurnsThreeRealizingNumbersSituationFiveBlessingTenYears AgoDefeatDisasterGreat ThingsChineseOur FutureThree YearsEncouragingYour FutureTurning Points Author:Bob Proctor
“I understand some of the people's impatience with the show last year. I think that Lisa's (Lili Taylor) story line (marrying Nate with minimal motivation in season three) became a little bit of a diversion - and that happens. It happens in every show.” PeopleThinkingYearsLittlesStoriesShowsHappensLastsMotivationThreeBitsLinesLittle BitSeasonsLast YearImpatienceMarryingDiversion Author:Chris Albrecht
“It does happen, of course, that the priesthood has been on bad terms with womankind for some three thousand years. You see, Buddhism teaches that women are evil. Fiends. Messengers of hell. I've spent years immersed in the scriptures, so it's no accident that you and I fight all the time.” YearsDoeHas BeensHappensFightingThreeCoursesEvilTermTeachHellBuddhismThousandAccidentsScriptureThousand YearsMessengersPriesthood Book:Musashi Source: Musashi
“How often does it happen that an obscure line finds its way into a periodical... is requoted in every book that comes out during the next three months, and "sleeps again!” WayDoeBookHappensThreeNextLinesSleepMonthsObscureThree Months Author:Samuel Laman Blanchard
“When I finished the juniors I felt, perhaps for about a year and a half, that everything was going to be the same and that I would be able to go out there and win any match. But it wasn't the case. I struggled. It took me time to adjust and to realise it was not going to happen like it did in the juniors. It was three years between the junior ranks and reaching the Australian Open, and even then, having reached the final against Hingis, I wasn't really realising what it would take to go higher.” YearsHappensWould BeAbleThreeWinningFeltSportsHalfCasesHigherFinalsFinishedReachingRealisingThree YearsJuniorsAustralian Author:Amelie Mauresmo
“They say things happen in three. I won with the great Kobe, the great D-Wade and now it's my job to win one with the great LeBron James. We have everything in place. We just got to get it done.” DoneHappensJobsThreeWinningBasketballThings HappenGet It DoneWadeD Wade Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“One of the things I wanted to do after three, prolonged movies is to do something that was really, kind-of knee-jerk decisions, and artistic instincts and strip down the process to more of a guttural level, and make something that wasn't so manicured and polished; wasn't quite so developed and supported, and just run wild with it and see what happens with it.” KindHappensRunningWantedThreeProcessDecisionLevelsInstinctArtisticKneesJerkPolished Author:David Gordon Green
“Three times a year, theres Strategicon convention, and I go for the board games. It happens Presidents Day, Labor Day, and Memorial Day weekends. You go and take a look at the new board games and meet a couple of board game designers, and you can check out games you dont own from the library and then return them.” YearsLooksHappensThreeGamesPresidentReturnCoupleLaborLibraryChecksBoardsDesignerWeekendConventionsThree TimesMemorialMemorial DayLabor DayPresidents DayBoard GamesMemorial Day Weekend Author:Rich Sommer
“It happens to us quite often-it feels as though I'm not playing my instrument, something else is playing it and that same thing is playing all three of our instruments. That's what I mean when I say it's frightening sometimes. Maybe we'll all play the same phrase out of nowhere. It happens very often with us.” FeelsMeanSometimesPlayHappensThreeInstrumentsPhrasesFrightening Author:Ginger Baker
“As for me, I always train for 12 rounds just in case. I don’t train for three, four, one, or 10 rounds - I have to train for 12 because you never know what will happen that night.” KnowsHappensNightThreeCasesFourTrainRounds Author:Manny Pacquiao
“When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it will happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You'll have to figure that out for yourself!” WayHappensThreeSleepStageFiguresPrayingThirdsLeavingI PrayPraying To GodThree WaysI Pray To God Author:B. B. King
“Separate from the other unnamed billions who walk the earth, each of these little groups of three or five or twelve, brought together by the shuffle of chance, then welded by blood, sees in itself the whole of earth, or all that matters of it. What happens to one of the three or five or twelve will happen to them all. Whatever grief or triumph may touch any one will touch every one, as they are carried forward into the unknowable under the brilliant, terrifying sun which nourishes all.” MayLittlesMatterWholeHappensEarthTogetherThreeChanceWalksGriefFamilySunFiveGroupsBloodBrilliantBillionsTriumphTwelveShuffleGroups Of Three Book:Evergreen Source: Evergreen
“There are too many unpredictable things that can happen within two months. To me, the ideal trade lasts ten days, but I approach every trade as if I'm only going to hold it two or three days.” IfsTwoHappensLastsThreeMonthsTenApproachIdealsTradeUnpredictableTwo MonthsUnpredictable Things Author:Linda Bradford Raschke
“The problem I've always discovered in my own work when this kind of thing happens when you hit the wall is there's almost always a reason. You've almost always made a mistake in the initial conception of the project. You misapprehended something or you thought something would work and now you're three quarters on the way through and you see that it doesn't work.” WayKindMadeReasonProblemHappensThreeMy OwnMistakeWallProjectsThings HappenConceptionQuartersInitialsMade A Mistake Author:Steven Pressfield
“Experiencing this pain in my muscles and aching and going on and on is my challenge. The last three or four reps is what makes the muscles grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens. I have no fear of fainting. I do squats until I fall over and pass out. So what? It's not going to kill me. I wake up five minutes later and I'm OK. A lot of other athletes are afraid of this. So they don't pass out. They don't go on.” PeopleMatterHappensPainLastsFallThreeGrowsChallengesFiveFourMinutesGoes OnAreasWake UpNo Matter WhatAthleteChampionMusclesGutsDividesNo FearFive MinutesKill MeHave No FearFaintingGreat BodybuildingPassing Out Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The Republicans have a habit of having three bad years and one good one, and the good one always happens to be election years.” YearsGovernmentHappensThreeHabitRepublicanElectionElection YearsBad Years Author:Will Rogers
“Things happen in my physical body, in my relationships. I've buried three fathers and a mother. I've had a doctor tell me I've got a tumor in my brain. And when you face those situations, they transform you, they change you, and when you're able to break through them to a new level, they allow you to have gifts to give other people.” PeopleGivingBodyHappensAbleFacesMotherThreeFatherLevelsBrainSituationBreakDoctorsThings HappenBuriedBreak ThroughPhysical BodyTumors Author:Tony Robbins
“I am a zombie fan, but all of the zombie stories Ive enjoyed started when the dead rose and ended three days later with everybody looking exhausted. I was thinking, What happens in 20 years?” ThinkingYearsStoriesHappensThreeFansRoseEnjoyedExhaustedZombie Author:Mira Grant
“Did you know you can take your bus anywhere you want to go? Say yes three times with me. Yes, yes, yes. You can take it to the movies, the beach or the North Pole. Just say where you want to go and believe that it will be so. Because every journey and ride begins with a desire to go somewhere and do something and if you have a desire then you also have the power to make it happen.” IfsKnowsWantBelieveHappensDesireThreeJourneyBeachBusThree TimesMake It HappenDid You KnowNorth PoleYes You Can Author:Jon Gordon
“I, as a storyteller, was asking questions no one in science had apparently asked. What happens in a nest of tyrannosaurs? They're precocial, meaning when they hatch, they're ready to feed and move about. My questions are "Hmm, if there's a nest of tyrannosaurs, and there's three siblings that survive, would they try to eat each other?"” IfsTryingHappensMovingThreeReadyAskingStorytellerSiblingNestsAsking QuestionsHmmThree Siblings Author:Stephen R. Bissette
“Punk-rock records came out and you bought whatever you could find. But Devo didn't happen for another three years. Sex Pistols didn't tour the States until '78. At that time, for me, it was really about CBGB, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, the Ramones, and Television.” YearsStatesHappensThreeSexTalkingRecordsRocksTelevisionThree YearsPunkPunk RockPistolsRamonesTalking HeadsSex PistolsCbgb Author:Michael Stipe
“I realized sometime in the early '80s that if I didn't do something - like planning for the future in a way, a kind of pension or something - that if I didn't do something there and then, I was going to be condemned to forever present my three years as a pop star, condensed, as a stage act for the rest of my life. Because that's normally what happens to people in the pop business.” PeopleIfsWayYearsKindHappensThreeStarsForeverStagePopsI RealizedPlanningThree Years80sFuture PlansPensionPop Stars Author:Nick Lowe
“You have to do three things really well to make a successful film. You have to tell a compelling story that has a story that is unpredictable, that keeps people on the edge of their seat where they can't wait to see what happens next. You then populate that story with really memorable and appealing characters. And then, you put that story and those characters in a believable world, not realistic but believable for the story that you're telling.” PeopleWorldWellsCharacterStoriesHappensFilmThreeNextWaitingSuccessfulEdgesMemorableSeatsRealisticCompellingUnpredictableThree ThingsBelievable Author:John Lasseter
“If there is a problem somewhere, this is what happens. Three people will try to do something concrete to settle the issue. Ten people will give a lecture analyzing what the three are doing. One hundred people will commend or condemn the ten for their lecture. One thousand people will argue about the problem. And one person-only one- will involve himself so deeply in the true solution that he is too busy to listen to any of it. Now...which person are you?” PeopleIfsGivingTryingPersonsProblemHappensThreeIssuesThousandTenSolutionsHundredBusyArguingSettlingConcreteLecturesToo BusyAnalyzing Author:Elias Chacour