“For my own films, I would like to see 'Bullet in the Head' remastered. The original cut was actually almost three hours.” FilmThreeHoursMy OwnCuttingOriginalsBullets Author:John Woo
“If you want to be watched 24 hours a day in everything you do, you can't turn that around. You can't wake up three years later and say, 'Stop bothering me, I'm a serious actor,' if all you've done is wear certain clothes and show up half-loaded at clubs.” IfsWantYearsDoneShowsCertainTurnsThreeActorsHoursHalfSeriousClothesWake UpClubsBotherThree YearsLoaded Author:Ali MacGraw
“At the hour of midnight the Salerian gate was silently opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred and sixty-three years after the foundation of Rome, the Imperial city, which had subdued and civilised so considerable a part of mankind, was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of Germany and Scythia.” YearsThreeSoundHoursCitiesHistoryMankindHundredFoundationGermanyGatesRomeThree YearsSixtyTribesMidnightFuryGothicElevenAwakenedTrumpetsRoman EmpireCivilised Author:Edward Gibbon
“I write in the mornings, two or three hours every day, and then at least four times a week I play in a duplicate game at a bridge club. I try to go to tournaments three, four, or five times a year.” WritingTryingYearsTwoPlayThreeGamesHoursMorningFiveFourWeekClubsBridgesTournamentsDuplicate Author:Louis Sachar
“Ten thousand hours is equivalent to roughly three hours a day, or 20 hours a week, of practice over 10 years... No one has yet found a case in which true world-class expertise was accomplished in less time. It seems that it takes the brain this long to assimilate all that it needs to know to achieve true mastery.” KnowsWorldNeedsYearsLongSeemsThreeFoundHoursBrainClassPracticeCasesWeekAchieveThousandTenAccomplishedMasteryExpertiseWorld Class Author:Daniel Levitin
“Winning the Pulitzer is a really mellow, fabulous thing. You don't sit and wait for them to open an envelope. You already know you won, and you have a nice lunch. Oscars are more stressful. I had to sit for three hours and wait for my category. I had to fly to Los Angeles. For the Pulitzer I just had to go up to Columbia. But, while the president of Columbia gave me the Pulitzer, Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck gave me the Oscar, so that was better.” KnowsThreeWinningWaitingPresidentHoursNiceLos AngelesCategoriesLunchOscarsFabulousStressfulEnvelopesColumbiaMellowHepburnAudrey Author:John Patrick Shanley
“It's really important to find an hour or two to a day to make sure that you keep healthy, keep fit. It's very easy just to forget that aspect. And if you're feeling really good and fit, I think you can get two or three extra hours a day of hard work in as well.” IfsThinkingWellsTwoImportantHardFeelingsThreeEasyHoursForgetHard WorkFitHealthyAspectExtras Author:Richard Branson
“At noon I get to the gym to do my boxing workout. Three hours there. Rest. Once in a while I get a massage, because I need it once in while.” NeedsThreeHoursBoxingGymWorkoutNoonMassage Author:Juan Manuel Marquez
“I wrote Sophies World in three months, but I was only writing and sleeping. I work for 14 hours a day when Im working on a book.” WorldWritingBookThreeHoursSleepMonthsSophieThree Months Author:Jostein Gaarder
“Punk can be a mental ghetto. People get into it and make all these rules and pretty soon they're worse than born again Christians and have stupid three hour conversation about things like, which band is a sellout and is straight edge cool or un-cool and it's just completely idiotic. So punk has taught me the aesthetic of the outsider, which is great, but it's also taught me not to get involved in petty little cults.” PeopleLittlesChristianThreeBornHoursStupidTaughtInvolvedBandConversationEdgesAestheticPunkOutsidersCultPettyGet InvolvedGhettoBorn AgainIdioticStraight Edge Author:Jesse Michaels
“"People can't die, along the coast," said Mr. Peggotty, "except when the tide's pretty nigh out. They can't be born, unless it's pretty nigh in - not properly born, till flood. He's a going out with the tide. It's ebb at half-arter three, slack water half an hour. If he lives till it turns, he'll hold his own till past the flood, and go out with the next tide."” PeopleIfsSaidPastDiesTurnsThreeNextWaterBornHoursHalfTidesFloodGoing OutCoastSpooky Author:Charles Dickens
“When it's finals week and you've been studying for five hours straight, you need three things to get you through the nigh.The biggest Slurpee you can find,half cherry half Coke.Pajama pants, the kind that have been washed so many times they are tissue-paper thin. And finally,dace breaks.Lots of dance breaks.” NeedsKindHas BeensThreeHoursHalfBreakStudyFiveWeekPaperFinalsPantsThree ThingsCokeTissuesCherriesTissue PaperFinals Week Author:Jenny Han
“I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival.” AbleFilmSufferingThreeHoursAustraliaColleaguesArrivals Author:David Attenborough
“When I get up in the morning, I stay nude for three or four hours. If I really feel like getting formal, I'll put on board shorts.” IfsFeelsBodyThreeHoursMorningFourGet UpBoardsFormalShorts Author:Iggy Pop
“I make myself lie down every afternoon; otherwise I'll be too exhausted by the night-time. If I can't nap, I'll watch a little bit of TV and just relax for two or three hours.” IfsLittlesI CanTwoLyingNightThreeBitsHoursWatchesTvsLittle BitRelaxAfternoonExhaustedNapsNight Time Author:China Machado
“The other main difference between film and television is that you have the opportunity to flush out a character, over a longer period of time. Whereas with a film, you're confined to two or three hours, or whatever it may be.” MayTwoCharacterFilmThreeOpportunityHoursDifferencesTelevisionPeriodsConfinedFilm And Television Author:Elijah Wood
“Never invite to dinner: those who won't decide until the last minute; those who come more than half an hour late; those who want to bring along two or three friends; drunks; monologists; those who stay until three o'clock in the morning; those who think that conversation means having an argument; those who take a high moral tone; those who are stupid, ugly, or dull. Enforcement of these rules will enable one to eat alone every night in comfort.” ThinkingWantMeanTwoLastsNightThreeHoursHalfMoralMorningMinutesStupidComfortConversationLateArgumentUglyDinnerClockToneDullInvitesEvery NightCompanionshipEnforcementLast MinuteThree Friends Author:Mason Cooley