“I never had trouble getting an agent. I went out and got my first couple roles, and literally within six months I never had to have another job other than acting.” FirstsJobsActingRolesTroubleMonthsCoupleSixAgentsSix Months Author:Dean Norris
“In the stock market (as in much of life), the beginning of wisdom is admitting your ignorance. One of the many things you cannot know about stocks is exactly when they will up or go down. Over the long term, stocks generally rise at a nice pace. History shows they double in value every seven years or so. But in the short term, stocks are just plain wild. Over periods of days, weeks and months, no one has any idea what they will do. Still, nearly all investors think they are smart enough to divine such short-term movements. This hubris frequently gets them into trouble.” ThinkingKnowsYearsLongStillsIdeasEnoughShowsValuesTermNiceTroubleWeekMovementIgnoranceDivineMonthsPeriodsSmartSevenLong TermPaceInvestorsSeven YearsShort TermAdmittingHubris Author:James K. Glassman
“Sometimes, especially in the last six months, I still feel like going to the window and singing out all my troubles.” FeelsStillsSometimesLastsTroubleMonthsSixSingingWindowSix Months Author:Christina Aguilera
“I'm not a lawyer I'm a kind of mouthpiece/activist type, though occasionally they shave me and stuff me into my Bar Mitzvah suit and send me to a standards body or the UN to stir up trouble. I spend about three weeks a month on the road doing completely weird stuff like going to Microsoft to talk about DRM.” KindBodyThreeStuffTroubleWeekTypeMonthsStandardsLawyerBarsSuitsActivistMicrosoftBar MitzvahMitzvahWeird StuffMouthpieceDrm Book:Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future Source: Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future
“April is tax month. If you are having trouble filing your taxes, then you should hire an accountant. They'll give you the same advice that they've given hundreds of corporations - taxes are for douche bags.” IfsGivingShouldGivenTroubleAdviceMonthsTaxesCorporationsBagsAprilAccountantsFilingDouchesDouche Bag Author:Ed Helms
“What used to be racial segregation now mirrors itself in class segregation, this great sorting (has) taken place. It creates its own politics. There are some communities where not only do I not know poor people, I don't even know people who have trouble paying the bills at the end of the month. I just don't know those people. And so there's less sense of investment in those children.” PeopleKnowsChildrenEndsUsedPoliticsCommunityPoorClassTakenTroubleMonthsMirrorsBillsInvestmentUsed To BePoor PeopleSegregationSortingRacial Segregation Author:Barack Obama
“Peter Parker has superpowers, but he still has trouble making rent every month. I identify with that in a way that I don't with, like, Superman, for instance. He's just less interesting because he's too perfect.” WayStillsPerfectInterestingTroubleMonthsInstancePeterSuperpowerTrouble MakingPeter Parker Author:Timothy Miller
“Growing up, I was in and out of trouble in group homes and other institutions, and when I was 14, I was locked up in a psychiatric hospital for a number of months for behavioral problems.” ProblemHomeNumbersGrowing UpGrowingTroubleGroupsMonthsInstitutionsHospitalsLockedLocked UpPsychiatricPsychiatric Hospitals Author:Gbenga Akinnagbe