“We set out what's going to be our work time versus our foundation time versus family time, and we'll reassess that... sometimes every week.” SometimesWeekFoundationVersusFamily Time Author:Melinda Gates
“I've met my bride-to-be in Italy and I will be married in Italy soon, in a couple of weeks. In Venice of all places! In closing, I guess what I would like to say is to my bride-to-be, Amal, that I love you very much and I can't wait to be your husband.” I CanWaitingWeekLove YouCoupleMetsHusbandMarriedClosingBeing MarriedBridesVeniceYour HusbandI Love You Very Much Author:George Clooney
“I got a job immediately after leaving high school; I was lucky - three dollars a week and all I could eat, working on a vegetable truck.” SchoolJobsThreeWeekLuckyHigh SchoolDollarsLeavingVegetablesTruck Author:Ernest Borgnine
“Just because there are celebrities in a movie, it doesn't mean anything. I don't think The Ant Bully did all that well the first week at the box office. Compare the movies that have a lot of celebrities with the Jimmy Neutron movie, which had no celebrity voices and grossed almost one hundred million dollars.” ThinkingFirstsWellsMeanVoiceMillionsWeekOfficeHundredDollarsBoxesCompareBullyAntsMillion DollarsJimmyBox OfficeNeutrons Author:Rob Paulsen
“What, keep a week away? Seven days and nights, Eightscore-eight hours, and lovers' absent hours More tedious than the dial eightscore times! O weary reckoning!” NightTimeHoursWeekLoversSevenEightAbsenceWearyAbsentDay And NightTediousReckoningSeven Days Author:William Shakespeare
“I know how it feels to go into a studio to start a record, and eight weeks later it's finished. I know how an intense schedule feels.” KnowsFeelsKnow HowRecordsWeekStudiosEightFinishedIntenseSchedules Author:Amy Grant
“I have a two year old. Just turned two a couple weeks ago, and he is my main man, he is my shadow. Every spare second, I am hanging with him.” MenYearsTwoWeekCoupleShadowTwo YearsSparesTwo Year Olds Author:Rodney Atkins
“I was looking the other day at the calendar and I was like oh my gosh we only have two weeks left and I've been on tour since June I don't know how I'm going to switch back into normal life. It's been so much fun.” KnowsTwoLeftFunKnow HowWeekNormalJuneTwo WeeksCalendarsNormal LifeOh My Gosh Author:Demi Lovato
“Every week we ought to have one hour for recieving letters, then go take a bath.” HoursWeekOughtLettersBathsOne Hour Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Yeah, playing anywhere from three to five gigs a week definitely [helped]. I think all the practice throughout the years and doing what I do paid off.” ThinkingYearsThreePracticeFiveWeekPaidYeahGigsPaid Off Author:Bo Bice
“It sounds cheesy but I think my life's kinda like a fairy tale. I worked really hard, but I'm very, very lucky too. I'm just 16 and I've done so many amazing things. I travel the world, I have fans who support me, and I get to do what I love - make movies, sing and really be myself. I have a beautiful family, a great support system, and wonderful friends - and I go shopping every week! I'm so lucky, but it's not necessarily like "A Cinderella Story."” ThinkingWorldHardDoneStoriesBeautifulSoundSupportWonderfulWeekFansLuckyTalesFairyShoppingFairy TaleAmazing ThingsCheesyTravel The WorldSo LuckySupport MeSupport SystemsBeautiful FamilyWonderful FriendsCinderella Story Author:Hilary Duff
“Now there is a new group every week; it seems like everybody and anybody can get into the charts.” SeemsGroupsWeek Author:Barry Gibb
“When I start to think about all the things, I'm doing sometimes I just have to thank the man upstairs. Because I'm doing the morning show here in Chicago 5 days a week, and I have the syndicated radio show that's been going on now for several years. In addition we are in the midst of taping 13 episodes of a television show-The Legends of Jazz: The Masters of jazz on PBS-TV.” ThinkingMenYearsSometimesShowsMorningWeekTelevisionHe ManMastersTvsJazzRadioMidstChicagoLegendsEpisodesTelevision ShowsUpstairsPbs Author:Ramsey Lewis
“I haven't written an awful lot recently, but I think I probably will start again very shortly. Being so much on the road, when you have a couple of weeks off, you're likely to avoid sitting at the piano, and taping, and giving yourself more work to do.” ThinkingGivingWrittenWeekHavensCoupleSittingAwfulPianoGiving Yourself Author:George Shearing
“I think the best part for me is just being able to perform for people every week.” PeopleThinkingAbleWeekJust Being Author:Ruben Studdard
“I sustained an injury by singing with the flu during the second performance of Andrea Chenier in Buenos Aires. I was very sick, with chills and sweats, but against my better judgement I let them talk me into singing. Of course I gave the performance everything I had and my voice was hurt. It was scary at first, but fortunately there was no permanent damage. I just had to be patient and wait for the voice to return. It took six weeks of physical recuperation and it took time to recover my confidence as well.” FirstsWellsCoursesWaitingVoiceHurtWeekReturnSixSingingPerformancesSickPatientScaryPermanentJudgementDamageInjurySweatChillBe PatientFluAndreaBuenos AiresRecuperation Author:Ben Heppner
“I actually only went to high school for six weeks. I lost sleep deciding on what I would wear the next day or who I had to impress. I was just a much more down-to-earth, relaxed person once I decided not to care what people thought of me.” PeoplePersonsCareSchoolEarthNextLostSleepWeekSixHigh SchoolDecidedImpressNext DayRelaxedDown To Earth Author:Hope Partlow
“Many weeks ago, the Holy Spirit told me to watch the dates "March 8 to April 8." He was speaking to me about how beginning with March 8, there was a new season of revival and fruitfulness for the Church. That this would be a new time of fresh visitation.” Would BeSpiritChurchWatchesWeekHolySeasonsHoly SpiritMarchRevivalAprilFruitfulnessVisitation Author:Todd Bentley
“Two weeks ago at the Greater Glory Gathering Virginia Beach, the Lord spoke to me about contending for a greater outpouring of his presence, signs, and wonders. During this prophetic experience I saw the Revival Healing Angel that had visited us in Lakeland, Florida.” TwoHealingWonderLordSawsGreaterWeekGloryAngelBeachSpokesFloridaGatheringRevivalTwo WeeksVirginiaPropheticContendingSigns And Wonders Author:Todd Bentley
“During a recent life development forum we offered a session on Christian practices. In one of the four weeks we introduced the practice of making the sign of the cross on ourselves. This gesture has become a very powerful experience for me. It is rich with meaning and history and is such a simple way to proclaim and pray my faith with my body.” WayBodyChristianSimplePowerfulPracticeRichFourWeekDevelopmentPrayingCrossesGesturesSessionVery PowerfulForumsSimple Ways Author:Doug Pagitt
“This will be a week that I change your sheets! Don't try to rest the same way you've rested in the past, for I AM remaking your bed to rest in. Know that I AM causing your house to be reordered and redirecting your steps. And because your bed is being made, stay focused and up with Me, until the breakthrough is seen in your life.” KnowsWayTryingMadePastHouseStepsWeekBedFocusedSheetsBreakthroughStay FocusedRedirectionBed Sheets Author:Chuck Pierce
“Fifteen years ago, God unequivocally and undeniably gave me Isaiah 22:22 as a life-verse. "Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder, when he opens no one will shut, when he shuts no one will open." After 40 plus confirmations over a two-week period - yes, more than 40 - I became thoroughly convinced this verse was both a promise and a weapon for me. I have since used the verse hundreds of times throughout America - in all 50 states and in Washington DC - to open and close spiritual doors for the Lord.” YearsTwoStatesAmericaSpiritualUsedHouseLordDoorsWeekKeysPeriodsPromiseWeaponsYears AgoConvincedShouldersPlusVersesFifteenTwo WeeksConfirmationFifteen YearsWashington Dc Author:Dutch Sheets
“Singing is my form of expression; it's what I've always done and I hope that in some capacity I'll always have that outlet. In the next few weeks I'm getting together with many varied kinds of songwriters. I'd really like to explore a few things and see what I can come out with.” KindI CanDoneTogetherFormNextWeekExpressionSingingCapacitySongwritersOutlets Author:Wendy Matthews
“I think one of my highpoints was definitely well, everything started turning around on Barry Manilow week. I had so much fun on disco week, love disco music. I think I picked some songs that really worked for me and people really enjoyed them. I loved doing the Donna Summers song and she was the guest judge, and she was the guest judge and I felt honored. She said she loved the song and said I made it my own.” PeopleThinkingWellsMadeSaidSongFunFeltMy OwnWeekJudgingSummerMade ItEnjoyedGuestsHonoredDiscoDisco Music Author:Diana DeGarmo
“The old actors in the old days, they used to go on tour, to get the play ready for the West End, and to learn their lines. The old timers used to say, "Be very careful, dear boy, what you get in to during the first weeks of a long tour."” FirstsLongEndsPlayUsedActorsLinesBoysWeekReadyGoes OnWestDearCarefulOld DaysOld TimeTimerWest EndOld Timers Author:Tom Courtenay
“You could make an analogy to a security guard who, three weeks prior, was mowing lawns for a living. The second he puts a uniform on and that badge, he's a man. I imagine the majority of us have felt the wrath of the over-zealous security guard guy. Is there something lying dormant in the man, that's waiting to be pumped up with that kind of power? I don't know. Does it reveal him? I don't know. Does it change him? I don't know.” KnowsMenKindDoeLyingGuyThreeFeltWaitingImagineWeekSecurityHe ManMajorityUniformsWrathLawnsAnalogiesBadgesDormantZealousSecurity GuardsMowingMowing The Lawn Author:Johnny Depp
“We rehearsed for a bit for an Indie film, which is kind of unusual, we had a week of rehearsals before we actually shot the films so we were able to really break down the script and kind of work through all of the improvisational things that he wanted to do, so he had a chance to really feel his way through before we actually shot it and I think that helped a lot.” ThinkingWayFeelsKindAbleWantedFilmBitsChanceBreakWeekShotsScriptsUnusualBreaking DownRehearsalIndie Films Author:Duncan Jones
“We're [Iran] not dismantling anything. We are uninstalling some centrifuges and reconstructing the Arak reactor, modernizing it. . . . The remaining activities that we need undertake will not take more than several days, less than two weeks.” NeedsTwoWeekActivityIranTwo WeeksReconstructing Author:Mohammad Javad Zarif
“Americans are clearly more afraid than at any time since 9/11. In Los Angeles, 650 schoolchildren didn't go to - 650,000 schoolchildren didn't go to school because of an e-mail threat, this two weeks after an attack killed 14 people in San Bernardino.” PeopleTwoSchoolWeekThreatLos AngelesMailTwo Weeks Author:Wolf Blitzer
“I am pretty proud to be the Super Bowl correspondent for Inside Edition. It is the most coveted assignment, and the most watched event in our country - every year. The pomp and circumstance during Super Bowl week leading up to the game is just incredible.” YearsCountryGamesWeekEventsProudCircumstancesIncrediblesOur CountryBowlsAssignmentsSuper BowlI Am Pretty Author:Megan Alexander
“I like to think I'm healthy. I exercise a lot. I have this great dog, and I walk her about five days a week. I dance, I surf. I eat mostly vegan, try to get enough sleep. For me, that's really critical.” ThinkingTryingEnoughSleepWalksFiveWeekDogExerciseHealthyCriticalVeganSurfGreat DogEnough Sleep Author:Jorja Fox
“I'm not shooting every day of the week, which allows me to fly home to be with my kids for the weekends. That's how I keep it moving.” HomeKidsMovingWeekShootingWeekendDays Of The WeekKeep It Moving Author:Vanessa L. Williams
“The president receives an inspector general's report that the Office of Personnel Management could be hacked into; they had antiquated firewalls; 23 million files have been - are in the hands of the Chinese allegedly, including, by the way, members of the press, it turns out, last week. Maybe that's the only part that's good news, so that you guys can get a feel for what it's like now to see this type of attack.” WayFeelsHas BeensHandsLastsGuyTurnsPresidentMillionsWeekTypeMembersOfficeNewsManagementPressesIncludingChineseReportsGood NewsFilesPersonnelHackedInspectors Author:Jeb Bush
“As much as I've produced it looks to people like I must have written quickly, but it isn't that - because I put in in a sixty- or seventy-hour week.” PeopleLooksHoursWrittenWeekSixtySeventies Author:Dean Koontz
“My ex-student, Idit Harel, who wrote a book, "Children Designs," has a documented story of a kid who was very shy, isolated and didn't talk much to other kids. She was a little overweight, and the other kids looked down on her for that reason.But then she made a discovery about how to do something on the computer. The discovery was picked up by other kids, and within a few weeks there was a total transformation. This kid was now in demand. And that changed her feeling about herself.” ChildrenLittlesMadeBookReasonStoriesFeelingsKidsWeekDesignChangedStudentsDemandComputerDiscoveryTransformationShyIsolatedExesOverweight Author:Seymour Papert
“When you're depressed, you know, it's like the world has ended. Even getting out of bed takes the most massive amount of effort. But when you're manic, oh, it's so addicting. You know, I have finished novels in two weeks in manic stages.” KnowsWorldTwoEffortNovelWeekStageAmountBedFinishedMassiveTwo WeeksManic Author:Sherman Alexie
“I work out a lot - five, six, days a week. I take yoga classes and go to the gym - I love doing it and I have the time to do it. Not everybody has that option.” ClassFiveWeekSixYogaWork OutGym Author:Nico Tortorella
“To me a translator is very, very important. If the fixer is also the translator, so much the better. I have known photographers who didn't speak the language and would work in a place for weeks without one, getting by on common sense and smiles. But how many situations did they miss because they couldn't talk to someone and get the back story on details, small daily life things, etc.” IfsImportantStoriesSpeakLanguageCommonSituationKnownWeekMissingPhotographerDetailsCommon SenseEtcDaily LifeTranslatorsFixers Author:Peter Menzel
“I had a lot of jobs, because I wanted to be an actor, and I had this bad habit of wanting to eat regularly. So, I had to make some money somewhere. I was everything from a stock worker in an Alexander's department store to flower delivery person to a messenger to a grocery clerk to a gas station attendant. I even worked in Macy's dusting off fur coats for two weeks.” PersonsTwoWantedJobsActorsWeekFlowerHabitWorkersStoresDepartmentGasStationsCoatsTwo WeeksGroceriesFurDeliveryBad HabitsMessengersClerksGas StationsDepartment StoresFur CoatsMacy's Author:Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
“Mexican food is my absolute, #1 favorite food. But all the cutting and dicing is very time-consuming. I do like to cook a few times a week, but it's not always that intricate with the shells and the cheese, etcetera.” CuttingWeekAbsolutesCooksShellsCheeseMexicanConsumingIntricateTime ConsumingFavorite FoodsMexican FoodEtcetera Author:Wendy Williams
“I like making series, for a couple reasons. One, the repetition of routine is very healthy because I can get a little crazy; I want to be making things all the time. And if I publish something every week, I don't have to put every idea I have into one piece. It's more like, here's one idea: execute it, see it through, think about it, do it the best you can. And then there are going to be ten more ideas that come while you're making that, because creativity works that way.” IfsThinkingWayWantLittlesI CanIdeasReasonCreativityPiecesWeekCrazyCoupleHealthyTenSeriesRoutineRepetitionPublishBecause I CanOne Piece Author:Paul Madonna
“I like working in series, so instead of just doing one separate body of work, what if I come up with a different rhythm, instead of every week, what if I make it every year? And so I'm still setting up a series, a repetition, but it's a completely different work flow.” IfsYearsStillsDifferentBodyWeekFlowSeriesCome UpSettingSettingsRhythmWhat IfRepetitionWork Flow Author:Paul Madonna
“The thing about how that process works is that it's more about the editing and time for judging the ideas. Most pieces I publish each week have been around for months. This is a response to the beginning of the strip, when I was making them so quickly. I would just conceive a piece, finish it, and then the next day see it in the paper. That was when I was doing dailies four days a week.” Has BeensIdeasNextProcessPiecesFourWeekJudgingMonthsPaperResponseEditingNext DayPublish Author:Paul Madonna
“I set up a system for myself where I work on a lot of pieces at once. I'll switch between them and keep working on a piece until it comes together, and then I'll publish it. This way some pieces can take a year if they need to. The trick is to just make sure one is ready every week.” IfsWayNeedsYearsTogetherPiecesWeekReadyTricksPublish Author:Paul Madonna
“I've been gone on the road for the past three years; maybe I've been home for two or three weeks in a year. I literally live - it's like one of those old movies where they show a train, and pages of a calendar are peeling away like leaves, and then there's a picture of me with gray hair.” YearsTwoShowsHomePastThreeGoneWeekHairPagesTrainGrayThree YearsCalendarsPeelingGray HairOld Movie Author:Chris Isaak
“I got married and basically forgot about Elvis. Then Speedway came. That was the most fun of all, to see him every day all those weeks.” FunWeekMarried Author:Nancy Sinatra
“Thinking about death... produces love for life. When we are familiar with death, we accept each week, each day, as a gift. Only if we are able thus to accept life bit by bit does it become precious.” IfsThinkingDoeAbleBitsAcceptingWeekProduceFamiliarEach DayLove Life Book:Reverence for Life Source: Reverence for Life
“The irony is I stopped going to church a few weeks later.” ChurchWeekIronyGoing To Church Author:Martin Luther
“They did ask me to do 'Dancing With The Stars;' I said I can do one show, but on that show you have to come up with a new number every week, and I told them that I think I'm a little past that stage.” ThinkingLittlesSaidI CanShowsPastAsksStarsCan DoNumbersWeekStageDancingCome UpAsk MeDancing With The Stars Author:Dick Van Dyke
“Enron's president, Ken Lay, passed away last week. So, I guess even God lost money on that Enron deal. I believe the official cause of death was listed as "karma." The family asked in lieu of flowers, please send some elderly retiree's entire life savings.” BelieveLastsLostI BelieveCausesPresidentDealsWeekFlowerPleaseLaysKarmaSavingOfficialsElderlySavingsPassed AwayEnronLife SavingLost Money Author:Jay Leno