“I hadn't really been in that world for too long. It was fun for me, but definitely wasn't my world. When I went to my first Paris Fashion Week, I had been invited to the Louis Vuitton show by Nicolas. We met there. It was all organic and fun for me.” WorldFirstsLongShowsFunWeekFashionMetsParisInvitedFashion WeekLouis VuittonParis Fashion Author:Selena Gomez
“I have to admit, at first, it was really overwhelming and I would get stressed about putting things together. Now, it's like trying to figure out a puzzle piece, and I love that...There are so many things that I don't even know and would love to discover more about. I was so upset I had to leave [Europe] before Paris Fashion Week, but then I was like..."Oh wait, my album is coming out."” KnowsTryingFirstsTogetherWaitingPiecesWeekFashionFiguresEuropeAlbumsParisUpsetOverwhelmingComing OutPuzzlesStressedFashion WeekPuzzle PieceParis Fashion Author:Selena Gomez
“No one ever expect me to get in the race. They didn't think I would get on the debate stage. I did. They didn't think I'd do well in New Hampshire. I finished second. And so we went to South Carolina. In a short period of time later, two weeks ago people in South Carolina had no clue who I was.” PeopleThinkingWellsTwoRaceWeekStagePeriodsSouthFinishedDebateClueTwo WeeksCarolinaSouth CarolinaHampshireNew Hampshire Author:John Kasich
“I couldn't choose between all of those things! I looooove acting and dancing on Shake It Up, and I am currently in the recording studio working on my music. And one of my dreams is to walk down the runway during fashion week!” DreamWalksActingWeekFashionDancingStudiosShakesRunwayRecording StudioFashion WeekShake It Up Author:Zendaya
“I always laugh because I used to think the week before anyone saw me on "Charlie's Angels," nobody cared what I ate, how I exercised, what clothes I wore. Nobody was interested and the minute I was on "Charlie's Angels" everything I said was interesting.” ThinkingSaidUsedInterestingLaughingSawsWeekMinutesClothesAngelCharlieNobody CaresCharlie's Angels Author:Cheryl Ladd
“Two weeks after the arrested I was on the phone with my wife and we said a prayer and I was crying and just so happy, I can't even explain it. It was euphoric. People said I went from freedom my whole life to prison, but in reality, I went from imprisonment and bondage of sin and death my whole life, to finding freedom in a prison cell.” PeopleSaidI CanTwoWholeRealityPrayerSinWifeWeekCryFindingsPrisonPhonesMy WifeWhole LifeCellsBondageArrestedTwo WeeksImprisonmentEuphoricPrison Cells Author:Christian Hosoi
“It took a week for me to be able to take the gun apart, put the gun back together, get the ammunition and load, all the while keeping my eyes down the scope, which was something I'd never had to do before.” EyeAbleTogetherWeekGunLoadScopeBack TogetherAmmunition Author:Katee Sackhoff
“There's time limits on how long people's attention spans will work. There's six weeks in each territory that you're really famous, then you, thank god, disappear again.” PeopleLongAttentionWeekLimitsSixDisappearTerritoryThank GodAttention SpanTime Limit Author:Sia Furler
“I got to work with Gena Rowlands when I did Night on Earth, and the movie was just you and someone else in a car, you're just hanging out. There's nobody else, just a walkie-talkie. It was a night shoot, and it was only a week or ten days. But it was incredible just being in her presence.” EarthNightWeekCarTenIncrediblesHanging OutJust BeingTalkiesWalkie Talkies Author:Winona Ryder
“Business, like life, is funny. We all go through difficult times, and we all have to face curve balls and challenges, each and every week. And we need to laugh when things are funny.” NeedsFacesLife IsDifficultChallengesLaughingWeekBallsCurvesDifficult Times Author:Ronnie Apteker
“My theory is that church used to be that place. Instead of being a place where you went to look good, it was a place where you could risk going every week to look your worst.” LooksUsedChurchRiskWeekWorstTheoryUsed To Be Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“You could go church and you could describe your worst behavior, your worst self, and despite your worst behavior you would be forgiven and then redeemed and then accepted back into the community through communion. So you didn't have to carry this burden your entire life. Once a week you went someplace you went someplace where you could really look terrible and be loved despite how terrible you were.” LooksSelfWould BeCommunityChurchWeekWorstTerribleBehaviorBurdenAcceptedDespiteCommunionForgivenRedeemed Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I didn't use anybody's story. I used the context and the structure of the situation. People were so, so desperate to tell their story and begin to digest their experience - like turning it into a story - that after the fist few weeks I could go with a pad and pencil and take notes. People didn't seem at all bothered by that.” PeopleStoriesUseSeemsUsedSituationWeekStructureNotesDesperatePencilsFistsBotheredPads Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I fly almost every week to and from Vancouver, so staying hydrated is super important.” ImportantWeekStayingVancouver Author:Danielle Panabaker
“Every night for the next week, set aside ten minutes before you go to sleep. Write down three things that went well today and why they went well...Writing about why the positive events in your life happened may seem awkward at first, but please stick with it for one week. It will get easier. The odds are that you will be less depressed, happier, and addicted to this exercise six months from now.” WritingFirstsWellsMaySeemsTodayNightThreeNextSleepHappenedWeekMinutesEventsMonthsEasierExercisePleaseTenSixSticksEvery NightAwkwardOddsSix MonthsThree ThingsGoing To SleepNext WeekLife Happens Author:Daniel Kahneman
“I think that the, Ted Cruz is not even a natural-born citizen, argument will resonate for at least the next few weeks.” ThinkingNextBornNaturalWeekCitizensArgumentCruz Author:Geraldo Rivera
“Well, it wasn't like I was going to run out and score heroin and score an ounce of coke - but incidentally, on the road, I would usually get tanked up and as stoned as I possibly could to go on stage. And offstage, it would be a demon that would come up about twice a week.” WellsWould BeRunningWeekStageGoes OnCome UpDemonScoreHeroinCoke Author:Iggy Pop
“I mean, if they're doing a television show every night like Jon Stewart, or Ellen, or David Letterman, then they have their bunch of people who are sitting on a payroll someplace, who are coming up with material every day of the week. Those are the people who wind up doing the bulk of the work for them when they host the thing, because that's their team.” PeopleIfsMeanShowsNightWeekTeamTelevisionWindMaterialsSittingBunchHostEvery NightTelevision ShowsPayrollDays Of The WeekLetterman Author:Bruce Vilanch
“Ted Cruz has struggled, and Donald Trump, of course, has been the big winner the last two outings. And the polling that we have, some of it is a week old. In fact, I think that's the latest poll suggests that he has a strong lead here. And therefore should be expected to win.” ThinkingShouldHas BeensTwoFactsBigsLastsCoursesWinningStrongWeekTrumpExpectedWinnerPollsCruzPolling Author:Brit Hume
“My preference is that we beat him [Donald Trump] outright in the primary process. And I believe that's exactly what's going to happen here in the next few weeks, especially as we move to winner-take-all states. The terrain begins to change.” BelieveStatesHappensMovingNextI BelieveProcessWeekTrumpBeatsPrimariesWinnerPreferenceTerrainAll State Author:Marco Rubio
“It only took me two weeks to build the first version of Facebook because I had so much stuff before then.” FirstsTwoStuffWeekVersionsTwo Weeks Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“I don't know if I'm going to jail for three weeks, three months, or three years, but I think what I've done to motivate Hongkongers to care about this city, to try to love this country, is still valuable.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingYearsStillsCountryDoneCareThreeCitiesWeekMonthsValuableJailThree YearsThree Months Author:Joshua Wong
“In America, you don't even have proper holidays. It's really one of the most prosperous slave societies in history. People work their asses off all year long and get two weeks off! It's incredible.” PeopleYearsLongTwoAmericaWeekSlaveIncrediblesAssHolidayProsperousTwo Weeks Author:Pankaj Mishra
“One of my oldest friends from Kansas, his sister was married to Ben [Folds] and wrote lyrics on his first couple of albums. I got to meet him the first time I saw them in concert at The Bottleneck, a great bar in Lawrence, Kansas. Then, he was the musical guest my first or second week as a writer on SNL. I was like, "I don't know if you remember me?" And he was like, "Oh my god, yeah!" He's a big photography fan, as am I.” IfsKnowsFirstsBigsRememberSawsWeekFansCouplePhotographyMarriedFirst TimeYeahMusicalAlbumsBarsConcertsGuestsFoldsRemember MeKansasSnlBottlenecksOldest Friends Author:Jason Sudeikis
“As far as my planting program goes, I simply broadcast rye and barley seed on separate fields in the fall . . . while the rice in those areas is still standing. A few weeks after that I harvest the rice, and then spread its straw back over the fields as mulch.” StillsFallWeekFieldsAreasProgramStandingSpreadSeedsHarvestRiceStrawsBarley Author:Masanobu Fukuoka
“I always find time to hang with friends at least once a week or just watch TV and play video games. The combination of Netflix and food is just the best.” PlayGamesWatchesWeekTvsVideoCombinationNetflix Author:Keiynan Lonsdale
“We live in a crazy time. Every other week, there's a school shooting. There's always some nutty thing and I've always wanted to kind of understand the crazy.” KindWantedSchoolWeekCrazyShootingNuttySchool ShootingCrazy Times Author:Richard Patrick
“Ivo van Hove is directing The Crucible, and rehearses in quite an unusual way. We started rehearsals last week and dived straight into the first act, like, five minutes after we all turned up. No warm-ups. We were very intensely immersed in that whole world on day one. It was quite surreal because I've never done any theater before.” WorldWayFirstsDoneWholeLastsFiveWeekMinutesTheaterWarmWhole WorldUnusualFive MinutesVansRehearsalSurrealCrucible Author:Saoirse Ronan
“Chris Christie travelled to Ft. Worth, Texas, to give his blessing to a former rival who one week ago was approvingly discussing killing Muslim terrorists with bullets smeared in pig`s blood.” GivingBloodWeekBlessingKillingTerroristFormerTexasPigsBulletsRivalsDiscussingChristieMuslim Terrorists Author:Chris Hayes
“I literally designed and built the sets myself, and I kind of liked it. I always gave myself eight weeks to do that - sometimes even 10 - and the shooting took five or six weeks.” KindSometimesFiveWeekSixBuiltEightShooting Author:Guy Maddin
“Let's look at lending, where they're using big data for the credit side. And it's just credit data enhanced, by the way, which we do, too. It's nothing mystical. But they're very good at reducing the pain points. They can underwrite it quicker using - I'm just going to call it big data, for lack of a better term: "Why does it take two weeks? Why can't you do it in 15 minutes?"” WayLooksDoeTwoBigsPainSidesTermWeekMinutesVery GoodCreditDataMysticalReducingTwo WeeksLending Author:Jamie Dimon
“Everybody in the world has to compromise. I don't know one person that gets everything they want, so the politicians are going to have to figure that out and stop pointing out, "He shook hands with a Democrat in 1989. He ate with a Republican last week." It's petty high school, even junior high stuff going on. It's junior high politics going on, so it's a shame.” KnowsWorldWantPersonsHandsSchoolLastsStuffWeekFiguresPoliticianRepublicanHigh SchoolShameDemocratCompromisePettyPointingJuniorsJunior High Author:Ice Cube
“A good friend of mine told me you should take a break and you should go see the world. Go somewhere. That is when I chose to go to Egypt, and so I took this beautiful trip to Egypt. It was the first time ever in my whole life I took three weeks off, and I sailed down the Nile and I saw the tombs and the temples, and I experienced a place that was so magical and so incredibly powerful and intelligent and inspiring.” WorldShouldFirstsWholeBeautifulThreePowerfulBreakSawsWeekMinesFirst TimeIntelligentWhole LifeTemplesGood FriendEgyptTombsNile Author:Alicia Keys
“At some point I go back on the sand to get my sand legs. Because it takes a good month for my legs to catch up with everything, with the displacement and all that stuff. So right now we're training on the beach six days a week for practice, and that's generally about two and a half hours. And then I'm doing pilates three times a week.” TwoThreeStuffHoursHalfPracticeWeekMonthsRight NowSixTrainingLegsBeachSandThree TimesHalf HoursPilatesDisplacement Author:Kerri Walsh
“I do a program called Fast Twitch twice a week, basically my lifting and strength training, I'm working with a spine specialist, which has been a new addition for me since my surgery to really get some great support for my shoulder, and I really love the way my body feels. It takes the pressure off my lower back and kind of just shares duties, really, with my body.” WayFeelsKindHas BeensBodySupportWeekShareDutyTrainingProgramPressureShouldersSurgeryLiftingSpineSpecialistsStrength Training Author:Kerri Walsh
“I live for Pilates reformer class. I go at least three times a week. It's a great way to lengthen your muscles, stretch, and kind of relax your mind.” WayMindKindThreeClassWeekMusclesRelaxThree TimesReformersPilates Author:Shawn Johnson
“Not in the sense of investigators saying that she [Lula] was personally enriched as a result of the scandal, but there are new reports emerging this week claiming that she may have had a hand in trying to derail the investigations. She was chairwoman of the board for years, so she has come under a good deal of criticism over not having identified the wrongdoing at that time.” TryingYearsMayHandsResultsDealsWeekCriticismBoardsReportsInvestigationScandalEmergingWrongdoingInvestigators Author:Simon Romero
“I used to give her [my wife] to read the column every week before I sent it to the editors. And sometimes she was so mad - are you crazy? You're not going to send that, or, you're not going to write that about me. So I would go, OK. You have five hours. Go ahead, write the column yourself.” GivingWritingSometimesUsedHoursFiveWifeWeekCrazyMadMy WifeEditorsColumns Author:Sayed Kashua
“I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well.” WellsTwoThreeHoursFourWeekSixTrainingExtrasGymnastics Author:Shawn Johnson
“To perform at the Cardiff Millennium Centre was amazing in itself - the theatre is an incredible venue and it was great to be performing so close to home. For me the best experience was in Glasgow, where I got to play Dee Dee for two weeks! The audience sang along to every song with such enthusiasm you actually couldn't hear yourself singing! That was incredible!” TwoPlayHomeSongAudienceWeekSingingIncrediblesTheatreEnthusiasmPerformingCentreTwo WeeksMillenniumVenuesGlasgowBest ExperiencesCardiff Author:Francesca Jackson
“I spent the last week of Ryan's life in Indiana, Indianapolis, with Jeanne and Andrea, Jeanne, his mother, Andrea, his sister, and some other beautiful people who came. And it taught me a lesson.” PeopleLastsBeautifulMotherWeekTaughtLessonsIndianaBeautiful PeopleAndreaIndianapolis Author:Elton John
“I don't know if everybody does, but I have a really hard time listening to myself on recordings, unless we've spent weeks and weeks and weeks listening and mixing.” IfsKnowsDoeHardWeekListeningHard TimesMixing Author:Katherine Shindle
“I was living in New York at the time of the 9/11 attacks. And I remember, you know, in those weeks that followed, when none of us spoke about anything else really, a number of friends of mine, people I knew, including very experienced journalists, I heard them saying things like, well, now we understand what happened to you.” PeopleKnowsWellsRememberNumbersHappenedHeardWeekNew YorkMinesIncludingJournalistSpokesRemember YouRemembers You Author:Salman Rushdie
“I try not to write more than two or three, I try to just write one if possible, I write till the end at least a draft of a play or a novel; but sometimes, I'll take a break for a couple weeks for a project that is paying me money like a television project which I try to stay away from just to stay financially ahead of the game.” IfsWritingTryingTwoEndsSometimesPlayThreeGamesBreakNovelWeekTelevisionCoupleProjectsTill The EndAhead Of The Game Author:Adam Rapp
“Even though I'm resting I'm accomplishing something by sewing that shirt that I've been meaning to sew for weeks. And it's relaxing. It's so very meditative and quiet and enjoyable. But at least I'm producing something. I'm being productive in some way. I have a very hard time being completely idle.” WayHardWeekQuietShirtsHard TimesProductiveIdleT ShirtEnjoyableSewingAccomplishing Something Author:Evangeline Lilly
“I'm less interested in uniqueness than in goodness. I see so many concerts where the program notes are more interesting than the music. I remember talking to one composer who went through the most complicated mathematical algorithm to generate some material from scratch. It took weeks and weeks, and he came up with a C major chord. For me, honesty is more interesting than originality.” RememberInterestingTalkingWeekHonestyMaterialsGoodnessMajorsProgramNotesComplicatedMathematicalConcertsComposerOriginalityUniquenessScratchesChordsAlgorithms Author:Anna Meredith
“The other week I wrote a piece on a photograph I got at a flea market, and I got about 70 hits. I think a lot of people must be interested in flea markets.” PeopleThinkingPiecesWeekPhotographFleasFlea Markets Author:Stephen Vincent Benet
“When I was 18, I'd be out four nights a week - I want to have that energy again but I've found I'm a bit old and ready for retirement.” WantNightFoundEnergyBitsFourWeekReadyRetirement Author:Katy B
“I'd stopped doing music all of a sudden, and because of Chill and Jay and B, I got half of my album on a solo project. Then I get a call a week later and Jay is like, "Yo, Janet [Jackson] likes one of the records. We'll take five but are you cool with giving Janet one?" I was like, dude, we can do whatever you want to do.” WantGivingCan DoHalfRecordsFiveWeekProjectsAlbumsLikesSoloChillDo Whatever You Want Author:Bryce Wilson
“I studied voiceover, and I studied acting and I got my first series and my first agent a week out of high school. And it took me about five years of hit-or-miss auditioning and booking on occasion before I could support myself totally as an actor.” YearsFirstsSchoolActorsActingSupportFiveWeekMissingHigh SchoolSeriesAgentsOccasionsFive Years Author:Bob Bergen