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“It was kind of unique and great to have two films coming out within a week. It certainly was a different experience for me.”

Kind Two Different Film Week Unique Coming Out Uniqueness Different Experiences

Author:Elijah Wood

“For artists diving into a new technology, it is a triple short-cut to mastery: you get a free ride on the novelty of the medium; there are no previous masters to surpass; and after a few weeks, you are the master. Try that with the violin.”

Trying Artist Technology Cutting Week Masters Mediums Mastery Novelty Violin New Technology Diving Short Cuts

Author:Stewart Brand

“I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up.”

Jobs Used Impossible Week Streets New York Grew Grew Up Waitress Allowance

Author:Lady Gaga

“Maternity leave is over for Tina Fey of Saturday Night Live. She'll be back behind the Weekend Update anchor desk for this week's episode, her first show since giving birth to daughter Alice on Sept. 10. I had to get back to work, .. NBC has me under contract; the baby and I have only a verbal agreement.”

“When I got off the soap I got offered all these, you know, 'women in jeopardy' -- I call them 'disease of the week' movies.”

Knows Week Disease Soap Jeopardy

Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar

“Carry a notebook and write down examples of good and poor design. After a week, you'll begin to realize that nearly everything is the product of a design decision.”

Writing Realizing Decision Poor Week Example Design Products Notebook

Author:Daniel H. Pink

“The teacher showed us how to see proportions, relationships, light and shadow, negative space, and space between space - something I never noticed before! In one week, I went from not knowing how to draw to sketching a detailed portrait. It literally changed the way I see things.”

Way Light Space Knowing Teacher Week Changed Draws Shadow Negative Drawing Proportion Not Knowing Portraits Space Between Sketching Light And Shadow Negative Space

Author:Daniel H. Pink

“To have a week off in the middle of the season feels like a lot longer I think, so I feel really good. Hopefully I can go out there and get some runs.”

Thinking Feels I Can Running Week Middle Seasons Hopefully

Author:Ricky Ponting

“I'm a tough girl, and I can go without a shower bot a week and be fine with that. But I will not sleep on dirty sheets.”

I Can Girl Sleep Week Fine Tough Dirty Showers Sheets Tough Girl

Author:Charlize Theron

“Gasoline inventories are tighter than they were a few weeks ago. It's all about perception, because inventories are well above where they have been in previous years.”

Years Wells Has Beens Week Perception Gasoline Inventory Previous Years

Author:Kyle Cooper

“I think in a couple of weeks, the question of all these bad write-offs will be behind us because everybody is going to throw in the towel on bad accounting.”

Thinking Writing Behinds Week Couple Accounting Towels

Author:Muriel Siebert

“I'm going to say hello to two friends who I've shut out of my life for the past 10 weeks while I trained the hardest I've ever done for a fight. So welcome back Mr Guinness and Mr Dom Perignon.”

Two Done Past Fighting Week Hardest Welcome Hello Two Friends Guinness Doms Welcome Back

Author:Ricky Hatton

“They call me Ricky Fatton. Mind you I've had a lot on my plate recently. I got measured for this suit the other week. They measured my pants, jacket, top to bottom. Bloody hell Ricky you're a Mark F they said, a size up from a marquee.”

Mind Said Hell Week Mark Bottom Size Suits Call Me Pants Plates Bloody They Said Jackets Marquee

Author:Ricky Hatton

“Two weeks is about the ideal length of time to retire.”

Two Week Ideals Length Retirement Retiring Two Weeks

Book:A Good Age

Source: A Good Age

“I like to capture moments. It's like a photograph. Ten years from now you look at the photograph and you don't remember it but rather the whole week or month around the photo.”

Years Looks Whole Moments Remember Music Week Months Ten Photograph Capture

Author:Keren Ann

“Invariably it turns out to be who you've been reading in the last couple of weeks, and two hours or two days [on favourite authors”

Two Lasts Turns Reading Hours Week Couple Favourite Two Days

Author:Robert Asprin

“I'm comfortable with that [a week's practice]. I've had numerous weeks of working on it, and a lot of it has been football specific. One week of practice actually, one week of official practice and I'll be more than comfortable.”

Has Beens Practice Week Football Comfort Comfortable Officials

Author:Anquan Boldin

“When there is some fear about accounting and growth and the economy, food stocks are a decent place to be, ... This company has been through a bit of a restructuring the last couple of years. Management is doing a great job. The company is improving and people are buying chocolate. So, what a great week to buy it.”

People Years Has Beens Jobs Lasts Bits Growth Company Economy Week Couple Management Decent Buying Chocolate Improving Accounting Great Job Restructuring

Author:Liz Miller

“It is nice to be recognised for actually achieving something in life as opposed to spending seven weeks in a house on TV with a load of other muppets.”

House Nice Week Achieve Tvs Seven Spending Load Muppet

Author:Bradley Wiggins

“Talks have reached a critical stage and negotiators need to reach a deal on agriculture in the next two weeks if efforts to restart the Doha round by the end of the year are to succeed. Some speak of a deadlock in the talks, .. I prefer to talk of a padlock, and the key is in the hands of the EU.”

Ifs Needs Years Two Ends Hands Next Speak Deals Effort Week Stage Keys Succeed Rounds Critical Agriculture Two Weeks Padlocks

Author:Celso Amorim

“Moscow has been helping the Northern Alliance because "the Taliban was openly supported by Pakistan... until last week, Pakistani servicemen had taken part in war operations on the Taliban side.”

Has Beens War Helping Lasts Sides Taken Week Operations Pakistan Alliances Taliban Moscow Servicemen

Author:Sergei Ivanov

“Perhaps the ideal life is that of the week-end artist, who preserves the integrity of his own aesthetic ideals because of his economic independence... If his daily grind is hateful he has his weekly solace in art.”

Ifs Art Ends Life Is Artist Week Economic Integrity Ideals Independence Profession Preserves Aesthetic Hateful Grind Solace Ideal Life Daily Grind Economic Independence Week End

Author:Walter J. Phillips

“When I was born my father spent three weeks trying to find a loophole in my birth certificate.”

Trying Three Father Born Week Birth Certificates Loopholes Birth Certificate

Author:Jackie Vernon

“Man, Coach Brown, he's so relaxed. We've seen that guy dancing this week at practice and he's dancing in the locker room. It brings tears to guys' eyes and brings happiness to everybody.”

Men Eye Guy Rooms Practice Week Tears Dancing Dance Coaches Brown Relaxed That Guy Lockers Locker Room

Author:Vince Young

“Work - get paid; don't work - don't get paid. Everybody is on commission, .. Try not coming to work for six weeks. Work gets paid; don't work, don't get paid. When they earn those dollars, and when you're 4, and you clean up your room, it really means mom cleaned up the room and you did two toys. When you're 14, it means you cleaned up your room. But still, we got the money caused by work, and then, we have teachable moments on how to handle the money they earn.”

Trying Mean Stills Two Moments Rooms Week Mom Six Paid Dollars Clean Handle Toys Really Mean Cleanliness Your Room Teachable Teachable Moments

Author:Dave Ramsey

“As the week's events on reality television demonstrate, there is an ugly underbelly in society only too ready to point the finger at the foreigner, or those who might not fit in. [on celeb big brother”

Bigs Reality Might Week Events Television Ready Brother Fit Fingers Ugly Foreigners Reality Television Celebs

Author:John Sentamu

“I stay off the booze for a whole 12 weeks before a fight, it can be tough!”

Whole Fighting Week Tough Booze

Author:Michael Bisping

“If you play the same club every week of every month, it's kind of boring. It's great that you can play one night in Brazil and one night in Japan, one night in Europe, and see the world. It's amazing what you see if you travel around the world.”

Ifs World Kind Play Night Week Months Europe Clubs Boring Around The World Japan One Night Brazil

Author:Tiesto

“I take two walks up hills each day, and bike ride each morning. I also have an exercise bike to increase my heart rate. My wife and I have been going to a personal trainer for weights and balance twice a week for 10 years. My balance has improved tremendously and the weights decrease my age. I only feel 52, not 82.”

Feels Years Heart Has Beens Two Age Walks Morning Wife Week Balance My Heart Exercise Weight Increase Aging Rate My Wife Hills Each Day Bike Decrease Trainers Heart Rate

Author:Robert Bateman

“I'm going to just sit down for a couple of weeks and do nothing but read who-dunnits and Art books. I feel my work is getting a bit dull and mechanical and this proposed resting should work up some enthusiasm in me.”

Feels Should Art Book Bits Week Couple Enthusiasm Dull Relaxation Resting And Relaxation

Author:E. J. Hughes

“I go into Daunt Books in Marylebone every couple of weeks. My wife Sara demolishes books, but I only buy stuff occasionally. I like boys' things, spies and the Cold War.”

Book War Stuff Boys Wife Week Cold Couple My Wife Cold War Spy Like A Boy Demolish

Author:Noel Gallagher

“President Obama is going to take two weeks to unwind, as opposed to President Bush, who never wound.”

Two President Week Wounds President Obama President Bush Two Weeks Unwind

Author:David Letterman

“Wander a whole summer if you can. Thousands of God's blessings will search you and soak you as if you were a sponge, and the big days will go by uncounted. If you are business-tangled and so burdened by duty that only weeks can be got out of the heavy laden year, give a month at least. The time will not be taken from the sum of life. Instead of shortening, it will indefinitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal.”

Ifs Giving Years Whole Bigs Taken Week Duty Months Blessing Summer Heavy Wander Immortal Tangled Sponges

Author:John Muir

“I suppose I could have sat back and pitied myself. For a time I wondered if I'd ever be able to go on to a stage and perform again. After a couple of weeks I began to feel I could fight my way back to health if I put my mind to it. I thought to myself: 'Pity never did anybody any good. Go on. Patsy, show 'em what you can do'”

Ifs Way Feels Mind Shows Able Fighting Can Do Week Stage Goes On Couple Pity My Way Sat Ems

Author:Patsy Cline

“So why you pushin' it? Why you lyin' for? I know where you live, I know your folks, you was a sucka as a kid. Your persona's drama that you acquired in high school in actin' class, Your whole aura is plexiglass. What's-her-face told me you shot this kid last week in the park; That's a lie, you was in church with your moms.”

Knows Whole Kids School Lasts Faces Lying Church Class Week Mom Drama High School Shots Folks Hip Hop Rap Parks Persona Your Mom Auras Where You Live

Author:O.C.

“A diplomat had been kidnapped, a cabinet minister had been kidnapped, they were under threats of murder. The police forces were rather tired. After a whole week, we were unable to find those that had effected the kidnappings.”

Whole Force Week Murder Police Tired Threat Ministers Cabinets Diplomats Kidnapping Kidnapped Police Force

Author:Robert Bourassa

“Excellent value relative to the week investment of time....To my mind, this is the definitive course on leadership.”

Mind Values Courses Week Investment Excellent Relative

Author:William Wrigley, Jr.

“Farmers, get out your sense of humor. Congress meets to relieve you again next week.”

America Next Week Congress Sense Of Humor Farmers Agriculture You Again Next Week

Book:Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties

Source: Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties

“Well, we're just a couple of weeks from new President Barack Obama being sworn in. And he's been very busy naming a lot of cabinet positions. And today he announced that he wants the surgeon general to be TV Dr. Sanjay Gupta. That was the kid on 'American Idol,' wasn't it?”

Want Wells Kids Today President Week Position Tvs Couple Busy Barack Idols Drs Surgeons Cabinets President Barack Obama American Idol

Author:David Letterman

“Of course nothing is ever done about a [presidential] commission report, except, they say, once a man at the state prison for the criminally insane actually read one once clear through. Then he did something about it. He made a bonfire that lasted a week.”

Men Made States Done Government Courses Clear Week Prison Insane Presidential Reports Bonfire

Author:Will Rogers

“If I could kick the person in the tail that causes me the most problems I could not sit down for a week”

Ifs Persons Problem Inspiration Causes Week Kicks If I Could Tails

Author:Will Rogers

“You know, we had the elections earlier in the week, and a dead woman, in Pennsylvania, somehow was on the ballot and she was elected to city council. A dead woman actually elected! And I'm thinking, well, I guess there is still hope for Al Gore.”

Thinking Knows Wells Stills Politics Cities Week Election Als Council Gore Ballots Pennsylvania City Council

Author:David Letterman

“The farmers can be thankful. Didn't the Farm Board decide in Washington last week that they could have cheaper interest? All the farmers have to do now is to find something new to put up as security.”

Lasts Interest Week Security Boards Something New Farms Farmers Agriculture Being Thankful Cheaper

Book:Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929

Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Coolidge years, 1926-1929

“Politics pretty quiet over the week-end. Democrats are attacking and the Republicans are defending. All the Democrats have to do is promise "what they would do if they got in." But the Republicans have to promise "what they would do" and then explain why they haven't already "done it".”

Ifs Ends Done Politics Week Havens Promise Republican Quiet Democrat Attacking Week End

Author:Will Rogers

“I worked 120 hours a week for eight years. That's 20 to 22 hours a day every day and one week I only got 15 hours sleep.”

Years Hours Sleep Week Eight

Author:Heston Blumenthal

“I'm in the kitchen five days a week, no matter what, and one or two of those days I'm on the line. Not because I have to be, but because I want to be.”

Want Two Matter Lines Five Week No Matter What Kitchen

Author:Marc Forgione

“We have the Bible in our hands; but how little we know of its teaching! And how little are we governed by it! We go on, from week to week, year to year, with things which have no foundation whatever in its pages- yea, with things utterly opposed to its teaching; and, all the while, we boast of having the Scriptures, just like the Jews of old, who made their boast of having the oracles of God, while those very oracles condemned themselves and their ways, and left them without a single plea.”

Knows Way Years Littles Made Hands Christian Left Week Teaching Goes On Pages Foundation Jew Scripture Boast Oracles

Author:Charles Henry Mackintosh

“Success is relative and individual and personal. It is your answer to the problem of making your minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years add up to a great life.”

Years Problem Motivational Individual Hours Answers Week Minutes Months Add Relative

Author:Wilferd Peterson

“You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. There's no such thing as an overnight opera sensation. Great law firms or design companies don't spring up overnight... Every great company, every great brand, and every great career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.”

Way Littles Has Beens Motivational Law Winning Bits Company Steps Careers Week Design Spring Training Built Gold Brands Firm Sensations Opera Medal Gold Medals Great Company Law Firms

Author:Seth Godin

“The important task rarely must be done today, or even this week...But the urgent task calls for instant action...The momentary appeal of these tasks seems irresistible and important, and they devour our energy. But in the light of time's perspective, their deceptive prominence fades; with a sense of loss we recall the vital tasks we pushed aside. We realize we've become slaves to the tyranny of the urgent.”

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