“We made four feature films with Sherwood Baptist. The wonderful thing was the church (members) volunteered. It was an awesome atmosphere of attitudes. The hard part was (that) all four of the first feature films we made take place in modern-day Albany, Georgia. We know that not all of our films going to be (set in) modern-day Albany, Georgia.” KnowsFirstsMadeHardFilmChurchAttitudeFourWonderfulModernMembersAtmosphereFeaturesWonderful ThingsGeorgiaBaptistsModern DayChurch MembersAlbany Author:Alex Kendrick
“...what's always exciting is when you hear something amazing when you least expected it. Every now and then I'll hear something for the first time that forces me to re-examine my frames of reference, and re-consider musical parameters in general, and that's wonderful . And what's even more wonderful in a way, is when you hear something that you know, and already think you have an opinion about, and then suddenly discover that it isn't what you thought it was, but something quite different, which makes it just as surprising as if you'd never heard it before. That's REALLY great!” IfsThinkingKnowsWayFirstsDifferentForceOpinionWonderfulHeardFirst TimeExcitingMusicalExpectedSurprisingNow And ThenReally GreatParametersFrame Of Reference Author:Fred Frith
“Paul Scholes was the jewel in the crown, the first name on the teamsheet and unquestionably one of the finest England players of the age. He flourished at once in the international arena, which didn't surprise me given his fabulous all-round attributes. He had almost everything - talent, intelligence, courage. His only blemish, which he never really shook off, was his tackling. There was always the chance of that red mist coming down. Overall, though, Paul was a wonderful player and he's a lovely lad, a credit to his club and to himself.” FirstsAgeNamesGivenChancePlayerWonderfulTalentRedEnglandSurpriseRoundsInternationalClubsCreditLovelyAttributesCrownsFinestFabulousArenaJewelsMistLadSurprise MeTacklingScholesPaul Scholes Author:Glenn Hoddle
“One of the great events in my life was my first meeting with Edison. This wonderful man, who had received no scientific training, yet had accomplished so much, filled me with amazement. I felt that the time I had spent studying languages, literature and art was wasted; though later, of course, I learned this was not so.” MenFirstsArtCoursesLiteratureLanguageFeltStudyWonderfulEventsTrainingFilledMeetingsAccomplishedAmazementGreat EventsWonderful ManLiterature And Art Author:Nikola Tesla
“It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place. By nature, we are emotional creatures. Often we live and react based on feelings, not logic. Feelings are wonderful, but when we become tied to a particular thought or belief we tend to ignore the fact that change might be necessary.” FirstsIdeasFactsFeelingsMightBeliefDifficultWonderfulEmotionalParticularCreaturesLogicRemoveTied Author:Gordon Livingston
“I think it is going to be wonderful. I went to the Paralympics in Beijing and have seen how brilliant the sport is at first hand. People are going to love it. It is going to change people's attitudes to Paralympians and it is going to be a great show.” PeopleThinkingFirstsShowsHandsSportsAttitudeWonderfulBrilliantBeijing Author:Boris Johnson
“To me, if I'm reading a fantastic story or I go on a nice first date and I have a wonderful time, I'm not gonna complain because it didn't work out. I'm gonna go on a second date.” IfsFirstsStoriesReadingNiceWonderfulGoes OnWork OutComplainingFantasticFirst DateWonderful Times Author:Billy Campbell
“I love Doctor Who and I remember the first one, which was wonderful in its low-tech quality. I also loved the theme song, which sounded like The Cure to me. Which character would I like to play in Doctor Who? Who's the bad guy? The Dalek? OK, I'll play him.” FirstsPlayCharacterRememberGuySongQualityWonderfulLowsDoctorsCuresThemeBad GuysDoctor WhoDaleks Author:David Duchovny
“I think my first impression (of Bix Beiderbecke) was the lasting one. I remember very clearly thinking, 'Where, what planet, did this guy come from? Is he from outer space?' I'd never heard anything like the way he played-not in Chicago, no place. The tone-he had this wonderful, ringing cornet tone. He could have played in a symphony orchestra with that tone. But also the intervals he played, the figures-whatever the hell he did. There was a refinement about his playing. You know, in those days I played a little trumpet, and I could play all the solos from his records, by heart.” ThinkingKnowsWayFirstsHeartLittlesPlayRememberGuySpaceHellRecordsWonderfulHeardFiguresPlanetsImpressionToneLastingChicagoSoloThis GuyOrchestraSymphonyTrumpetsIntervalsRefinementOuter SpaceFirst ImpressionSymphony Orchestras Author:Benny Goodman
“It is a wonderful fact that men and women saved by the blood of Jesus rarely remain subjects of charity, but rise at once to comfort and respectability... I never saw a man who put Christ first in his life that wasn't successful.” MenFirstsFactsJesusChristSuccessfulSawsWonderfulBloodSubjectsComfortMen And WomenCharitySavedRespectabilityBlood Of Jesus Author:Dwight L. Moody
“With world health, every life you save is a wonderful thing, so it's not this question of whether you solve it or you don't. The chance of completely solving the problems has long odds. But really, the thing is that you get to save the first child, the second child, the third child. You can just feel good about that.” WorldFeelsFirstsChildrenLongProblemChanceWonderfulThirdsSolveFeel GoodOddsWonderful ThingsWorld HealthLong Odds Author:Bill Gates
“It is a very wonderful experience indeed, when, at fifty years old, you suddenly discover that for the first time in your life, you are really free to be yourself.” YearsFirstsWonderfulFirst TimeBeing YourselfFiftyOld YouWonderful ExperienceFifty Year Olds Book:I leap over the wall: a return to the world after twenty-eight years in a convent Source: I leap over the wall: a return to the world after twenty-eight years in a convent
“When my son was a mere three months old, I started working at the State Department. I was not only the youngest Assistant Secretary of State but I was also a breastfeeding mother. I'm the first to admit that this felt crazy at times, and the balancing act is never ever easy. But my two kids are the most wonderful things that have ever happened to me.” FirstsTwoStatesKidsMotherThreeFeltEasyWonderfulHappenedCrazySonMonthsMereDepartmentMy SonSecretaryWonderful ThingsAssistantsThree MonthsBreastfeedingBalancing Act Author:Susan Rice
“I had no idea what effect something blockbustering would have. To me, it was just a job that I was trying to do the best I could. We had shot the first five shows before it went on the air. Then, it was this firecracker hit, and people were recognizing me, so it was just nuts. It was overwhelming, insane, wonderful and scary all at the same time. It's really peculiar that people see you on television and then think they have a personal relationship with you. So, they want to touch you, and grab you, and sit down and have lunch with you. It's strange, and you never get used to that.” PeopleThinkingWantTryingFirstsIdeasShowsJobsUsedFiveWonderfulAirEffectsTelevisionStrangeShotsDown AndScaryInsaneNo IdeaLunchOverwhelmingPeculiarNutsRecognizingDo The BestPersonal RelationshipsFirecracker Author:Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
“If you're ever invited, fellow YA authors, go. It's the first YA con I've been to that was overwhelming populated by teens. Wonderful!” IfsFirstsWonderfulFellowsOverwhelmingTeensInvited Author:Justine Larbalestier
“I did a lot of reading of first person accounts from Koreans and combatants and aid workers. And I spoke to relatives. A lot of wonderful photographs were made available to me from that period - 1950-1956 - and those were given to me by a Korean newspaper in Seoul. Ruined villages, refugees streaming through a river valley, GI's and orphans and orphanages, those tiny details that you can only see in a picture.” FirstsPersonsMadeReadingGivenWonderfulPeriodsRiversAccountsWorkersPhotographDetailsAvailableAidsTinyNewspapersSpokesVillageValleysRuinedRefugeeKoreanFirst PersonOrphanStreamingOrphanageGis Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“Galway Kinnell came out with that wonderful big, breathy, hollow voice of his and read, for the first time in public, "The Bear." That poem impressed me so much that I memorized it. I used it for years when I taught in prisons. It's a powerful extended metaphor for what the writing life is really all about. It's a uniquely powerful poem about self-transformation, and that's what we're asking, really, beyond even our objection to the war. We're asking people to look at themselves and think about what might be possible with a little self-transformation.” PeopleThinkingWritingYearsFirstsLooksLittlesWarSelfBigsMightLife IsUsedVoicePowerfulWonderfulTaughtBearsFirst TimeTransformationAskingPrisonMetaphorImpressedWriting LifeHollowObjectionsSelf Transformation Author:Sam Hamill
“A friend of mine helped me find my confidence by trusting the knowledge that I was not alone in writing my first book. She helped me wake up to the fact that I had a source of creativity that was my true creative nature and when I embraced it and asked for this presence in my life, I felt as if the dam of the Niagra Falls had burst and all sorts of wonderful things started to happen when I found my voice. It has been a process ever since and I am now a big advocate in the message that we are not alone and we all have ample creativity within us if we just trust it.” IfsWritingFirstsHas BeensBookFactsBigsHappensFallFoundFeltProcessVoiceCreativityCreativeWonderfulMinesSourceMessagesWake UpWonderful ThingsNot AloneDams Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“Because of these new car models there is suddenly on the streets of Delhi a new intolerance by the motorists for both the cows and the cyclists. So for the first time the sacred cow in India, which used to be such a wonderful speed-breaker, is now seen as a nuisance. For the first time, Ive seen cows being hit and hurt. These guys just go right past, and if the cow is sitting on the road, they dont care. We cant afford to have a sacred car rather than a sacred cow.” IfsFirstsCarePastUsedGuyHurtWonderfulStreetsCarModelsSittingFirst TimeIndiaSacredDon't CareSpeedUsed To BeCowsIntoleranceNuisanceNew CarDelhiCyclistsSacred Cows Author:Vandana Shiva
“I was always drawn toward the Actor's Studio. I studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute when I first came to New York. One of my favorite teachers was one of Al [Pachino]'s teachers, a guy named Charlie Laughton, who was just a wonderful, wonderful man.” MenFirstsGuyActorsTeacherWonderfulNew YorkMy FavoriteStudiosAlsCharlieInstituteWonderful Man Author:Karen Allen
“I was lucky. I always had really great friends in my personal life, people always just knew who I was. It wasn't until I was in show business where that sort of changed or shifted at first. I have always had a great support network. I have had a lot of really wonderful, close friends.” PeopleFirstsShowsSupportWonderfulChangedLuckyReally GreatPersonal LifeShow BusinessClose FriendsGreat Friend Author:Margaret Cho
“Haiti is unique - the first successful slave revolt in history, the first black republic etc., and then when you get into the culture, the voodoo, and that wonderful synchretization of Christian and African belief and symbology, it's like nothing the world has ever seen.” WorldFirstsChristianCultureBeliefBlackSuccessfulWonderfulUniqueSlaveEtcRepublicRevoltHaitiVoodoo Author:Ben Fountain
“First of all, there's no separation of church and state in the Islamic world. They're one and the same. And so when President Bush or Senator Kerry or Prime Minister Blair says, "Look, adopt our secular democracy, look at how good we've done. We have a wonderful level of standard of living for our people," what many Muslims hear is, "Turn your back on God and follow what men say."” PeopleMenWorldFirstsLooksStatesDoneTurnsPresidentChurchLevelsDemocracyWonderfulStandardsSeparationMinistersIslamicPrimeSecularSenatorsPrime MinisterPresident BushChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateStandards Of LivingBlair Author:Michael Scheuer
“It's always a thrilling experience to go into a place that offers you a lot of choice. You know it's like it reminds you of when you're a kid and you go to the amusement park and whether it be Disneyworld or Six Flags you know that thrilling moment when you first enter and you know you've got all these possibilities for the day and it's really a... it's a wonderful feeling.” KnowsFirstsMomentsFeelingsKidsChoicesWonderfulPossibilityOffersSixParksFlagsAmusementThrillingAmusement Parks Author:Sheena Iyengar
“I looked at the pilgrims coming to America. In their first year, they decided to try a communist experiment. And the first year of the pilgrims, they established this socialistic concept: 'Well, we have all this land before us - let us all work it together.' Oh, how wonderful it sounded. 'Let us all work it together, and we will share in the produce of the land.' They almost starved to death! Almost half of them died, that very first year.” TryingYearsFirstsWellsTogetherAmericaHalfWonderfulShareLandProduceConceptsDecidedDiedExperimentsWorking ItCommunistPilgrimComing To America Author:Ted Cruz