“In terms of a narrative nonfiction book, when you're describing scenes that you have multiple sources for, and that you have differing sources for, and you decide to choose a path that puts all that information together, well yeah, there's definitely going to be a little bit of the author in that. But there's nothing wrong with that.” WellsLittlesBookTogetherBitsTermPathInformationSourceSceneLittle BitYeahNarrativeNonfictionMultipleDescribing Author:Ben Mezrich
“Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive. When I was younger, based was a negative term that meant like dopehead, or basehead. People used to make fun of me. They was like, "You're based." They'd use it as a negative. And what I did was turn that negative into a positive. I started embracing it like, "Yeah, I'm based." I made it mine. I embedded it in my head. Based is positive.” PeopleThinkingMeanMadeUseUsedTurnsFunTermMinesLike YouNegativeYeahScaredMade ItBeing YourselfBeing PositiveBeing AfraidEmbeddedBeing Scared Author:Lil B
“Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working.” ThinkingShowsTermMonthsYeahMuppetMuppet Show Author:Jim Henson
“My first love is acting, but the reality is that I just don't get too many opportunities to stretch, and grow, and inspire myself as an actor, certainly not in terms of where I make money. Yeah, I can go off and do a play, but the reality is as a profession, directing is exponentially more satisfying.” FirstsI CanPlayRealityActorsOpportunityGrowsTermLove IsActingInspireYeahProfessionMaking MoneySatisfyingFirst Love Author:Matthew Lillard
“Yeah, it's just a lame term. I wish it was "movie star." That's a much better term than celebrity.” WishStarsTermYeahMovie StarLame Author:Jeff Vespa
“When music turned into being like candy - what people don't realize is, yes it's candy, but candy has long-term effects if you're just eatin' it as your main meal. And that's a problem, 'cause if you got music that keeps comin' at you, that keeps coming like a piranha, coming and rippin' at your soul, it's like yeah, I'm takin' this in, but there's not much of me left. Then you'll be lookin' for something outside of music to satisfy you, or take you away.” PeopleIfsLongSoulProblemLeftCausesTermRealizingEffectsYeahYour SoulLong TermMealsCandy Author:Chuck D
“Here I was in Estonia, doing a concert for 5,000 people, and not many people know the song My Way - Gorbachev in the 80s, My Way had just become a famous song, and [Mikhail] Gorbachev in a satirical, kind of cynical manner coined the term the Sinatra Doctrine and My Way was the song because the Baltic states in the Warsaw Pact wanted to go their own way and secede from the Soviet Union, so joking he says," Yeah, we've got the Sinatra Doctrine now."” PeopleKnowsWayKindStatesWantedSongTermYeahUnionsDoctrineMy WayConcertsSovietCynicalSoviet Union80sSatiricalPactGorbachevEstoniaWarsawWarsaw Pact Author:Robert Davi
“I'm not expecting a big sell-off but I do think that if we don't have a move toward economic growth and policies that will promote economic growth and get us out of this 2 percent world - we really need to see 4 percent, 5 percent - to see jobs created, and if we don't see that longer-term, yeah the market will sell-off...[but] I do think things are getting better. It's just been very slow.” IfsThinkingWorldNeedsBigsJobsMovingGrowthTermEconomicPolicyPercentYeahSellsGet BetterExpectingEconomic GrowthThings Are Getting Better Author:Maria Bartiromo
“Yeah, it's odd when you look back at your own work. Some filmmakers don't look back at their work at all. I look at my work a lot, actually. I feel like I learned something while looking at stuff I've done in terms of what I'm going to do in the future, mistakes I've made and things at work or what have you.” FeelsLooksMadeDoneStuffTermMistakeYeahOddFilmmaker Author:Christopher Nolan
“Yeah, all those things, responsibility, pressure. It's a bit stressful. I try and come to terms with it by not thinking about it.” ThinkingTryingBitsTermResponsibilityPressureYeahClashStressful Author:Joe Strummer
“So, you’re hitting on Clare the Fair.” “I’m not hitting on her. I’m exploring the possibility of seeing her on social terms.” “He’s hitting on her,” Owen said around a mouthful of chips. “You’ve still got that thing you had for her back in high school. Are you still writing bad song lyrics about heartbreak?” “Suck me. And they weren’t that bad.” “Yeah, they were,” Ryder disagreed. “But at least now we don’t have to listen to you playing your keyboard and howling them down the hall.” WritingSaidStillsSchoolSongSocialTermSeeingPossibilityHigh SchoolFairsYeahHallsHittingExploringChipsKeyboards Book:The Next Always Source: The Next Always
“She got to you, too, huh?" I said, sliding onto the bench seat across from him. "Actually, I called her." Luca grinned. "I'm vomiting from a possible case of food poisoning. You?" "Sudden onset menstruation." He nodded respectfully. "Classic." "Yeah, but I should have gone for something more long-term. Yours will get you out of the whole afternoon. Ferris Bueller would be proud.” ShouldLongSaidWholeWould BeTermCasesGoneProudShould HaveYeahClassicLong TermSeatsAfternoonBe ProudBenchesPoisoningVomitingMenstruationKayleeFood PoisoningFerris Bueller Author:Rachel Vincent