“I would like to take the stigma away. 'Mastectomy' the word seemed so scary to me at first. After doing research and seeing the advancements, the surgery has come a long way from 20 years ago. The results can be incredible.” WayYearsFirstsLongResultsSeeingResearchYears AgoIncrediblesScarySurgeryLong WayAdvancementStigmaMastectomy Author:Giuliana Rancic
“A few years ago the idea that extreme poverty was harmful was on the fringes of the economic and political debate. But having made the case we are now seeing an emerging consensus among business leaders, economic leaders, political leaders and even faith leaders.” YearsMadeIdeasPoliticalLeaderPovertyCasesSeeingEconomicYears AgoExtremesDebateConsensusFringeEmergingBusiness LeadersPolitical LeadersExtreme PovertyPolitical Debates Author:Winnie Byanyima
“Some of the opera houses in Italy had to be burnt down because people could neither see nor hear. They gave up seeing years ago, but they did enjoy the music.” PeopleYearsHouseEnjoySeeingYears AgoOperaGave UpOpera House Author:Philip Johnson
“Thats the fun of going to a high school reunion: its seeing the people who you were close to all those years ago, and re-exploring the relationships of the past.” PeopleYearsSchoolPastFunSeeingHigh SchoolYears AgoExploringReunionHigh School ReunionSchool Reunion Author:Jon Hurwitz
“The sports are also hard on my body, and I do have a longstanding bad back due to an injury some years ago. I don't regret any part of it though. I love what I do and my sporting career has taken me to some wonderful places and seeing the world.” WorldYearsHardBodySportsCareersTakenWonderfulSeeingRegretYears AgoDuesInjurySeeing The WorldDon't RegretWonderful Places Author:Liz Halliday
“Certain signs, some of them visible to the layman as well as the scientist, indicate that we have been watching an ice age approach for some time without realizing what we are seeing... Scientists predict that it will cause great snows which the world has not seen since the last ice age thousands of years ago.” WorldYearsWellsHas BeensAgeLastsCertainCausesRealizingSeeingApproachYears AgoScientistEnvironmentalSnowIceVisibleExtremistIce AgeLayman Author:Betty Friedan
“I would very honestly just tell you that what I tried to do was simply respond to inquiries from people as they came in. Where I've thought I could say something useful, I've tried to add a voice that was, frankly, a dissident voice earlier on, but one that I think has become a more mainstream voice-and not because I've shifted. I think that the critique I had of what was going on in our financial system from six, eight years ago-after seeing some of what we've suffered through and even since the cataclysm itself-in terms of the structural changes.” PeopleThinkingYearsVoiceTermSeeingSixYears AgoAddFinancialEightHonestlyMainstreamInquiryCritiqueDissidentsFinancial System Author:Eliot Spitzer
“Years ago I decided that the greatest need in our Country was Art... We were a very young country and had very few opportunities of seeing beautiful things, works of art... So, I determined to make it my life's work if I could.” IfsNeedsYearsArtCountryBeautifulYoungOpportunitySeeingYears AgoDecidedDeterminedOur CountryIf I CouldWorks Of ArtBeautiful Things Author:Isabella Stewart Gardner
“I'm not a blood and guts person. I remember seeing 'House of Wax' as a teenager in 3D. This was years ago, the original 'House of Wax', and that was scary enough for me that I thought I'd never see another one.” YearsPersonsEnoughRememberHouseSeeingBloodYears AgoOriginalsScaryTeenagerGuts Author:Lin Shaye
“While I was writing the book, I went to see Louise Brooks's most famous film, Pandora's Box, at the Tivoli in Kansas City, and it was a lovely experience. You can watch old silent films on DVD or even on YouTube, but it was a different feeling watching her up on the big screen, seeing the film the way people saw it all those years ago.” PeopleWayWritingYearsBookDifferentFeelingsBigsFilmCitiesWatchesSawsSeeingYears AgoSilentBoxesScreensLovelyYoutubeBrooksDvdsKansasBig ScreenPandoraKansas CityPandora's BoxSilent FilmsDifferent Feelings Author:Laura Moriarty
“I remember being in Dublin in a café and seeing him [Jack Gleeson] two or three years ago, and he came in - Joffrey[from the Game of Thrones] came in - and I remember being so star-struck. I don't like famous people and I don't really get star-struck. But I remember seeing him and being so impressed that he was walking around. So I really like Joffrey.” PeopleYearsTwoRememberThreeGamesStarsSeeingWalkingYears AgoThree YearsImpressedThronesDublin Author:Taika Waititi
“I woke up early one morning a couple of years ago and felt the tenderness of my being alone, the bitter sweetness of it. It has many colors, being alone. I walked out into my living room and I can say honestly that everything was pouring with life - the red sofa, the chairs with their patterns of roses, even the coffee table with its scattering of books. Everything was alive with the presence of being. Seeing the world though those eyes, I realized that I could never really be alone.” WorldYearsI CanBookEyeFeltRoomsMorningAliveSeeingColorCoupleRedYears AgoTablesRosePatternsCoffeeI RealizedHonestlyBitterChairsTendernessSweetnessLiving RoomPouringUp EarlySeeing The WorldSofas Author:Roger Housden
“The kids now, on "Junior," we educate the parents and it's quite a fascinating turnaround. You can just see the parents thinking, "S - , 10 years ago I was eating so bad, and now I'm seeing it through the eyes of my kids at 9, 10 years of age." There is an upside to that side of reality TV. It's not all negative.” ThinkingYearsRealityEyeKidsAgeParentSidesSeeingTvsEatingNegativeYears AgoFascinatingEducateJuniorsThrough The EyesReality TvTurnaround Author:Gordon Ramsay
“Warm air holds more water vapor than cold, and so the atmosphere is about 4% wetter than it was 40 years ago. This loads the dice for flood and drought, and we're seeing both in stunning abundance.” YearsWaterSeeingAirColdYears AgoWarmAtmosphereAbundanceLoadFloodStunningDiceDroughtVapor Author:Bill McKibben
“If you were president 50 years ago, the tragedy in Syria might not even penetrate what the American people were thinking about on a day to day basis. Today, they're seeing vivid images of a child in the aftermath of a bombing.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsChildrenMightTodayPresidentSeeingYears AgoBasesTragedySyriaDay To DayVividPenetrateBombingAftermath Author:Barack Obama
“When I say that "l see God," I don't necessarily mean to say that when I chant I'm seeing Krishna in His original form when He came five thousand years ago, dancing across the water, playing His flute. Of course, that would also be nice, and it's quite possible too. When you become real pure by chanting, you can actually see God like that, I mean personally. But no doubt you can feel His presence and know that He's there when you're chanting.” KnowsFeelsYearsMeanRealFormCoursesWaterDoubtFiveNiceSeeingThousandPureYears AgoOriginalsDancingNo DoubtBeing NiceThousand YearsKrishnaFlutesChanting Author:George Harrison
“As somebody who's kind of a technophile, I'm interested in how traditional and digital publishing connect. Maybe ten years ago they were seen as antagonists, but now they complement each other. There's data that shows digital sales actually drive print sales. And even the ways in which pictures and words, text and image, interact - we're seeing these books that are very hard to categorize. All of that is very exciting to me.” WayYearsKindBookHardShowsSeeingTenYears AgoExcitingTraditionalDataDigitalPrintPublishingComplementAntagonistPictures And Words Author:Gene Luen Yang
“At one point I learned transcendental meditation. This was 30-something years ago. It took me back to the way that I naturally was as a child growing up way in the country, rarely seeing people. I was in that state of oneness with creation and it was as if I didn't exist except as a part of everything.” PeopleIfsWayYearsChildrenCountryStatesGrowing UpMeditationGrowingSeeingCreationYears AgoOnenessTranscendentalTranscendental MeditationChildren Growing UpGrowing Children Author:Alice Walker
“I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember, years ago, seeing kind of a has-been country singer working - when I first moved to Nashville - in a bar in a Holiday Inn.” YearsMindFirstsKindHas BeensI CanCountryRememberSeeingYears AgoMovedPopsSingersBarsHolidayNashvilleInnsCountry Singer Author:Jimmy Buffett
“And if you think that you're showing your love to Catherine by suffering the way you've been doing, then somewhere along the way, I must have messed up in raising you." "You didn't mess up...." "I must have. Because when I look at you, I see myself, and to be honest, I'd rather see someone different. I'd like to see someone who learned that it's okay to go on, that it's okay to find someone that can make you happy. But right now, it's like I'm looking in the mirror and seeing myself twenty years ago.” IfsThinkingWayYearsLooksDifferentSufferingSeeingHonestGoes OnRight NowYears AgoOkayTwentiesMirrorsMessBeing HonestMake You HappyMessed UpLooking In The Mirror Book:Message in a Bottle Source: Message in a Bottle
“I'm lucky because I have a job I love. I really miss being away from home, being in my own bed, seeing my animals and siblings, having my moms cookies. I have a couple cats. I got a kitten about a year ago and now Im going on the road so I wont see him for a while. I feel bad.” FeelsYearsHomeJobsMy OwnAnimalSeeingMissingMomCoupleLuckyBedYears AgoCatMy MomCookiesSiblingKittenAway From Home Author:Michelle Branch