During the boom years of the 1990s, globalization emerged as the most significant development in our national life. With NAFTA and the Internet and big-box stores selling cheap goods from China, the line between national and international began to bl...
In 1986, I was attacked in the street as I helped Neil Mullarkey from the Comedy Store Players to put up posters. We were in the wrong place at the wrong time - midnight - and we were English. I got kicked in the head.
I have a penchant for fresh notebooks and mechanical pencils. It seems every time I go to the store, I buy a new notebook. I have dozens of them just sitting around.
I'm on tour all the time, so I stop at thrift shops. The minute we hit a town, I'll have my assistant Googling thrift stores. I have him go check beforehand; then we go there.
The Killer: [points to what he wants] Ah, yeah. I'll take one of those. Liquor Store Owner: [gets it and rings it up] $5.69
[Watching Costigan beat up the Providence gangsters, destroying his store in the process] Pakistani Proprietor: What's wrong with this fucking country? Everybody hates everybody!
Perchik: [sings] They look so natural together. Hodel: [sings] Just like two newlyweds should be. Perchik, Hodel: [singing] Is there a canopy in store for me?
Peter Quill: I was only a kid when I left Earth, and I had no idea what the universe had in store for me.
Attractive sales lady at a department store: What can I do for you, Mr. Dowd? Elwood P. Dowd: What did you have in mind?
[Stocking a box with liquor for the police's Christmas party] Liquor Store Owner: If I ever get held up, you guys better be here.
Louis: [looking at a model kitchen in a department store window] You could have a kitchen like that someday. It costs dearly, but home always does.
Grocery Store Man: I feel sorry for your mother. O-Dog: What'd you say about my mama?
Icey Spoon: A husband's one piece of store goods you never know 'til you get it home and take the paper off.
Raoul Silva: You caught me... Now, here's your prize. The latest thing from my local toy store. It's called... radio.
Combo: [Robbing Mr Sandu's store] What are you doing? Accomplice: I thought I'd take a shit. Combo: Put your arse away, mate.
So Europe's a big driver. And at one point, if the euro hadn't devalued, they would have been making as much money as the US with half the stores. Returns were higher.
To jump-start our economy, we must leave cash in your hands - because if you've got money in your pocket, you'll spend it at the hardware store or the corner market, and that will drive job growth in our private sector.
Goals do not get stored in your voice message or email bin. They are not going to reach out from the world wide web and remind you they exist. As a result, our goals do not get the respect they deserve.
Playing football and rugby is the Samoan sport. It's part of the conversation at church. It's part of the conversation in their barbershops, in the grocery stores. It's what everyone is aware of and familiar with. They take a lot of pride in the beat...
I love shopping in New York just because you walk around and find a little store you've never saw before, and you're like, 'Oh what's that? This is my new favorite place.' I love that about New York.
I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.
