In the '80s, the way radio was programmed, if you didn't have a hit record you weren't going to be able to make any more records. That was it, period.
When I was 20, my mother died and I went off the rails a little bit. I kinda had my slightly dark period.
At no period of our political existence had we so much cause to felicitate ourselves at the prosperous and happy condition of our country.
I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements.
I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements. The order in the universe seemed miraculous.
I went through a really low period about 13 years ago, when all aspects of my career and everything went completely wrong.
Our children were mostly brought up and educated in the Churchill suburb east of Pittsburgh. Each summer, we took them back to England for an extended period.
Do not buy the hype from Wall St. and the press that stocks always go up. There are long periods when stocks do nothing and other investments are better.
After a brief period in which I had let many a Southern Californian convince me that it was all 'in my mind,' I am once again officially allergic to dogs.
Most period drama is so earnest. A lot of it is about making yourself take seriously things you wouldn't normally.
I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.
A spiritual 'spurter' is one who is given to short bursts of spectacular effort followed by frequent and lengthy periods of rest.
I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.
I go through periods of not writing. Until there's something I can't find in the world that I need, so I write.
'Oscar Wao' for example cohered in a period of terrible distress. All the novels that I wanted to write were not happening.
It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods.
Throughout the nineteen-seventies and eighties, especially during periods of recession, employees were moved from offices to cubicles.
When people are entering a high-stress period, they don't sleep and don't exercise, but in fact, it should be just the opposite.
From an evolutionary perspective children are, literally, designed to learn. Childhood is a special period of protected immaturity. It gives the young breathing time to master the things they will need to know in order to survive as adults.
The work requires a moderately large investment in technological and theoretical developments and long periods of time to carry them out, without the pressure to achieve quick or short term results.
You have to find it in the moment, and that's one of the challenges of being an actor - especially a film actor - is that you have to maintain these heightened emotions for long periods of time. There's no trick to it. You just have to do.
