I have twice met Jeffrey Archer, and on both occasions was struck by the firmness of his handshake - and the way he looked me straight in the eye, too.
My writing of fiction comes under a very general heading of those teachers, critics, scholars who like to try their own hand once or twice in their lives.
I was hospitalized five times in 2011 because of my skiing. Fracturing my left shoulder twice, snapping my anterior cruciate ligament once and smashing my scapula into five pieces.
I played a killer twice. Once on 'Matlock,' on Andy Griffith's show, I got to play the killer.
We went to Denmark twice and Germany and also to the Canary Isles one year. I remember once when we were playing Dresden in Germany.
I don't think twice about picking up my dog's poop, but if another dog's poop is next to it, I think, 'Eww, dog poop!
A course never quite looks the same way twice. The combinations of weather, season, light, feelings and thoughts that you find there are ever-changing.
Chuck Noland: That's a search area of 500,000 square miles. That's twice the size of Texas. They may never find us.
I shave my legs twice a week. It's hard the first time you do it. But I'm very lazy. For a team photo in December I just did the fronts.
I'm relatively physically adept and I like throwing myself around. Once, twice, but then you get to nine, ten, eleven and to try and make it look realistic all the time, that's not very pleasant.
I believe an artist dies twice. The first time, it's just terrible - I've been there when the phone isn't ringing for years.
When I travel abroad, because I'm Columbian, I'm always one that they check twice and security and I'm the one that they open my bag and the one they pull to the side to check the visa.
Captain Renault: Realizing the importance of the case, my men are rounding up twice the usual number of suspects.
Phil Wenneck: Would you please put some pants on? I feel weird having to ask you twice.
Typically, only about 2 percent of the American populace tunes in to PBS's 'Nova' series - the most successful science show on the tube. 'Survivor' and 'X Factor' get twice the ratings.
I work out twice a day, once in the morning and once before bed. I'll start with half an hour of running and then some yoga to stretch everything out so everything is warm.
I wake up in the morning and I think about one brand. I don't have enough time to wake up twice and think about two.
I do Pilates twice a week; I hike and I go to the gym. My days of being that hardcore-workout person are over. Don't get me wrong, I still want to be the hot mom!
Roxanne: Do you know why you can never step into the same river twice? Willard: Yeah, 'cause it's always moving.
Captain of Louisa: [Annoyed with Charlie and Rosie] I think I shall have to hang you twice.
I think the most important thing that I've learned is that you live and you learn. Try not to make the same mistakes twice.
