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Anytime you're lucky enough to be on something that lasts longer than half a season, you never quite know what kind of life the show is gonna take on.
James Roday
Life
You
Half
Enough
Lasts
Kind
Something
Take
Never
Longer
Know
Than
Quite
Anytime
Gonna
Show
Lucky
Season
If men understood domestic economy half as well as women do, then their political economy and their entire consequent statecraft would not be the futil muddle which it is.
James Stephens
Women
Political
Men
Half
Would
Entire
Economy
Well
Understood
Political Economy
Domestic
Which
Then
Muddle
Consequent
The sanity of the average banquet speaker lasts about two and a half months; at the end of that time he begins to mutter to himself, and calls out in his sleep.
James Thurber
Time
Half
Lasts
Months
Out
About
He
Himself
Calls
His
End
Begins
Banquet
Average
Sanity
Speaker
Two
Sleep
In Arizona, we're at 7,000 feet, so we're above half of the world's atmosphere. It's crisp but hard, a side-raking light that can be revealing but doesn't have the softness that maritime air has.
James Turrell
World
Light
Half
Maritime
Softness
Air
Crisp
Atmosphere
Above
Arizona
Feet
Revealing
Hard
We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day.
James Wolfensohn
Today
Day
People
World
Three
Half
Living
Dollars
Than
Less
Billion
Population
Two
'30 for 30s' are amazing. They're little documentaries and can be anywhere from half an hour to an hour-and-a-half - great sports stories.
James Wolk
Great
Sports
Amazing
Half
Hour
Documentaries
Stories
Anywhere
Little
My father was a great inspiration, and there was a bit of competition between us. He'd work in his studio, and I'd work in my space, but the door was always half open.
Jamie Wyeth
Work
Great
Competition
Space
Father
Half
Bit
Inspiration
Open
He
Studio
Between
Always
His
Door
Us
Well, I think some people are very happy in retirement. And in a year and a half I'm going to see how happy I feel in retirement. I'm just going to not work quite so hard, but I'll continue to write as long as God gives me breath.
Jan Karon
Work
God
Me
Happy
People
Some People
Long
Half
Year
Breath
Think
See
Some
Gives
Write
Feel
Retirement
Well
How
Continue
Very
Going
Quite
Just
Hard
To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.
Jane Austen
Half
Others
State
Follow
Followed
Without
Being
Flatter
Flattered
Turn
Enjoyment
I have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being saucy, but I'm 73 and a half. I'm still trying to find my way between matronly and coltishness.
Jane Fonda
Life
You
People
Will
My Life
Half
Too
Honey
Way
Say
Find
Between
Like
Still
Trying
Being
Hard
Who
Saucy
Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field.
Jane Haddam
You
Half
Advice
Field
Writer
Know
Audience
How
Least
Conferences
Listen
Taught
Where
Conventions
Fights
Many
I've had over a dozen and a half novels published since late 1994 when my first novel, 'Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls' came out.
Jane Lindskold
First
Half
Late
Out
Brother
Had
Over
Since
Came
Owls
Companion
Novel
Novels
Published
Dozen
Dragons
I would love to do the therapist on 'Two and a Half Men' again or just work with Charlie Sheen.
Jane Lynch
Work
Love
Men
Half
Would
Charlie
Charlie Sheen
Sheen
Just
Again
Therapist
Two
Most of my childhood revolved around wondering when we would be blown up by the Russians. I couldn't stand the news, I knew that if the missile were launched, mortality would arrive in half an hour, so I spent a lot of my childhood feeling that I was 30 minutes from being dead.
Jane Smiley
News
Feeling
Half
Spent
Would
Would-Be
Minutes
Russians
Knew
Mortality
Missile
Hour
Most
Dead
Around
Arrive
Were
Lot
Up
Blown
Wondering
Childhood
Being
Stand
Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them.
Jane Smiley
You
Together
Yourself
Remember
Half
Take
New
Come
Ideas
Naps
New Ideas
Train
Often
Them
Asleep
My family has been in politics a long time in Los Angeles. We very much believe we are elected to represent the people. I mean, I am to give voice to, you know, the over half a million people I represent in my congressional district. I mean, that's the way it works.
Janice Hahn
Politics
Time
Family
You
People
Long
Long Time
Half
Believe
Way
Has-Been
District
Angeles
Give
Voice
Over
Know
Am
Los
Los Angeles
Been
Very
Represent
Mean
Elected
Much
Congressional
Works
Million
Million People
Guys like Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Sacha Baron Cohen, they do things you love to watch. I like to do the other half.
Jason Bateman
Love
You
Will
Half
Other
Will Ferrell
Guys
Like
Things
Watch
If folks focus in on a niche and own it, there is a good chance they could make half a living from blogging.
Jason Calacanis
Good
Focus
Half
Own
Living
Folks
Could
Make
Blogging
Good Chance
Niche
Chance
I think, in a film that's supposed to last an hour and a half, I think you have to really pay attention to what kind of movie you're making, what is the audience experiencing, and does this joke fit with this joke?
Jay Chandrasekhar
You
Joke
Half
Pay
Pay Attention
Think
Kind
Attention
Hour
Supposed
Hour And A Half
Audience
Does
Making
Fit
Movie
Experiencing
Really
Film
Last
I think romantic comedies in general are marketed towards women, and I think men are half the romance, so why not have some that are truly from a male point of view.
Jay Chandrasekhar
Women
Men
Half
Think
Some
General
Point
Point Of View
Towards
Comedies
Male
Truly
Romance
Romantic
Romantic Comedies
View
Why
Why Not
The 1st Congressional District contains almost half of the biotech and biomedical companies in Washington, and my job often allows me to meet the people responsible for this exciting research.
Jay Inslee
Me
People
Job
Half
Research
Meet
Responsible
District
Exciting
Almost
Contains
Often
Congressional
Companies
Washington
Biomedical
Biotech
I am not one for half measures or half-hearted efforts.
Jay Inslee
Half
Half-Hearted
Am
Efforts
Measures
I went from 250 to, like, 175 in three and a half, four months. And then I ended up graduating with honors. I went from a 2.4 to a 3.06 in a year. It's funny how those two are related. I don't want to say that if you lose weight, you'll get smarter, but... well, it worked for me.
Jay Pharoah
Funny
Me
You
Three
Half
Year
Lose
Related
Honors
Months
Say
Those
Weight
Smarter
Like
Well
How
Up
Get
Ended
Graduating
Want
Then
Worked
Four
Two
I was shooting a mini-series for Sundance/BBC, called 'Top of the Lake,' that was shot by Jane Campion, who's a beautiful native New Zealander and famous film director. The role I was playing was very intense, and they shaved half my hair off. So, I looked like this post-apocalyptic character.
Jay Ryan
Beautiful
Character
Director
Hair
Half
Top
New
Like
Looked
Shaved
Off
Very
Role
Shooting
Intense
Famous
Native
Lake
Jane
Shot
Film
Playing
I gained, like, 20 pounds in, like, two and a half, three weeks. So I just got too big too fast, and my body wasn't adjusted to that.
Jayson Tatum
Three
Half
Big
Too
Adjusted
Weeks
Pounds
Like
Got
Just
Gained
Body
Fast
Two
When you are forty, half of you belongs to the past... And when you are seventy, nearly all of you.
Jean Anouilh
You
Half
Past
Seventy
Forty
Nearly
Belongs
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