I became Gauleiter in 1927.

I myself have become a Gaullist only little by little.

— Charles de Gaulle

I became a librarian at the Sainte-Genevieve Library in Paris. I made this gesture to rid myself of a certain milieu, a certain attitude,…

— Marcel Duchamp

I very much wanted to live in Paris when I was in the army, and I was quite determined to. I could have become…

— Paul Johnson

I was working for the Socialist International, after I left university in 1959, as a researcher.

— Stephen Lewis

At 20, I realized that I could not possibly adjust to a feminine role as conceived by my father and asked him permission to…

— Rita Levi-Montalcini

I joined the Communist Party late in 1934. I got out a year and a half later.

— Elia Kazan

I wanted to be a classical actress. I plodded along. I went to junior college in San Francisco, I was in a Repertory Company.…

— Annette Bening

I came from an intellectual Parisian family. My father was a watchmaker; my mother was a housewife. We discussed politics, art, sculpture - never…

— Sonia Rykiel

My father, Charles Seeger, got me into the Communist movement. He backed out around '38. I drifted out in the 50's.

— Pete Seeger

I was born in 1960, after the revolution.

— Miguel Diaz-Canel

From the moment of my birth on 23 July 1976, I became involved f in an educational research project. Even before I came into…

— Judit Polgar

When I was 24, I won a Rhodes Scholarship.

— Rachel Simmons

I joined the Communist Party late in the summer of 1934. I got out a year and a half later.

— Elia Kazan

As a kid, I wanted to be part of the Lost Generation who came to France.

— William Klein

I was also a congressman. I had decided to run for office and had become a congressman with Queen Latifah.

— Rob Reiner