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I became deaf when I was 18 months old. And I learned to sign when I was 5 years old. — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
It was only after 20 years of being dunked in the religious culture that I got caught up in 'religion.' I had… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
We "chicks" have munched our popcorn while romantic comedies became just comedies, and then each female protagonist got recast for Mathew McConaughey… — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
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The problem of psychoanalysis is not the body of theory that Freud left behind, but the fact that it never became a… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
You know, comics were created at the same time as the cinema. And the cinema very quickly became a major art. Cartooning… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
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There's a brain chemistry - the floatiness and the disassociation and all the things that came with starving - I became addicted… — Marti Noxon Copy Share Image
'Out' was my real breakthrough, the novel that became a hit in Japan and sold a lot of books, so it was… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
When I first became an actress, I expected to do regional and classical theater; I just love the whole creative process. — Annie Parisse Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a soccer player, and I became the best of the best, the number one, better than Maradona, better… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
I moved to Los Angeles, and 'The Office' became successful, and the charity/cocktail party circuit is really not my scene. But I… — Brian Baumgartner Copy Share Image
The act of song writing and recording became one and the same to me; because I essentially recorded everything I did from… — Adam Goldberg Copy Share Image
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During the summer of 1963 between my junior and senior years, I began a research project on hypothermia in the Department of… — Stanley B. Prusiner Copy Share Image
Sometime between when the Summer of Love ended and the Summer of Sam began, America became a nation of cynics about love. — Tracy McMillan Copy Share Image
That was the big lesson for all of us. Everything was going great on paper, but we all became miserable because we… — Susanna Hoffs Copy Share Image
When I became governor, spending actually increased 28 percent my first term. Revenue increased 42 percent my first term without raising anybody's… — Haley Barbour Copy Share Image
The Prescription Drug Benefit we passed in Congress is already working to make prescription drugs available and affordable for all seniors who… — Mark Kennedy Copy Share Image
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When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In… — Bella Abzug Copy Share Image
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