My career in the movie business began in Hong Kong, my heart has always been tied to Asia, and it is immensely… — Michelle Yeoh Copy Share Image
The term 'steampunk' itself, now a badge of honor, began as a putdown, a joke. But like 'Big Bang' in cosmology, the… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
My first trip to Japan, in 1998, began with an enormous crowd of Japanese paparazzi and television crews, all waiting for me… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
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You have no idea how much the last few days have meant to me," I began. "Meeting you has been the best… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
When I was a model, I started with an opinion, but was encouraged to lose it. It began as play-acting, but then… — Alexa Chung Copy Share Image
I had a brother who was bullying me to write something because we wanted to make our own movies. So it was… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
The first and pivotal negotiations over global access to AIDS drugs began in Geneva in 1991. They lasted two years, but confidential… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The short film project I just finished for W Hotels and Intel, I didn't have my script finished until a few days… — Roman Coppola Copy Share Image
I don't remember ever deciding to become a performer. I just always was. I began performing by mimicking the performers on the… — T'Keyah Crystal Keymah Copy Share Image
When I was seven or eight years old, I began to read the science-fiction magazines that were brought by guests into my… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Ever since our Surfin' Safari' began in the early 1960's, the relations'hip with The Beach Boys and water has been synonymous. 'Surfin',… — Mike Love Copy Share Image
My brother and late sister and I were raised in Detroit; it was where the middle class across racial lines, the middle… — Sander Levin Copy Share Image
My first novel was turned down by about twenty publishers over a period of two and a half years. Because my name… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
With a tennis racket strapped tightly to her hiking pack, Martina Navratilova began her ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro. The tennis legend had… — Don Yaeger Copy Share Image
Sri Lanka is an island off the coast of India. There's two ethnicities there; one the Sinhalese, which is the majority and… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I began relaxing my hair, and that meant when I turned 18 it began to crack and fall… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
“I got in and started the engine, also turning on the radio. When the music began I wished that there might be… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Once they began doing 'Celebrity Apprentice,' apparently the audience wasn't that keen on the ordinary apprentice. That is probably the best indictment… — David Cassidy Copy Share Image
No golfer's journey is complete without a pilgrimage to St. Andrews, the mecca of the game. This is where it all began,… — Alex Shoumatoff Copy Share Image
'Ghost City' began as a idea. I felt that I hadn't read or heard a great deal about the sort of life… — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
We began as mineral. We emerged into plant life, and into the animal state, and then into being human, and always we… — Rumi Copy Share Image
I'm a physicist and computer scientist by training. I worked in high tech for thirty years as everything from engineer to senior… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
First. I began my career as a copy girl. and the White House coverage, for example, was in the then-Women's section. So… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Twice I had been stopped by these jobs, and I thought the role on Dark Shadows would go on for about three… — Jonathan Frid Copy Share Image
Since the global economic crisis began, the change in global attitudes is clear to see - and I think it is pitiful.… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
My interest in food really began with a months cookery course in Frome, Somerset, after my A-levels. I left the course not… — Pippa Middleton Copy Share Image
In the time when my mother began standing up against prejudice and racism, the vast majority of white Americans rarely thought about… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it… — Floyd Abrams Copy Share Image
My own journey in becoming a poet began with memory - with the need to record and hold on to what was… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
When 'Rookie Blue' began, I was so proud to be a Canadian on a Canadian show that was getting fans in America.… — Missy Peregrym 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
Instead of the traditional emphasis on the sanctity of life, bioethics began to stress the quality of life, meaning that many damaged… — John Leo Copy Share Image
I'm Egyptian and Muslim, but I grew up in the West, far from my Arab roots. I began 'Sex and the Citadel'… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
Many entrepreneurs do not realize that many of the problems their businesses face today began yesterday, long before there was a business. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
At seventeen years old, I found out I could sing, and I got up and sang in a club, and I got… — Engelbert Humperdinck Copy Share Image
'Great Expectations' was an important novel in my adolescence. It was very much one of those emblematic novels that made me wish… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Holiday binge-buying has deep roots in American culture: department stores have been associating turkey gluttony with its spending equivalent since they began… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal… — John Francis Copy Share Image
After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of… — Hank Sauer Copy Share Image
