After a sound drubbing followed by half a day's fasting, I felt more like laughing than like crying; and, in half a… — Stijn Streuvels 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
At the age of 15 I began my singing lessons, and once I became a professional performer, I dove into acting. — Elena Roger Copy Share Image
I try to find some time for my horses. I began when I was a child, because I was born and grew… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
I began in radio in 1997 on a radio show hosted by a now very famous comic, Jamel Debbouze. I would fake… — Omar Sy Copy Share Image
Universities such as Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard all began as Jesus-inspired efforts to love God with all ones' mind. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
I've always been a creative person, and I'd always wanted to paint, so I went to art school and began painting and… — Shirley Eaton Copy Share Image
I think Kurosawa was one of the first storytelling geniuses who began to change the narrative structure of films. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu 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
Surf culture and surfing for me are two completely different things. Surf culture has become very - it's a very commercial, competitive… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share Image
When I began I thought that literature was contained within a bubble that somehow floated above the world commented upon by newspapers.… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
In 2009, I began creating 'Waterworks' with the new vernacular coming from the 'Signs of Life' work in Las Vegas. — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
I'd be perfectly happy with a mathematically precise description of how time began. I see science and religion as being two completely… — Neil Turok Copy Share Image
Well it is certainly the case that the poems - which were in fact published during Shakespeare's lifetime - are weird if… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
My first manager, Suzanne DeWalt, saw a play I was in. She was invited by the director Joan Scheckel, who was my… — Gale Harold Copy Share Image
That's where I began to ask questions that maybe don't have one specific answer. And the more people you get answers from,… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
I began dancing when I was 7 years old. I was told that I had the perfect ballet dancers body and had… — Catherine Mary Stewart Copy Share Image
More retirees, longer life expectancy, larger benefits, and fewer workers - these trends have meant substantial increases in the payroll tax. Since… — Alex Tabarrok 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
The spark for 'In Praise of Slowness' came when I began reading to my children. Every parent knows that kids like their… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
I didn't really enjoy reading until I married my wife and we began reading the Bible out loud to each other every… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
Underground literature only began in the '70s, when technical developments made it possible. Before that, we were involved in a game with… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
