From a young age, I understood the idea of balanced flavor - the reason you put ketchup on a hamburger. I was… — Michael Mina 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
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Writing 'Native Guard,' I didn't know I was working on a single book. I began writing that book because I was interested… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
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When I began work on my first book, The River of Doubt, which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelts 1914 descent of… — Candice Millard Copy Share Image
I created 'Captain Underpants' when I was in the second grade. I was constantly getting in trouble for being the class clown,… — Dav Pilkey Copy Share Image
As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and… — Karen Kingsbury Copy Share Image
I think that the change began... I made a film a few years ago called The Spitfire Grill, and that didn't make… — Ellen Burstyn Copy Share Image
I began doing writing projects and art and design projects to explore a new way of seeing Canada. Roots is one more… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I can't stand quitters. My mother is a very strong, determined woman. I was peeling onions when I was seven, but I… — Estelle Copy Share Image
I was pretty new to the Broadway world once I began working in it. I hadn't really grown up being too aware… — Jennifer Damiano Copy Share Image
'Changes in Latitudes' began when I was looking at a photograph of a sea turtle swimming underwater. I had such a strong… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
“As I pen these words to leave a lasting record, I wonder myself where it all began.” — Richard Peck Copy Share Image
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I had my appendix removed in my 20s. I was in the middle of a play with Helen Mirren at the Royal… — Cherie Lunghi Copy Share Image
I began to write poetry in high school, and would ride miles over sandy roads in the fine hills around Cedar Rapids,… — Paul Engle Copy Share Image
I had been in the gym training for many, many years, but I definitely stepped it up when it was time to… — Holt McCallany Copy Share Image
As I grew up, I began to discover a little bit about the situation of black people in America and experienced an… — Ahmet Ertegun 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