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I cut the feet out of my control top pantyhose to wear under these white pants and that was the ah-ha moment… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I was five when I did my first show with the Mountain Play Theatre company in Marin County. I started young, and… — Claire Coffee Copy Share Image
In the '70s and '80s, what private equity did is it changed corporate America. It started holding companies accountable, and for the… — Henry Kravis Copy Share Image
We didn't really have television when I was a kid. Around 30, I discovered films and started systematically catching up. I collect… — Bjork Copy Share Image
When I started playing basketball, it's about winning championships and being a great player. — Evan Fournier Copy Share Image
Once I started getting serious about standup I got a better handle on word economy and making jokes punchier, which translated well… — Jaboukie Young-White Copy Share Image
When I first found out that Superman wasn't real, I was about maybe eight. And I was talking to my mother about… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
I can edit on my own schedule. No one gives me notes outside the same friends who I've been showing my films… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
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I've been blogging since February of 2001. When I started blogging, it was a dinosaur blog. It was me and a handful… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Plenty of successful women started either as an unrecognised grafter or as a bit of decoration to the side of the screen. — Ulrika Jonsson Copy Share Image
I have no intention of retiring; I can't imagine not doing stand-up. That's where I started and where I'll be. — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
Mel Brooks is an interesting one because he started out making films about stuff that he was totally affectionate about, like musicals,… — Edgar Wright Copy Share Image
When we came off the tour for the last album, we started on this one. We've just been chipping away at it.… — Dave Rowntree Copy Share Image
I started playing with this band, the Polyester Players. It was my introduction into funk. So I went and got a James… — Kamasi Washington Copy Share Image
I started off as an assistant director in Mani Ratnam's 'Ayudha Ezhuthu' and 'Yuva.' — Karthi Copy Share Image
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When I first got started I had no idea my career would last as long as it did. — Rocky Johnson Copy Share Image
I was about three years old when I started playing in Venezuela with my two older brothers. They're 12 and 11 years… — Garbine Muguruza Copy Share Image
My wife and I started a program called Bears Without Borders. We raise money and hire local artisans to make stuffed animals… — Erez Lieberman Aiden Copy Share Image
I started out writing poems before I figured to put melodies to them and play the guitar. Somewhere, there's a book out… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
I have done four years of rigorous theatre before I finally started doing films. — Varun Sharma Copy Share Image
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The thinking is that we started evolving language not by speaking but by gesturing. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
When the band first started, it was so much about carving out some space for myself and our audience and our songs. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
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It took me a while to get over 'Highway'. I started living the character of 'Veera' very closely. I don't think I… — Alia Bhatt Copy Share Image
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