When I started doing standup when I was 17, I was talking about being Indian and specifically ethnic jokes. Straightforward stuff that… — Hari Kondabolu Copy Share Image
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When I started to write 'Hannah's Child,' I realized that this had to be a book of passion, to have a certain… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Jazz came out of New Orleans, and that was the forerunner of everything. You mix jazz with European rhythms, and that's rock… — The Edge Copy Share Image
However, the thought hit me that this was a pretty pathetic way to kick the bucket - being accidentally poisoned during a… — Lara St. John Copy Share Image
My father had not even completed high school when he started as an office boy working for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,… — Douglass North Copy Share Image
The more I started studying the historical Jesus, the man who lived 2,000 years ago... the more I started to realize that… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
I'm not quite sure when I began to be troubled by the creeping sense of my own ludicrousness, but it persisted -… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
Since I started playing basketball, I had goals. I was going to do everything step by step. I'm proving it, my basketball… — Zaza Pachulia Copy Share Image
At 13, I loved how so many of my peers sang and played acoustic guitar, so I started recording videos with covers… — Shawn Mendes Copy Share Image
I started dancing ballet when I was very young, so my background really is dance. But I remember loving the feeling of… — Caroline Sunshine Copy Share Image
The men I idolized built their bodies and became somebody - like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger - and I thought, 'That… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
When I started Net-a-Porter, I knew nothing. And I was pregnant. Starting a new venture and being pregnant for the first time… — Natalie Massenet Copy Share Image
I've found that men I've dated who are in the same business can be really competitive. I've found a great group of… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I was a car journalist when I started on 'Top Gear.' It was all about cars. And then it all spun out… — James May Copy Share Image
I hardly knew anything when I first arrived. I had to learn how to act as I went along. After about a… — Melissa George Copy Share Image
When I'm feeling frustrated with a story, I have faith that it's going to come. Also, when I first started writing, I… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Little did I know that earning a living at stand-up is the hardest thing you can do. But once I started doing… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
In the '70s, Florida-style golf communities started to be built for America's baby-boomers who were doing well and taking up the game… — Alex Shoumatoff Copy Share Image
I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and… — Yann Tiersen Copy Share Image
We want things to go perfectly, so we naturally tell ourselves that we'll get started once the conditions are right or once… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
I started culinary school at a very young age, and really I wanted to be out working, cooking, more than I wanted… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was 8, my dad asked me if I wanted to audition, just for fun. I did just a little short… — Kodi Smit-McPhee Copy Share Image
I decided to do advertising, as ad films were made in only 10 days, and started assisting Sanjeev Sharma and Mansoor Khan.… — Ronit Roy Copy Share Image
I think then, when we started receiving the first of the user feedback, feedback from people that I had not specifically told… — Shawn Fanning Copy Share Image
From the second there was drag, trans people were doing it. And when cis women started being allowed in theaters, then cis… — Sasha Velour Copy Share Image
I once was in a project. They were going to do a remake. Somebody started a rumor I wanted more money. I… — Fred Willard Copy Share Image
Technology ventures can succeed with very little investment, unlike many other industries. A lot of the big Internet players like Google or… — Jonathan Raymond Copy Share Image
I get a lot of dark scripts now. I don't wanna be stuck doing movies like American Pie. For someone my age,… — Agnes Bruckner Copy Share Image
I was a little careful when I first started off. A lot of times, for example, I thought, 'Oh, I can't pull… — Henry Lau Copy Share Image
Whenever my dad would take me to practice, he'd make sure that we took just as much time fielding groundballs as we… — Brandon Crawford Copy Share Image
We started at once to dig our trenches, half of my platoon stepping forward abreast, the men being placed an arm's length… — Fritz Kreisler Copy Share Image
When I started performing, there was no Internet; I didn't really have anything to copy. I kind of had to just make… — Dita Von Teese Copy Share Image
Back when we started this at the tail end of 'Eye of the North,' Ree Soesbee and I worked out 250 years… — Jeff Grubb Copy Share Image
I bought this Oxygen midi synth from a flea market in Boston for $10. And then I found a cord in my… — Clairo Copy Share Image
For me, Iris West was traditionally white in the comic books. So, you know, comic book fans are very opinionated, very vocal.… — Candice Patton Copy Share Image
When I came into the industry I started with acting and I did drama during junior high and high school. I fell… — Harry Shum, Jr Copy Share Image
I started to read at a very early age, and I just thought that books and reading were really the most wonderful… — Carol Windley Copy Share Image
Around 2013-14, I started ranting on Twitter about the communal dysfunction that society was getting into. And I would have fights with… — Anubhav Sinha Copy Share Image
