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> [“We started out as five people whose lives just happened to cross paths. By the end of the summer we were family”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-lucas/we-started-out-as-five-people-whose-lives-just-happened-to-cross/)

[J.C. Lucas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-lucas/)

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> [It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wanda-sykes/it-seems-like-when-i-first-started-people-got-into-comedy-because/)

[Wanda Sykes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wanda-sykes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd6/wanda-sykes-3827_be-good_it-seems-like-when-i-first-started-peopl_1872968.jpg)

> [“The power of a plan is not that it will get you there. The power of a plan is that it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-olson/the-power-of-a-plan-is-not-that-it-will-get-you-there-the-power-of-a/)

[Jeff Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-olson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a91/jeff-olson-10618_power_the-power-of-a-plan-is-not-that-it-will_1491093.jpg)

> [When I started out, people were always asking me, 'Who do you want to be like?' I had no idea what to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laufey/when-i-started-out-people-were-always-asking-me-who-do-you-want-to-be/)

[Laufey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laufey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/904/laufey-6054_always_when-i-started-out-people-were-always-as_990091.jpg)

> [You gotta understand, when moving images first started, people wanted sound, color, big screen and depth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-scorsese/you-gotta-understand-when-moving-images-first-started-people-wanted/)

[Martin Scorsese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-scorsese/)

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> [Let's get this started, people. It won't be long before we all lose our minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dashner/let-s-get-this-started-people-it-won-t-be-long-before-we-all-lose-our/)

[James Dashner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dashner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/james-dashner-989_long_let-s-get-this-started-people-it-won-t-b_1858740.png)

> [I think when hip hop first started, people were open to it, and groups like Public Enemy and there was groups like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ice-cube/i-think-when-hip-hop-first-started-people-were-open-to-it-and-groups/)

[Ice Cube](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ice-cube/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bc/ice-cube-912_barriers_i-think-when-hip-hop-first-started-peopl_400670.jpg)

> [“Revolutions are usually started by people who are hungry. Sure, there are ideological revolutions, but, again, people rise up because they feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-baggott/revolutions-are-usually-started-by-people-who-are-hungry-sure-there/)

[Julianna Baggott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-baggott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c2/julianna-baggott-2618_revolution_revolutions-are-usually-started-by-peopl_351995.png)

> [History teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-h-humphrey/history-teaches-us-that-the-great-revolutions-aren-t-started-by/)

[Hubert H. Humphrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-h-humphrey/)

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