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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency. We expected to… — George Washington
I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects… — Orson Scott Card
Marilyn always dreamt of being an actress. She didn't, by the way, dream of being just a star. She dreamt of being an actress. And… — Lee Strasberg
The human animal began as a mere wriggling thing in the ancient seas, struggling out onto land with many regrets. That is what brings us… — Sebastian Barry
I wasn't always smart, I was actually very stupid in school [T]here was a boy who was very attractive who was even stupider than I… — Michel Foucault
A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story… — Boris Becker
The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land. And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris… — George H. W. Bush
My father slapped my thighs with a variety of meats until I began to cry and sulked in the corner. I later became a musician — Thom Yorke
According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahideen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan,… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
I didn't want to be 40 or 50 years old and still playing clubs, I didn't feel like I was making any progress, and I… — George Strait
But now the shots began—not many, but one shot is a fusillade if there have been no shots before. — James Blish
Neighborhoods built up all at once change little physically over the years as a rule...[Residents] regret that the neighborhood has changed. Yet the fact is,… — Jane Jacobs
The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting. As the landscape changed from… — Stephen Crane
It is sort of a disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now… — George Soros
A cool breeze stirred my hair at that moment, as the night wind began to come down from the hills, but it felt like a… — Francis Marion
Then began an experience that turned my life around-working on a book with a black kid as hero. None of the manuscripts I'd been illustrating… — Ezra Jack Keats
I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age. — William Steig
Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended, — Alan Furst
When Mr. William Faraday sat down to write his memoirs after fifty-eight years of blameless inactivity he found the work of inscribing the history of… — Margery Allingham
It's very difficult for a black man to get out of South-Central Los Angeles, and get out civilized....The only men I know who have escaped,… — Larry Niven
I was shocked at college to see one hundred of my classmates in the library all reading copies of the same book. Instead of doing… — John Cage
My books usually end where they began. I try to bring characters back to a point that is familiar but different because of the growth… — Sara Zarr
We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have not prayed for… — Robert E. Lee
And so, when I began to read the proffered pages, I at one moment lost the train of thought in the text and drowned it… — Milorad PaviÄ‡
Well, creationism, in essence, is believing that the world began as the Bible in Genesis says, that God created the Earth in six days, six… — Christine O'Donnell

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