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I learned early in life that laughter is a great way to diffuse and uncomfortable situation, so I began to use that as a tool,… — Romany Malco
When I first began writing In the Country of Men all I had was the voice of the protagonist. He intrigued me and my desire… — Hisham Matar
The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant, in many cases indistinguishable. Science and democracy began - in their civilized incarnations -… — Carl Sagan
This huge and terrible industry [the slave trade] was blessed by all churches and for a long time aroused absolutely no religious protest. . .… — Christopher Hitchens
The teachers were focused on helping these students. The students benefited from hands-on teaching and a faculty who cared about them and their success in… — Michael N. Castle
Network news will still play an incredibly important role in this country, but the world that Peter, Tom and Dan began covering 25 years ago… — Jeff Zucker
If there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engaged. — Thomas Paine
When I look out the window, I exhale a prayer of thanks for the color green, for my children's safety, for the simple acts of… — Barbara Kingsolver
First of all we had very few users. We might have had a hundred accesses a day. So there was really no demand from the… — David Filo
Thucydides, an Athenian, wrote the history of the war between the Peloponnesians and the Athenians, he began at the moment that it broke out, believing… — Thucydides
Then, in the 1980's, came the paroxysm of downsizing, and the very nature of the corporation was thrown into doubt. In what began almost as… — Barbara Ehrenreich
As an engineer, I understood that the natural world operated according to fixed laws. Through my studies, I came to realize that there were, likewise,… — Charles Koch
I began to speak well at a very advanced age - 15, 16, 17 years old. It was psychological: the trauma of war, my family… — Roberto Cavalli
I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely. — Camille Pissarro
We were determined by public opinions of us. Would we think we existed without outside confirmation? And how long would we live apart from others… — Doris Grumbach
More a paraphrase than a quote, really, but it comes from a prayer which was stitched into a sampler above my grandmother's bed. It began… — Neil Peart
I began to look at all events and all things as relevant, an opportunity to take or avoid. — Amy Tan
A mud-stained sunlight began to splatter the sodden fields, and the hateful, nasal world of birds began to come to life. It seemed to me… — Blaise Cendrars
I've been in auditions without screens, and I can assure you that I was prejudiced. I began to listen with my eyes, and there is… — Malcolm Gladwell
I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about… — John Coltrane
There are so many things hinted at that will be fun to reveal in depth. For years, fans have made it abundantly and enthusiastically clear… — James Dashner
I thought I had been a suffragist before I became a Poor Law Guardian, but now I began to think about the vote in women's… — Emmeline Pankhurst
My childhood was protected by love and a comfortable home. Yet, while still a very young child, I began instinctively to feel that there was… — Emmeline Pankhurst
I no longer have the terrible nightmares that I used to have. Mao had just died in 1976, and China began to open up. For… — Jung Chang
My life wasn't beautiful and creative before I became politically active. My life was totally changed when I began to struggle. — Assata Shakur

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