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When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not been… — Arthur Hailey
It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge and at all events their exclusive possession of the law… — Henry James Sumner Maine
I began to learn acceptance, direction, understanding and perception - all elements that had been sadly lacking in my life. — Lou Rawls
But what began in 1941 was a process of destruction not planned in advance, not organized centrally by any agency. There was no blueprint and… — Raul Hilberg
I began writing for kids because I wanted to effect a change in American society. I continue in that spirit. By the time we reach… — Arnold Adoff
At some point my friends and I began to ask, how can a country that produced hippies and such cool people also fight a war… — Nguyen Qui Duc
It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight! It is no… — Edwin Lefevre
From the time we began to build houses and cities, since we invented the wheel, we have not advanced one step toward happiness. We have… — Jean Giono
Curiosity began my journey, which led to regret, which brings me always to wonder and dedication. — Christopher Cokinos
God loves us completely. And He knew us at our worst before He ever began to love us at all. — Rich Mullins
We campaigned across the South . . . without a single catcall or boo. It was not until we got north to New York that… — Jesse Jackson
When God speaks, when the Word speaks, energy is translated into matter. What is atomic fission? It is matter translated back into energy—poof! it disappears.… — J. Vernon McGee
North Korea invites parody. We laugh at the excesses of the propaganda and the gullibility of the people. But consider that their indoctrination began in… — Barbara Demick
I began to realize that life, despite moments of happiness and joy, is really about discovering priorities and dealing with unforeseen vagaries, differences, obstacles, inconveniences,… — Maureen McCormick
We are ending where the savages began. We have found again the lost arts of starving non-combatants, burning hovels, and leading away the vanquished into… — Bertrand de Jouvenel
Our stories about our own lives are a form of fiction, I began to see and become more insistent as we grow older, even as… — Roger Angell
Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefield and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could destroy… — David Halberstam
Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, a decade… — Michelle Alexander
When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I… — Jack Prelutsky
Well, it seems that one day Dylan was drivin' up to San Francisco from New Orleans or somewhere, when our record [House of the Rising… — Eric Burdon
The hand that guides the brush has already caught and executed what floated before the mind at the same moment the mind began to form… — Eugen Herrigel
The truth is that the man I am was born in those moments, as I stood near the flood sticks with my face lifted to… — Gregory David Roberts
When small drops began to fall and darken the world in penny-shaped circles, no one around him scurried for cover. For lonely people, rain is… — Simon Van Booy
No one writes a story like Lydia Davis. In the years since she began publishing her lyrical, extremely short fiction, she has quietly become one… — Jonathan Messinger
We have reason to believe that when, during the crusades, Europe at last began to establish hospitals, they were inspired by the Arabs of near… — George Sarton

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