They Begin Quotes
122 quotes by 112 authors
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Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you may win Southern…
— Sam Houston
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Things do not exist until they begin to appear.
— Humberto Maturana
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It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with…
— H. L. Mencken
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Children, I suppose, are always unfinished business: they begin as part of your own body, and continue as separate as another continent.
— Jeanette Winterson
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The freedom of patient speech is necessary if the doctor is to get clues about the medical enigma before him. If the patient is inhibited,…
— Jerome Groopman
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On average, physicians interrupt patients within eighteen seconds of when they begin telling their story.
— Jerome Groopman
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It is my mission to ensure that HIV-positive children and children with AIDS are no longer overlooked and that they begin receiving the treatment and…
— Mike DeWine
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You don't want to block your thoughts, emotions, and so on; nor do you want to chase after them. If you chase after them, if…
— Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
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Only when people learn to converse will they begin to be equal.
— Theodore Zeldin
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It’s a fair-sized job to write a book that people can be bothered just to read; when they begin to steal copies, you are really…
— Ruth Stout
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They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don't do that. So what we're doing by this…
— Alphonso Jackson
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Neither a Fortress nor a Maidenhead will hold out long after they begin to parley.
— Benjamin Franklin
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Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey.
— Anthony of Padua
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Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form
— Irwin Shaw
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If they are ignored, [Alice] Callaghan worries, the dangers of handing the streets over to private security forces will only grow. 'Until they begin interfering…
— Ben Ehrenreich
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Each and every one of us is born with a clean heart. Our babies know nothing about hate or racism. But soon they begin to…
— Ruby Bridges
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Everyday sexual practices on college campuses need to be upended, and men need to feel a cold spike of fear when they begin a sexual…
— Ezra Klein
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When they lose their sense of awe, people turn to religion. When they no longer trust themselves, they begin to depend upon authority. Therefore the…
— Laozi
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They hold their great balls in the open air, in what is called a fairy-ring. For weeks afterward you can see the ring on the…
— James M. Barrie
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Most spiritual experiences begin with suffering. They begin with groundlessness. They begin when the rug has been pulled out from under us.
— Pema Chodron
Who Wrote These They Begin Quotes
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