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I have loved corsets since I was small. When I was a child, my grandmother took me to an exhibition, and they had a corset… — Jean Paul Gaultier
The only good grades I ever got in school before I was kicked out were for creative writing. I thought that fiction might be in… — Rick Springfield
Am I the only one who measures time using songs? “Oh it only took me 4 songs to get here! that’s not to long! — Kendrick Lamar
When I started writing Tales of the City I was one year away from being a mental illness. It wasn't until 1975 that the American… — Armistead Maupin
... it took me five years of going right into the mouth of the lion to learn to be at ease onstage ... if you… — Rory Block
Sure, my boss took advantage of me, but I will always remain firm on this point: it was a consensual relationship. Any 'abuse' came in… — Monica Lewinsky
I do feel I was overshadowed by some of those guys (who took steroids) . . . I had a diminished-skills clause written in after… — Frank Thomas
I don't know what else I can say. I have never taken steroids. For people who think I took steroids intentionally, I'm never going to… — Rafael Palmeiro
It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.... — Paul Cezanne
One morning I was reading the story of Jesus' feeding of the five thousand. The disciples could find only five loaves of bread and two… — Elisabeth Elliot
You cannot insert a gene you took from a bacteria into a seed and call it LIFE. You have not created life, instead you have… — Vandana Shiva
I walked until midnight in the storm, then I went home and took a sauna for an hour and a half. It was all clear.… — Pierre Trudeau
I was a geek who thought I was cool. I didn't hang out with a particular clique, but with different people from different cliques. I… — Chester Bennington
Well, I woke up one morning around Christmas, went as far as the shops, and when I got to the corner I felt this violent… — Beryl Bainbridge
I took the game seriously. It was my profession. My teammates also took losing hard. We would all sit in the locker room after losing… — Walt Frazier
I've never stayed awake at night over a chance I took that failed, but I've stayed awake over chances I didn't take. — Garth Brooks
When the question arose whether I, as a member of the royal family, should take part in active combat in the Falklands, there was no… — Prince Andrew
I have to say that it was a very strange experience when, later in life, I represented Byron Scott and was negotiating with West -… — Leigh Steinberg
I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player. — Nolan Ryan
Unfortunately, I experienced some sexual abuse. It was a known and admitted fact of life amongst us that there was this particular man, and you… — Gabriel Byrne
Hell, Lou (Gehrig) it took fifteen years to get you out of a game. Sometimes I'm out in fifteen minutes. — Lefty Gomez
Movies took you right up to the edge but kept you safe. — John Updike
I took Laura on a trip once where we followed the Immigrant Trail for about six hundred miles. She really learned a lesson. People forget… — Bruce Dern
He took her up in his arms in the way of a bachelor who has had amateur experience of the carrying of nieces. — William Pett Ridge
The act of living had been enjoyable; at some point when I was not paying attention, it had turned into a different sort of experience,… — Paul Bowles

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