Took Quotes

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I took the route favoured by all worldly failures and became a spiritual success. — Howard Jacobson
To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off. — Robert Moog
Rationally speaking, blaming one's behavior on alcohol or drugs is like blaming the ladder by which you descended into a pit, or the staircase that… — Graham Joyce
Perhaps loneliness had nothing to do with place or circumstance; perhaps it was in you; yourself. Perhaps, wherever you were, you took your little circle… — Mary Stewart
I discovered the 7th art at home when I was kid, through Charlie Chaplin's movies and those of my father who shot documentaries. He was… — Lasse Hallstrom
It took me time to understand my water lilies. I had planted them for the pleasure of it; I grew them without ever thinking of… — Claude Monet
The other night I searched (the Web) for 'self-transforming elf machines.' There were 36 hits! It surprised me. I sort of use the search engine… — Terence McKenna
When I left, I had learnt nothing. I took nothing with me. At least, that's what I thought then. — Carmen Laforet
It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.… — Frank Zappa
The generation that followed did not have the same concerns; none of its members attempted to follow the example of the past generation. There was… — Cheikh Anta Diop
I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk. — Jan Karon
When I showed ‘Black and the Red III’ in Malmö, Sweden, it was a continuum- a band- all around the galleryseeing this huge space in… — Nancy Spero
Back in the day I took a lot of supplements and tons of amino acids. Still do. But back then it was pretty unusual. That's… — Frank Zane
My first novel, Leaving Atlanta, took at look at my hometown in the late 1970s, when the city was terrorized by a serial murderer that… — Tayari Jones
Rounder Records decided to call the album Move It On Over, much to my chagrin but they knew what they were doing. It took off… — George Thorogood
I took some time off to enjoy my life, but figure skating is something I love and something I will continue doing for the rest… — Oksana Baiul
What you people who weren't yet born can never know is what it meant to sleep in cities under silent falls of snow when all… — Timothy Findley
When you grow up on camera and in the public eye, you feel you have to put forth this image. I just took that to… — Shannon Miller
I took part in the sun-tanning Olympics – I just got bronze. — Tim Vine
I love all of my children equally, all of my printed books, and each one bears a special piece of me. But the one Im… — Steve Berry
When I was 4 my mother got divorced and we were very close to each other. I always wanted to be with her. She took… — Martina Hingis
It took me a long time to find my voice as a singer, and I'm happy that I did. — Wes Borland
It as if you took a lot of very good food and some dog excrement and blended it all up so that you can't possibly… — Douglas Hofstadter
It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that… — B.K.S. Iyengar
When I was a student at MIT, we all shared one computer and it took up a whole building. The computer in your cell phone… — Ray Kurzweil

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