Took Quotes

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Theres my education in computers, right there; this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book. — Howard Aiken
The reporting I did was mostly entertainment or lifestyle. I took a very different approach than most reporters. I approached it more casually than you… — Eleanor Mondale
I believe the public's confidence would be increased if the federal government took over the functions of airport security screening for all passengers. — David Neeleman
Also, I had read a book called She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, written by a professor who had gone through transgender surgery,… — Mercedes Ruehl
I heard there were two local guys in town doing songs and comedy so I thought I'd take a look....they took my breath away...with their… — Tommy Smothers
In the mid-1980s, operating problems took [nuclear] plants off-line so often that, on an annual basis, they operated at only about 55 percent of their… — Daniel Yergin
I had wanted to play drums since the age of 9 when I saw a drum set in the window of a music store for… — Jack Irons
I am a living illustration of Bosnian mixing and converting. My grandparents lived in eastern Herzegovina. Very poor. The Turks came and brought Islam. There… — Emir Kusturica
In my first season I took 76 wickets at an average of less than 5 runs. — Harold Larwood
I played ball for the Senators, Rangers, Indians, and Yankees in the ’70′s and ’80′s. Marvin Miller was a hero in our household during that… — Toby Harrah
I had no aspirations to become a landscape photographer at all. In fact it was portraiture that was my beginning, I suppose. I have always… — Fay Godwin
With the goal of crafting a course that fits harmoniously with its surroundings, we took full advantage of the dramatic vistas, indigenous flora and beautiful… — Pete Dye
The best therapy for emotional blocks to math is the realization that the human race took centuries or millennia to see through the mist of… — Lancelot Hogben
You know what speed is. You would not believe a man who claimed to walk at 5 miles an hour, but took 3 hours to… — W. W. Sawyer
I'll be a grieving mom until I die because of the lies that took my son, ... I plan on keeping this up until the… — Cindy Sheehan
I brought a Border Collie back home to Vancouver from Wales - where some of my ancestors are from - and needed to challenge him… — Jane Siberry
And I took a long time to appreciate Lynch. — Jacques Rivette
Our "overnight" success took 1,000 days. — Brian Chesky
I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father, and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good… — Gary Oldman
It was a slow process. You gotta remember I hadn't recorded a song sober in seven years. So it took me awhile to even feel… — Eminem
I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and… — Piers Anthony
When Tim Allen made The Santa Clause, I thought that was a delightful film. It took a modern sensibility but layered onto it a kind… — Leonard Maltin
She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on… — Bill Griffith
Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some prisoner release that took place but it's not been satisfactory. — Warren Christopher
Motherhood definitely took the focus off of my work. And I didn't mind. I had a few panics when I thought that if I wanted… — Uma Thurman

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