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began came defeat glory hell holiday learn war
Our great-grandchildren, when they learn how we began this war by snatching glory out of defeat . . . may also learn how the little holiday steamers made an excursion to hell and came back glorious. J. B. Priestley
began beginning last relationships serious several talking
Over the last several years, we started talking about a way to formalize the relationship. We began serious discussions (at) the beginning of this year.
began harmonies listen listened listening music page playing stevie tape together wonder
Page was really hands-on with us. He would be listening to what we were playing and then have us listen to other music to get us inspired. He put in a Stevie Wonder tape and we were like, 'What does this have to do with us?' But after we listened to it for a while, we began to see how things could come together in harmonies and rhythm.
began borders challenge choking criminals flow legitimate secure terrorists trade vital
That began my challenge ? to secure America's borders from terrorists and other criminals without choking off the flow of legitimate trade and travel, which is so vital to our economy,
began boycott canadian hold radio refused return stations until
My retirement, back in 1976, began as a one-year boycott to challenge the media on that question. I refused to return until the media, and radio stations in particular, got a hold on identifiably Canadian songs. Stompin' Tom Connors
began chicago education entered graduate september university
My real education began when I entered the University of Chicago in September 1951 as a graduate student.
began committed continuing firmly management momentum remain team
My management team and I remain firmly committed to strengthening McDonald's relevancy and continuing the momentum that began under Jim's leadership.
began business businesses face realize
Many entrepreneurs do not realize that many of the problems their businesses face today began yesterday, long before there was a business. Robert Kiyosaki
began felt loosen matt point tendency
Matt has a tendency not to loosen up at times because of the surgery. I thought he was loose when he went out there today. He got to a point that things began to tighten a bit. He felt like he couldn't let it go.
began collateral damage found hopefully including iraqi limited military notable people potential prepare president protracted remarks role states united united-states
What I found most notable about President Bush's remarks was that he began to prepare the people for the potential long-term consequence of this action, including the possibility of a protracted military engagement, the hopefully limited collateral damage to Iraqi civilians, and the role that the United States will play after the hostilities cease, Bob Graham
began candidate crisis electoral liberal offered proclaimed statistics supreme voting
The crisis began with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, which offered voting statistics and automatically proclaimed the Liberal candidate Ricardo Maduro
began calling eyes grand lovable people press remember short time
While you're there, you become much more brusque with people. I always thought of myself as a calm, pleasant, warm, lovable sort, but after the '76 convention, some people in the press began calling me the Grand Teton. I can remember being short with people and, in the eyes of some, abrasive. But that's all I had time for. Dick Cheney
began came drop hang late match quarter third
We were under 10 late in the third quarter and down just 10 after three. Then came that spread. We just didn't match up. When we did get shots, they didn't drop and then we got down a little and began to hang our heads.
began boat clothes dressed family guess ignored looking money walked work
We were looking for a family boat. I was in construction with my father, and I began looking for a boat at some of the dealers after work. I was still dressed in my work clothes and when I walked into those places, I guess they didn't think I had any money to spend, so they ignored me. Gary Williams
began blew days living reality realize science sports studying
When I was 20, I was living in the Alps, snowboarding and studying political science. I blew out my knee, and I began to realize my days in the sport were numbered; the reality was I would never be a pro. Cary Fukunaga
began came joined refined
When I was 19, I joined a rock band, and that's when I began to say, 'Okay, this is something that I could take seriously.' When I came to Minneapolis, it just refined everything.
began frame great guys highly reference speaking talking ways
To even be talking to Troy in that frame of reference is speaking very highly of him, because those two other guys were great players. I began to see a lot of the things that they did that Troy could do, and I think Troy has a ways to go. Dick LeBeau
began change geniuses
I think Kurosawa was one of the first storytelling geniuses who began to change the narrative structure of films. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
began biggest british composing fell influence love music recordings since sound
Since I first fell in love with choral music when I was 18 and began composing at 21, I've been listening to these recordings of British choirs. I just fell in love with that sound - that pure, clean, pristine sound - and I think it's probably been the biggest influence on my sound. Eric Whitacre
began computer engineer full high hobby physicist scientist senior sf tech thirty time vice worked
I'm a physicist and computer scientist by training. I worked in high tech for thirty years as everything from engineer to senior vice president - for many of those years, writing SF as a hobby - until, in 2004, I began writing full time. Edward M. Lerner
began complex focused form implicit marine rather snail studying
Rather than studying the most complex form of memory in a very complicated animal, we had to take the most simple form - an implicit form of memory - in a very simple animal. So I began to look around for very simple animals. And I focused in on the marine snail Aplysia. Eric Kandel
began greek intent
Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it.
began bookstores dreams felt owning seeing struggling watched wonder
As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart. Karen Kingsbury
began great helped hundred models novel novels writer
'Great Expectations' was an important novel in my adolescence. It was very much one of those emblematic novels that made me wish I could write like that. It helped that my models as a writer were dead over a hundred years before I began to write. John Irving
began death toward
The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. Jean Cocteau
began compose entered experience felt great inspired living manhattan piece pressure school stories studying true
When I entered the Manhattan School of Music, I felt great pressure living and studying away from home. Then I began to compose pieces, like writing diaries. Each piece is inspired by my own experience or the true stories of friends around.
began elsewhere enjoyed fascinated greater medieval moved status twenty wales welsh women
When I moved to Wales more than twenty years ago and began to research 'Here Be Dragons,' I was fascinated from the first by the Welsh medieval laws, by the discovery that women enjoyed a greater status in Wales than elsewhere in Europe. Sharon Kay Penman
began book character characters far ricky truth
I like characters like Ignatius Reilly in 'A Confederacy of Dunces' and Ricky Gervais's character in 'The Office.' They think one thing about themselves, but the truth is as far from that as it can be. So I began to think about how to put that kind of character in a book for kids. Stephan Pastis
began east front green hot longer middle pretending realize report screen somewhere spent spots standing time war zones
The longer I spent time on 'The Daily Show,' standing in front of a green screen pretending to report from war zones and hot spots around the world - most often from somewhere in the Middle East - the more I began to realize that 'The Daily Show' was radicalizing me. Aasif Mandvi
began continued created explain intense physicists telling
Physicists explain creation by telling us that the universe began with the Big Bang, an intense energy singularity that continued expanding. But who created the singularity? Ashwin Sanghi
began breath enormous glad great until
The universe began as an enormous breath being held. I am glad that it did... until this great exhalation is finished, my thoughts live on. Ted Chiang
began drums early guitar music playing seven took until
I began playing drums when I was seven and guitar when I was fourteen, but it wasn't until the early '90s that I took music seriously. Tom Curren
began call human perversion warm
What we now call ''finance'' is, I hold, an intellectual perversion of what began as warm human love. Robert Graves