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I began to feel heard in that movement. But it was because my voice was resonating with other voices.
Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich This poem began as an emulation of Siqueiros’s compositional style and, in the process, became an ekphrastic aubade about my old neighborhood.
Adrian MatejkaAdrian Matejka It wasn’t only fanatics and drunkards who began conversations with strangers in public.
Alain de BottonAlain de Botton And it was about then, about that time, that I began to find life unsatisfactory as an explanation of itself and was forced to adopt the method of the artist of not explaining but putting the blocks together in some other way that seems more significant to him. Which is a rather fancy way of saying I started writing.
Tennessee WilliamsTennessee Williams Rock ‘n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and features blues and rhythm.
Alan FreedAlan Freed Then they begin to see through their language that the problems described there are the same as the problems they are having. They can identify with characters from another language group.
Ngugi wa Thiong'oNgugi wa Thiong'o The situation began to change, revolutionary conditions was created…we simply wanted to change the regime.
Akbar GanjiAkbar Ganji When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch’s statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It’s where it all began and ended.
Alan FurstAlan Furst I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
Barbra StreisandBarbra Streisand I began to write when I was seven, and I have been writing off and on ever since. It is still off and on. You can say that when I am on, when I know I have a book which I am going to write, then I write two thousand words a day. That’s so many pages longhand.
William GoldingWilliam Golding Then a dog began to howl somewhere in a farmhouse far down the road, a long, agonized wailing, as if from fear. The sound was taken up by another dog, and then another and another, till, borne on the wind which now sighed softly through the Pass.
Bram StokerBram Stoker It’s all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won’t be over until tomorrow.
William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner You begin to understand that warriorship is a path or a thread that runs through your entire life. It is not just a technique that you apply when you are unhappy or depressed. Warriorship is a continual journey. To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life. That is the warrior’s discipline
Chogyam TrungpaChogyam Trungpa I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head.
William GoldingWilliam Golding You began your journey here as a pup. Now you must find your way back. A new quest, a new start.
Rick RiordanRick Riordan