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“I took one step forward but she took three steps back. 'It's all in the past. We should move on,' she said. She dramatically gestured at my whole body. 'This...whatever this is, it isn't love. We're acting right now on behalf of our past selves. This isn't love.”

Love Letting Go Moving On Lost Love Regrets Letting Go Of The Past Past Regrets

Author:Emily Grace

Source: River Of Sorrows

“I took only one suitcase, and a cosmetics case for medicines but I was worried about books. Solitude is all right with books, awful without.”

Books Travel Packing

Author:Martha Gellhorn

Source: Travels with Myself and Another

“I took only twice a time-out, once, when I was hurt, and a second time, when I much felt I was exhausted out of personal reasons.”

Reason Felt Hurt Exhausted I Was Hurt

Author:Cathy Freeman

“I took opera lessons. I can't read music to save my life, but I would just copy and get away with it. I think that they thought I could read music, but I can't. I would just listen. It was really me just mimicking. That's one of the reasons I decided I didn't want to do that anymore.”

Thinking Reason Get Away Just Listen

Author:Alex Winston

“I took out a whole fireplace and put in broken glass and installed a burner underneath, so it looks like fire on ice. I did that in my bedroom suite. I'm pretty handy.”

Looks Whole Fire Broken Glasses Ice Bedroom Handy Fireplaces Broken Glass

Author:Cory Monteith

“I took out my anger on my hair when Momma had none. Momma was dying, and her body was destroying itself from the inside out—and I didn’t want to live in a body that was healthy, or with a head full of hair, if she couldn’t have that, too. If her body was collapsing, I wanted to destroy mine.”

Loss Grief Hair Depression Self Worth Body Image

Author:Caitlin Garvey

Source: The Mourning Report

“I took out my last batch of chocolates; a handful of dark and light truffles rolled in spiced cocoa powder. There's cardamom, for comfort; vanilla seeds for sweetness; green tea, rose and tamarind for harmony and goodwill. Sprinkled with gold leaf, they look like tiny Christmas baubles; prettily scented; perfectly round- how could she resist these?”

Flavors Chocolates

Author:Joanne Harris

Source: Peaches for Father Francis

“I took out my watch and listened to it clicking away, not knowing it couldn't even lie”

Lying Watches Knowing Not Knowing

Author:William Faulkner

Source: FAULKNER READER

“I took over a city that had two riots in four years and I had none. And they knew they couldn't riot on me. And when I saw the people on the street in New York City, I said to myself, you're breaking Giuliani's rules. You don't take my streets. You can have my sidewalks, but you don't take my streets, because ambulances have to get through there, fire trucks have to get through there.”

People Years Said Two Cities Fire Saws Four Streets New York New York City Four Years Truck Riot Sidewalk Ambulance

Author:Rudy Giuliani

“I took pain pills to get to sleep because I didn't want to go to work the next day exhausted.”

Want Pain Next Work Sleep Exhausted Next Day Pills

Author:Dick York

“I took part in a theatre festival in Massachusetts two summers after I graduated from college. Then I was in Los Angeles thinking: "I'm going to go to New York." I'd decided that I would not have a chance of a film career, so I was about to make the move. I bought a plane ticket and found a place to live in New York, packed my bags and of course the universe "told me" that I was not meant to go. Suddenly, a week before I was supposed to leave, I had three job offers and one of them was my first movie.”

“I took part in the sun-tanning Olympics – I just got bronze.”

Sun Olympics Bronze Tanning

Author:Tim Vine

“I took part in two 'Leverage' conventions. Fans fly in from as far as Russia and Australia. It's expensive to attend.”

Two Fans Russia Expensive Australia Conventions

Author:Gina Bellman

“I took part of Alan Silvestri's theme on the original movie, which I really liked, and I pulled it into it new theme, which became kind of a hybrid. I really enjoyed that.”

Kind Originals Enjoyed Theme Hybrid

Author:Danny Elfman

“I took photos from 1976 to when I left in 1993, primarily for Interview and a column I had called "Bob Colacello's Out" which Andy had conceived of. I've never taken a picture since, not even with my phone! It just felt too Andy Warhol to keep going around town taking photographs. And I never really thought of doing anything with them after I left the magazine until this great Art Director Sam Shahid about for or five years ago asked where all of the old photos were.”

Years Art Left Felt Taken Five Directors Years Ago Towns Photograph Phones Magazines Interviews Five Years Keep Going Bob Great Art Columns Warhol Art Director

Author:Bob Colacello

“I took piano and drum lessons when I was young, and took a lot of choir classes in high school. Beyond that I just play by ear and learn as I go.”

Play School Young Class Lessons High School Ears Piano Choir

Author:Jason Reeves

“I took piano for many years. I kicked and screamed through all of my lessons, but my mom really insisted.”

Years Mom Lessons My Mom Piano

Author:Kristin Kreuk

“I took piano lessons when I was 6. I didn't want to go on with it. I don't remember being moved by a piece of music.”

Want Remember Pieces Goes On Lessons Moved Piano Piano Lesson

Author:Stephen Sondheim

“I took piano lessons when I was a little kid, but even before that, you're singing in the classroom and wherever. Gosh, children are always singing. But I took music lessons, some choir and things like that at school. I learned how to play the guitar when I was about 13... ancient history.”

Children Kids School Singing Ancient Classroom Little Kid Choir Ancient History

Author:Cass McCombs

“I took piano lessons when I was like 5 or 6 but that was a long time ago. I stopped when I was 13.”

Long Lessons Long Time Piano Long Time Ago Piano Lesson

Author:Marion Cotillard

“I took piano lessons when I was younger and I've been trying to learn how to play the guitar recently. I'd really like to learn how to play the drums. They're a lot of fun and they require a lot of focus.”

Trying Play Fun Focus Lessons Guitar Piano Piano Lesson

Author:Vanessa Hudgens

“I took pictures of the objects and artifacts that Patti [Smith] would show to her friends because I wanted to document them.”

Shows Wanted Objects Documents Artifacts

Author:Steven Sebring

“I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.”

Pleasure Regret Lucky

Author:Jeanne Calment

“I took possession of my own mind and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need.”

Wealth Prosperity Abundance Laws Of Attraction

Author:Andrew Carnegie

“I took prenatal yoga three times a week, including the morning I went into labor. It helped me stay comfortable.”

Three Morning Week Comfortable Yoga Labor Including Three Times

Author:Alyssa Milano

“I took Punk to be the detonation of some slow-fused projectile buried deep in society's flank a decade earlier, and I took it to be, somehow, a sign.”

Decades Buried Punk Cyberpunk Projectile

Author:William Gibson

Source: Distrust That Particular Flavor

“I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.”

Effects Depressing

Author:Jack Dee

“I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing.”

Years Body Sports Deals Balance Lessons Jazz Rhythm Ballet Timing

Author:Lynn Swann

“I took six months off, finished high school, and hung out with friends.”

School Months Six High School Finished Hung Six Months

Author:Devon Sawa

“I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.”

Friendship Religious Growing Up Growing Dog My Best Friend My Dog Solace Relationship With God Friends Growing Up

Author:Lisa Bonet

“I took some classes in sign language when I was in my early teens because I was told that I would be completely deaf very early. But I never really wanted to learn.”

Would Be Wanted Language Class Teens Deaf Sign Language

Author:Stephanie Beacham

“I took some comp for non-comp major classes with Giacomo Bracali and Ludmila Ulela, who was a really famous composition teacher.”

Class Teacher Majors Composition

Author:Jon Gordon

“I took some important things with me from sports. Rock and roll is a team sport. You're only as good as your weakest link.”

Important Sports Team Rocks Important Things Links Rock And Roll Sports Team Weakest Link

Author:Jon Bon Jovi

“I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn years ago, which is to play records and slow them down to figure out the notes. At first I tried to imitate Red Garland, who was my favorite jazz pianist.”

Way Years Firsts Play Kids Used Records Figures Lessons Musician Red Years Ago Ears Jazz Notes My Favorite Jazz Music Pianist Jazz Musician Garlands

Author:Donald Fagen

“I took some me time. I think that's a really important thing to do for yourself, especially in this business. And now I feel like I'm in a really good, positive place in my life.”

Thinking Feels Important Important Things Things To Do Good Positive

Author:Ashlee Simpson

“I...took some pride in 'not fulfilling my potential,' in part because I was terrified that if I tried my hardest, the world would learn I didn't actually have that much potential.”

Effort Failure Anxiety Potential Performance Anxiety

Author:John Green

Source: The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

“I took some time away from the music industry. I've been doing this since I was 16 and needed some time to get to know myself as a grown-up.”

Knows Industry Needed Music Industry Time Away

Author:Tove Styrke

“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 of my life.”

Enjoy Figures Skating Figure Skating Time Off

Author:Oksana Baiul

“I took some time out for life.”

Time Time Management New Year Unfaithful Life Time

Author:James L. Brooks

“I took some voice lessons here and there as a teenager but nothing too serious. I started taking it more seriously when I was in Miss Saigon. I needed to improve my technique in order to survive doing that show as many time a week as I was doing it. It's not an easy show to sing, so I needed all the help I could get.”

Helping Shows Order Easy Voice Week Missing Serious Needed Lessons Technique Teenager Here And There Saigon

Author:Lea Salonga

“I took Spanish in high school and I didn't do too well in it. My Spanish teacher told me not to go on with Spanish anymore, so I was discouraged a little bit.”

Wells Littles School Bits Teacher Goes On Little Bit High School Discouraged

Author:Tyler Posey

“I took tap classes growing up.”

Class Growing Up Growing

Author:Jon M. Chu

“I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to write songs; thankfully, I also got to sing them.”

Writing Wanted Jobs Song Deals Records Evening Demos

Author:Natasha Bedingfield

“I took that bible and I went home and I held it up and I said God, I really don't know you and I don't know myself and I don't know life, but I believe the answers are in this book.”

Knows Believe Said Book Home I Believe Answers

Author:Paula White

“I took that smile and I put it right where the hole in my chest was. It was better than coffee, or chocolate, or a perfect pirouette. I clutched it and held it tight.”

Perfect Coffee Holes Chocolate Chests Pirouettes

Author:Cecil Castellucci

“I took that story with me in the coming days and turned it over, like the stone in a ripe peach: the sudden, unexpected hard shock in the centre of everything.”

Metaphor Imagery

Author:Jennifer Saint

Source: Ariadne

“I took that time off - I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane.”

Spiritual Connected Planes Aeroplanes Time Off

Author:Rick Springfield

“I took the batteries out my mysticism / And put them in my thinking cap”

Thinking Mysticism Caps Batteries

Author:Alex Turner

“I took the book and glanced at the page Guy was reading. I quoted, ‘The rich man’s substance is the wellspring of the poor man’s living.' Ah yes, that theory, that as the rich grow richer their wealth trickles down to the poor like sand. Well, I have been practising law twenty-five years and all I have seen is it trickle ever upwards.”

Wealth Class Poverty Trickle Down Economics

Author:C.J. Sansom

Source: Tombland

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