I Quotes
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“It stank pretty bad, of course: manure was caked all over the wagon. But we were free. Right then I was elated with a sense of how faithful God is to his promises; I was free, and I was smiling joyfully on a manure wagon. As we ambled along, I laughed to myself when I thought of God's sense of humor in delivering us that way. Even today, the smell of manure reminds me of freedom.”
“It stared at them, and it paused for a hundred years, which transpired in a dozen heart beats.”
“It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri”
“It started as a hobby when I was a kid, and I'm finishing as a hobby.”
“It started, as many disasters do, with a long weekend in North Yorkshire.”
Source: SaddleSore: From England to India
“It started back in '79, My whole darn future was on the line. I created a brand new sensation Through my mind and the whole darn nation.”
“It started becoming clear to me how one might have views about the nature of mind and of knowledge which are empirically informed. This way of thinking about philosophical theorizing makes sense of how philosophy might be a legitimate intellectual activity, in a way that a good deal of the armchair philosophy, I believe, cannot.”
“It started in mud, as many things do.”
“It started kind of slow, but we got back into it, bad as you might not want to. You've got to get some type of enthusiasm going out there. It's kind of kicking in as a reality. People only grieve for so long, but I'm starting to understand it.”
“It started long before this, when stars were mere particles in swirling clouds of dust. And every event since has conspired to bring us together.”
Source: 53 Letters for My Lover
“It started off for me as just wanting to be an actor and sort of resenting in a weird way being expected to write as well as be a comedian and an improviser. And then you think about it for a minute, and I smartened up and realized that the only way to sustain a career is to generate your own material. Or to be in control of your career as best you can. And in allowing yourself to do that it opens up a whole new world of possibilities. And then you're like "Oh, producing is a thing."”
“It started off really…claustrophobic. I feel like I was really really protected. Really guarded with myself. I feel like they [Def Jam] were giving me the blueprint and I couldn’t get with that”
“It started off very underprivileged, but got more affluent.' Amis suddenly smiles to himself, remembering a moment with his father. 'I remember saying – I'm very interested in class, generally – when I was going to this grammar full of Old Etonians – I remember asking my father if we were nouveau riche, and he replied: 'Well, we're very nouveau, but not very riche.' Which is about the size of it.”
Source: The Martin Amis Interview
“It started out as a typically insane idea to map every part of the published text in terms of its manuscript provenance and history, and to establish the cultural meaning of the book, part and whole.”
“It started out as kind of a joke, and then it wasn't funny anymore because money became involved. Deep down, nothing about money is funny.”
Source: The Shark-Infested Custard
“It started out slowly, it's coming on fast. I got a feeling it's gonna last. Timber, I'm falling in love.”
“It started partly as a sectarian war in some areas, but now it's not, because when you talk about sectarian war or religious war, you should have a very clear line between the sects and religions in Syria according to the geography and the demography in Syria, something we don't have.”
“It started raining and suddenly memories drenched my soul...”
“It started so early, it all runs together. But what made a huge impact on me was when I went to Europe at 15 or 16 years old. All I knew before that was music on the radio and TV. When I went over there I realized there are all different levels of music. There are people who do blues, jazz, classical, working in film, TV and all kinds of places. You might not see them on MTV but there are lots of needs and uses and opportunities for all kinds of music.”
“It started somewhere from there.”
Source: Bridge Of Writing
“It started to feel like this thing happening to me was an invisible wall between us, a barrier none of us wanted to acknowledge but that was continuously pushing us apart. I started to feel like an outsider even among my closest friends.”
“It started to hurt less because it mattered so much less.”
Source: Prostitute Laundry
“It started to rain and we just sat. Sat and watched the rain in silence.”
Source: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
“It started to rain as soon as Donald Trump stood to take the oath of office - and it rained as he was speaking and as soon as he finished and sat down it quit raining. And I thought the liberal media will say it rained on his parade. And I thought, no, what does the Bible say about rain? It's a sign of blessing.”
“It started to rain suddenly and ferociously as they pulled up in front of Rose’s house. A mist covered the truck. It was as if a fire hose had opened up on the dusty, dry earthen roads. The smell of moist earth and damp, pungent flowering trees gave off the last bit of heat from the former Carolina summer sun of a few minutes ago. Now cooled suddenly by the rainwater, an immediate fog to rose off the hot metal of the truck and the soil. It was impossible to see more than a few feet in the formidable rain and sudden fog.
Rose pulled Carmen to her and wrapped herself around her, one hand playing around through her T as she kissed her, one hand pushing gently at her pants.”
Source: Secret Love
“It started up from the skies.
Hello…wait, don't run away. I won't touch you…don't run away. I just want to talk to you. I won't do you no harm—I just want to know about your different lives on this here people farm. I heard you have your families living in cages tall and cold. And some live there past the day of old—is this true? Please let me talk to you.
I just want to know about the rooms behind your minds. Do I see a vacuum there or am I going blind, or is it remains of vibrations from echoes long ago, age-old whisper things like Love the world and let your fancy flow…the way you want to let me talk to you.”
Source: Cherokee Mist: The Lost Writings
“It started when I met you in the rain forest. When I almost stepped on the cycad and the gloxinia, but you stopped me just in time."
"That's when I made you go back and get the moonflower."
"The umbilical cord, you called it."
"We walked to Casablanca through the jungle."
"And then alongside the ocean."
"I liked you already."
"I liked you, too. You introduced me to Tamatz Kauyumari. The oldest and biggest deer."
"I sang you his spirit song."
"And then he led us to Theobroma cacao."
"I saw Panthera onca following you through the jungle, twice."
"I never should have gone to the market without you, but you were sleeping."
"That's where you met the Cashier."
"And found the mandrake. And cichorium intybus. The plant of invisibility.”
Source: Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire
“It started when I woke up, all I wanted to do is jump out of the window. I didn't want to eat anymore, because I was afraid that I might poison myself somehow.”
“It started when she passed me a note in English class. The note said you don't seem as awful as I hear you are. I passed one back that read: beware I am as awful as people say and worse. She laughed and I had a friend. She didn't become my Ally and I didn't ask her to or want her to but she became my friend and that was more than anyone else was willing to do.”
Source: A Million Little Pieces
“It started with a bashed-up baguette and the promise of dessert.
Test One
"Okay, what have you got?" Jeff asked.
"What have I got? You're the genius who said we could make a competition worthy dessert out of a floor baguette," I said.
"I'm the big ideas guy. You're the flavor guru." (He's not wrong.)
We decided on a maple bread pudding, inspired by Chef Luc Roy in Montreal.
After a bit of fiddling with measurements and deciding on doneness, about an hour and ten minutes later it was ready and smelling like heaven but too sweet, too loose, and too close to a classic pouding chômeur.
Test Two
We decreased the milk, added another egg, and removed the maple syrup. But we still needed a core flavor. Hmm, core...
"What about apple?" I suggested.
Test Three
We added some sautéed Golden Delicious, and it was good but still missing something. "Maybe a little crunch?" pondered Jeff. "Walnuts?"
"Yes," I said with a high five. "But pecans."
We were jiving like peanut butter and jam.
Fifty-seven minutes later we had another golden-brown bread pudding on our hands. It was moist but still had texture, and the flavor was definitely there. Yet it still wasn't competition-worthy.
Test Four
"I have an idea. Can you get me a small saucepan and a whisk, please?"
Jeff fetched the pan while I collected butter, sugar, cream, and Calvados, then whisked together a spiked butter sauce over the heat. I poured most of it over the still-warmed bread pudding, so it absorbed the luscious sauce like rain on Kentucky bluegrass.”
Source: Off Menu
“It started with a lemonade
And ended with my heart
This, my pretty reckless rival, is how our
screwed-up story starts”
Source: Pretty Reckless
“It started with a nose job, a staple in one out of every five Iranians, when she was in her mid-twenties. Then it was Botox. Then a face-lift. Now she's one strike away from being a bona fide palang, the name Iranians give to women who've had more touch-ups than a brush on a canvas. The word means "leopard" and Sahar believes the more operations she has, the higher the chance of her finding a husband.”
Source: Tajrish
“It started with a simple ring,
You became husband and wife,
You progressed to being parents
And you're still best friends for life.”
“It started with feelings of jealousy and like a mental virus it spread.”
Source: Fatal Eclipse
“It started with population. Not having a fixed breeding season was among the reasons why mankind achieved dominance; it kept our numbers topped up at an explosive rate. Past certain stage restrictive process set in: male libido is reduced or diverted into nonfertile channels, female ovulation is irregularized and sometimes fails completely. But long before we reach that point we find the company of our fellow creatures so unbearable we resort to war, or a tribal match. Kill one another or ourselves.
”
Source: The Shockwave Rider
“It started with Ronald Reagan, when he took away the financing to the California universities. It used to be cheap to send your kids to the UCs. They'd call it an investment, because the more you educate people, the more they'll pay in taxes, because they'll get better jobs. But Reagan said, "No, it's a cost, so you're going to have to pay the cost." So now people can't afford to get an education. Anyway, I don't want to get too political, but yeah, I think the spirit of this country is finally coming back, and hopefully it will triumph.”
“It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.”
“It started with the tongues on fanatics,
A savage nation rose to a gory war.
Carnivorously tearing off flesh,
In the name of an avenging God
Butchering; lambs, children, women and men.
And tongues have silenced the war.
Isn't that's how it's supposed to be?
'Silent', after a massacre?
Except for the fowls, warblers and some distant violins?”
“It startled him even more when just after he was awarded the Galactic Institute's Prize for Extreme Cleverness he got lynched by a rampaging mob of respectable physicists who had finally realized that the one thing they really couldn't stand was a smart-ass.”
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“It starts as it always does, with a glimpse. Her stunning looks light the fire of his deepest desire. She’s one of many, though no others have come close. The customary slave offering encompasses a plethora of stunning specimens. Though, only one catches his eye.”
Source: Amber: Priceless Gemstones
“It starts at midnight.”
Source: Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)
“It starts before you can remember: you learn, as surely as you learn to walk and talk, the rules for being a girl...
Put a little color on your face. Shave your legs. Don’t wear too much makeup. Don’t wear short skirts. Don’t distract the boys by wearing bodysuits or spaghetti straps or knee socks. Don’t distract the boys by having a body. Don’t distract the boys.
Don’t be one of those girls who can’t eat pizza. You’re getting the milk shake too? Whoa. Have you gained weight? Don’t get so skinny your curves disappear. Don’t get so curvy you aren’t skinny. Don’t take up too much space. It’s just about your health.
Be funny, but don’t hog the spotlight. Be smart, but you have a lot to learn. Don’t be a doormat, but God, don’t be bossy. Be chill. Be easygoing. Act like one of the guys. Don’t actually act like one of the guys. Be a feminist. Support the sisterhood. Wait, are you, like, gay? Maybe kiss a girl if he’s watching though—that’s hot. Put on a show. Don’t even think about putting on a show, that’s nasty.
Don’t be easy. Don’t give it up. Don’t be a prude. Don’t be cold. Don’t put him in the friend zone. Don’t act desperate. Don’t let things go too far. Don’t give him the wrong idea. Don’t blame him for trying. Don’t walk alone at night. But calm down! Don’t worry so much. Smile!
Remember, girl: It’s the best time in the history of the world to be you. You can do anything! You can do everything! You can be whatever you want to be!
Just as long as you follow the rules.”
Source: Rules for Being a Girl
“It starts between two suns
Between dream and sleep
Like a sigh after oblivion
-The way you hold the night.
It goes on in a kiss
So many pains exchanged
Like a song of compassion
-The way you reveal my name.
It ends
In my body
It ends
In a shiver
Where we remain only
Two souls
And, naturally,
We recognize each other.”
“It starts innocently. Casually. You turn up at the annual spring fair full of beans, help with the raffle tickets (because the pretty red-haired music teacher asks you to) and win a bottle of whiskey (all school raffles are fixed), and, before you know where you are, you're turning up at the weekly school council meetings, organizing concerts, discussing plans for a new music department, donating funds for the rejuvenation of the water fountains—you're implicated in the school, you're involved in it. Sooner or later you stop dropping your children at the school gates. You start following them in.”
Source: White Teeth
“It starts off like climbing a tree or solving a puzzle - poetry, if nothing else, is just fun to write. But deeper into each and every piece, you no longer hesitate to call it work. It's passion. A poet's sense of lyrical accomplishment is then his food and water, his means of survival.”
Source: Killosophy
“It starts so young, and I'm angry about that. The garbage we're taught. About love, about what's "romantic." Look at so many of the so-called romantic figures in books and movies. Do we ever stop and think how many of them would cause serious and drastic unhappiness after The End? Why are sick and dangerous personality types so often shown a passionate and tragic and something to be longed for when those are the very ones you should run for your life from? Think about it. Heathcliff. Romeo. Don Juan. Jay Gatsby. Rochester. Mr. Darcy. From the rigid control freak in The Sound of Music to all the bad boys some woman goes running to the airport to catch in the last minute of every romantic comedy. She should let him leave. Your time is so valuable, and look at these guys--depressive and moody and violent and immature and self-centered. And what about the big daddy of them all, Prince Charming? What was his secret life? We dont know anything about him, other then he looks good and comes to the rescue.”
Source: The Secret Life of Prince Charming
“It starts this way: The worth of a job is not defined by what it allows you to do when you're not working.”
“It starts when you begin to overlook good manners. Any time you quit hearing Sir and Mam the end is pretty much in sight.”
“It starts with a crush, it then may turn into love, and hopefully will end up as soulmates.”
“It starts with a lie. Each day the lies amplify. Time goes by, the lies turn to gaslighting. Eventually the lies become smears about you.”