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My new novel 'Red Hook Road' began many years ago as a short article in the newspaper.

~Ayelet Waldman

Topics: Article Began Hook Many New Newspaper Novel Red Road Short Years Years Ago

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When I began my political career, I identified with Malcolm X.

~Ayman Odeh

Topics: Began Career Identified Malcolm Malcolm X Political

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After a century of trying, we declared that healthcare in America is not a privilege for a few, it is a right for everybody. After decades of talk, we finally began to wean ourselves off foreign oil. We doubled our production of clean energy. We brought more of our troops home to their families, and we delivered justice to Osama bin Laden.

~Barack Obama

Topics: After America Began Bin Brought Century Clean Clean Energy Decades Delivered Energy Everybody Families Few Finally Foreign Foreign Oil Healthcare Home Justice More Off Oil Our Ourselves Privilege Production Right Talk Troops Trying

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It was not until I was in my forties, in the fifth decade of my life, that the sense of place, the spirit of place, became of paramount importance to me. It was then that I began my travels, that I discovered, through photography, the quality of light, and that I gradually became able to paint the mood of place.

~Barbara Cooney

Topics: Able Became Began Decade Discovered Fifth Forties Gradually Importance Life Light Me Mood My Life Paint Paramount Photography Place Quality Sense Spirit Then Through Travels Until

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Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Been Began Country Depicted Easy Fiction Fun Manner Outsiders Poke Poor Region Ridiculed Since Situation Sort Southern Suspicious Them Us Versus Very

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Ever since I began writing my Junie B. Jones series, people have been assuming that the character is based on me when I was a little girl. The fact is, though, that Junie B. and I have very little in common.

~Barbara Park

Topics: Assuming Based Been Began Character Common Ever Fact Girl Little Little Girl Me People Series Since Though Very Writing

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I only began to sing because I couldn't get a job as an actress.

~Barbra Streisand

Topics: Actress Because Began Get Job Only Sing

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The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: About After Assault Began Environment Immediately Modern War World World War World War Ii Years Years Ago

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Broadcasting began, essentially, in the hands of very, very few players - actually two - and when television came along, there were two networks, then three. Rules began to get formulated that essentially protected that concentrated group.

~Barry Diller

Topics: Actually Along Began Broadcasting Came Concentrated Essentially Few Get Group Hands Networks Players Protected Rules Television Then Three Two Very Were

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Growing up, I wasn't the most vocal kid in the world. I feel like I learned through observation, and usually, when you're watching things, you're not speaking. That sort of metastasized in a way that I began to participate less and less in the world.

~Barry Jenkins

Topics: Began Feel Growing Growing Up Kid Learned Less Like Most Observation Participate Sort Speaking Things Through Up Vocal Watching Way World You I Feel I Feel Like

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