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Beginning Quotes

"We based the look on rock 'n roll right from the beginning."

"We based the look on rock 'n roll right from the beginning."

Vivienne Westwood, English Designer

Beginning, Right

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"We own the economy. We own the beginning of the turnaround and we want to make sure that we continue that pace of recovery, not go back to the policies of the past under the Bush administration that put us in the ditch in the first place."

"We own the economy. We own the beginning of the turnaround and we want to make sure that we continue that pace of recovery, not go back to the policies of the past under the Bush administration that put us in the ditch in the first place."

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American Politician

Beginning, Economy, First, Past

20

"I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career."

"I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career."

William Joyce, American Author

Beginning, Career, Fact, Literary

20

"Beginning with exercise, the best training program available for real results is circuit training."

"Beginning with exercise, the best training program available for real results is circuit training."

Lee Haney, American Athlete

Beginning, Exercise, Results, Training

20

"Being the gateway to a large city, St. Louis, I had felt from the very beginning that somehow this building should symbolize this sense of being a gateway."

"Being the gateway to a large city, St. Louis, I had felt from the very beginning that somehow this building should symbolize this sense of being a gateway."

Minoru Yamasaki, American Architect

Beginning, Being, Building, Sense

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"I don't know why, but I never felt I was gonna stay with the Stones forever, even right from the beginning."

"I don't know why, but I never felt I was gonna stay with the Stones forever, even right from the beginning."

Mick Taylor, English Musician

Beginning, Right

19

"I met some friends in the end of 10th, beginning of 11th, who were in the popular group so I finished off high school in that group and got to see both sides."

"I met some friends in the end of 10th, beginning of 11th, who were in the popular group so I finished off high school in that group and got to see both sides."

Shane West, American Actor

Beginning, End, Friends, Popular

19

"Both sides know the last election was just the beginning of the next election. It's clear there has been no attempt to have any kind of getting along."

"Both sides know the last election was just the beginning of the next election. It's clear there has been no attempt to have any kind of getting along."

David Keene, American Activist

19

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end."

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end."

Gilda Radner, American Actress

Beginning, End, Ending, Now

19

"Good seasons start with good beginnings."

"Good seasons start with good beginnings."

Sparky Anderson, American Coach

Beginning, Beginnings, Seasons

19

"So many have been growing with us from the very beginning of our career. Others are brand new to us."

Eydie Gorme, American Musician

Beginning, Career

19

"Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest.The blessing is in the seed."

"Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest.The blessing is in the seed."

Muriel Rukeyser, American Poet

Beginning, Beginnings

19

"I wrote most of these songs right before the end. A lot of these songs are about that. Even if it's not direct, you can feel the beginning of the end of the breakup in these songs."

"I wrote most of these songs right before the end. A lot of these songs are about that. Even if it's not direct, you can feel the beginning of the end of the breakup in these songs."

Gene Ween, American Musician

Beginning, End, Right, Songs

19

"I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning."

"I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning."

Peter Jennings, Canadian Journalist

19

"Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification."

"Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification."

John Donne, British Poet

19

"In the beginning, Barry and I couldn't decide if we were going got go forward with the name of the Bee Gees or just as Barry and Robin. Now we've decided to continue as the Bee Gees because we feel we can, and Maurice would have wanted it."

"In the beginning, Barry and I couldn't decide if we were going got go forward with the name of the Bee Gees or just as Barry and Robin. Now we've decided to continue as the Bee Gees because we feel we can, and Maurice would have wanted it."

Robin Gibb, English Musician

Beginning, Name, Now

19

"The fight for sanity in our gun safety laws is not by any means over. In many ways it's just beginning."

"The fight for sanity in our gun safety laws is not by any means over. In many ways it's just beginning."

Michael D. Barnes, American Politician

Beginning, Fight, Laws, Safety

19

"South Vietnam had to be built from scratch and, from the very beginning, depended far too much on the Western superpowers. As in the case of a person on public welfare, this dependency, which became greater with each day, was quite difficult to shake."

"South Vietnam had to be built from scratch and, from the very beginning, depended far too much on the Western superpowers. As in the case of a person on public welfare, this dependency, which became greater with each day, was quite difficult to shake."

Nguyen Cao Ky, Vietnamese Politician

Beginning, Day, Public, Vietnam

19

"I think a playwright realizes after he finishes working on the script that this is only the beginning. What will happen when it moves into three dimensions?"

"I think a playwright realizes after he finishes working on the script that this is only the beginning. What will happen when it moves into three dimensions?"

Don DeLillo, American Novelist

Beginning, Will

19

"At the beginning of the 60's our country called the foreign workers to come to Germany and now they live in our country. We kidded ourselves a while, we said: 'They won't stay, sometime they will be gone.' But this isn't reality."

"At the beginning of the 60's our country called the foreign workers to come to Germany and now they live in our country. We kidded ourselves a while, we said: 'They won't stay, sometime they will be gone.' But this isn't reality."

Angela Merkel, German Statesman

Beginning, Country, Germany, Now

19

"They have learned that resistance is actually possible. The holds are beginning to slip away."

"They have learned that resistance is actually possible. The holds are beginning to slip away."

George Jackson, American Activist

19

"Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only the tiniest beginnings of that."

"Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only the tiniest beginnings of that."

Susan George, American Activist

Beginning, Beginnings, Democracy

19

"At the beginning of the nineteenth century we abandoned tradition, it's at that point that I intend to renew it because the present is built on the past just as the past was built on the times that went before it."

"At the beginning of the nineteenth century we abandoned tradition, it's at that point that I intend to renew it because the present is built on the past just as the past was built on the times that went before it."

Adolf Loos, Austrian Architect

Beginning, Past, Present, Tradition

19

"In the beginning Remo is a very New York street cop who changes and is changed as he moves along."

"In the beginning Remo is a very New York street cop who changes and is changed as he moves along."

Fred Ward, American Actor

19

"At the beginning Scully was much more sceptical than she is now."

"At the beginning Scully was much more sceptical than she is now."

Gillian Anderson, American Actress

19

"I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today."

"I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today."

Carly Fiorina, American Businessman

Beginning, End, Today

19

"I think too many Democrats are too wimpy. But I think they're beginning to toughen up."

"I think too many Democrats are too wimpy. But I think they're beginning to toughen up."

Paul Begala, American Journalist

Beginning, Democrats

18

"The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness."

"The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

Beginning, End, Loneliness, Talk

18

"The law established by the Creator, which has existed from the beginning, extends over the whole globe, is everywhere and at all times binding upon mankind."

"The law established by the Creator, which has existed from the beginning, extends over the whole globe, is everywhere and at all times binding upon mankind."

Rufus King, American Lawyer

Beginning, Law, Mankind

18

"I think we're in the beginning of a bull market. When a bull market begins, nine months later the economy turns around."

"I think we're in the beginning of a bull market. When a bull market begins, nine months later the economy turns around."

Sumner Redstone, American Businessman

Beginning, Economy, Months

18

"He will be beginning a brand new chapter in the Michael Jackson legend."

LaToya Jackson, American Musician

Beginning, Will

18

"They started to try and keep us off the air in the beginning."

"They started to try and keep us off the air in the beginning."

Della Reese, American Musician

18

"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it."

"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it."

Clarence Darrow, American Lawyer

Beginning, President

18

"As New Zealanders, we've been in on the United Nations from the very beginning, played a role in the drafting of the charter - it means a lot to us that those processes are followed."

"As New Zealanders, we've been in on the United Nations from the very beginning, played a role in the drafting of the charter - it means a lot to us that those processes are followed."

Helen Clark, New Zealander Statesman

Beginning, Nations, United, Newzealander

18

"The funniest thing happened in one of my first scenes. In the beginning Emma was really arrogant and punk and in every scene she would slam the door when she walked in or out."

"The funniest thing happened in one of my first scenes. In the beginning Emma was really arrogant and punk and in every scene she would slam the door when she walked in or out."

Dannii Minogue, Australian Musician

Beginning, First, Punk

18

"I'm beginning to think that you should only be allowed to serve two terms, before madness sets in."

"I'm beginning to think that you should only be allowed to serve two terms, before madness sets in."

Chris Lowe, English Musician

Beginning, Madness

18

"Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking."

"Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking."

Robert Duvall, American Actor

Beginning, End, Hollywood

18

"I don't believe we're seeing the beginning of a divergence. We have seen a partial divergence on this case."

"I don't believe we're seeing the beginning of a divergence. We have seen a partial divergence on this case."

Mario Monti, Italian Public Servant

18

"You always think you're better than you are in the beginning."

"You always think you're better than you are in the beginning."

Todd Barry, American Comedian

18

"The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with a beginning, a middle and an appropriate end, only to find that they are mostly middles."

"The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with a beginning, a middle and an appropriate end, only to find that they are mostly middles."

Anatole Broyard, American Critic

Beginning, Being, End

18

"I'm just beginning to develop callouses on my fingers, because I haven't played a lot."

"I'm just beginning to develop callouses on my fingers, because I haven't played a lot."

Ike Turner, American Musician

18

"Spiritual beings, either from the beginning or soon thereafter, become what they are to be for ever and ever."

"Spiritual beings, either from the beginning or soon thereafter, become what they are to be for ever and ever."

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian Writer

Beginning, Spiritual

18

"Although it's only the beginning of the championship, I am very surprised at my capability."

"Although it's only the beginning of the championship, I am very surprised at my capability."

Jean Alesi, French Celebrity

18

"A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by little it grows nothing but vegetables, nothing, nothing but vegetables."

"A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by little it grows nothing but vegetables, nothing, nothing but vegetables."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Beginning, Garden, Nothing

18

"What began as a revolt in response to the King of Great Britain's repeated injuries against the colonies, soon became a passionate and glorious call to fight for the beginnings of a new country."

"What began as a revolt in response to the King of Great Britain's repeated injuries against the colonies, soon became a passionate and glorious call to fight for the beginnings of a new country."

John Linder, American Politician

Beginning, Beginnings, Country, Fight

18

"Everything that has a beginning comes to an end."

"Everything that has a beginning comes to an end."

Marcus Fabius Quintilian, Roman Philosopher

18

"It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period."

"It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period."

Christine Lahti, American Actress

Beginning, Career, Choice, Right

18

"Beginning to create again was something that I took for granted but I never will take it for granted again."

"Beginning to create again was something that I took for granted but I never will take it for granted again."

Lou Gramm, American Musician

Beginning, Will

18

"This was the first day of our beginning to take up plants: we had much pleasure in collecting them for the natives offered their assistance and perfectly understood the method of taking them up and pruning them."

"This was the first day of our beginning to take up plants: we had much pleasure in collecting them for the natives offered their assistance and perfectly understood the method of taking them up and pruning them."

William Bligh, British Soldier

Beginning, Day, First, Pleasure

17

"I felt the weight of the past at the beginning of my career of singer."

"I felt the weight of the past at the beginning of my career of singer."

Yannick Noah, French Athlete

Beginning, Career, Past, Weight

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