#begin

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope. ↗

— Henri Matisse

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I jump into the process, and the record begins to gel at some point. Then I begin to get a picture of where I'm going. But it's not always something I know on the front-end. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

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I can't even begin to tell you how many casting couches I was attacked on. Not just by casting people, but by stars. ↗

— Jenny McCarthy

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Paul persuaded me to join the band. I would never have had the courage otherwise. It was fun at the beginning. We were playing just for fun, with Paul's group. ↗

— Linda McCartney

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The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind. ↗

— David McCullough

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Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

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A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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Saving lives is not a top priority in the halls of power. Being compassionate and concerned about human life can cause a man to lose his job. It can cause a woman not to get the job to begin with. ↗

— Myriam Miedzian

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