#beginnings

To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that. ↗

— John Barton

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Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings. ↗

— Robert Collier

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

— Susan George

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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness. ↗

— Titus Livius

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In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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It was about this time that I began experiencing the beginnings of my battles with an anxiety disorder. We were touring a lot and there were some developing personal problems within the band. ↗

— Jack Irons

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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

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For all the social changes in China can be traced to their early beginnings in the days when the new tools or vehicles of commerce and locomotion first brought the Chinese people into unavoidable contact with the strange ways and novel goods of the Western peoples. ↗

— Hu Shih

#brought #changes #china #chinese #chinese people

But don’t you think there some stories that are more alive than that? When you put certain books back on the shelf, don’t you feel as if the people inside are going on with their lives after the story is over?” Lucy felt that way about most of the books she loved. ↗

— Kristin Kladstrup

#the-book-of-story-beginnings #love