#gave

I realised from a very early age that God gave me a gift, and that gift was to run, and I wanted to use it to the best of my ability. ↗

— Betty Cuthbert

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My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut. ↗

— Dick Dale

#armstrong #direct #ear #gave #gut

Disney had made such a great deal of money on Snow White that the banks gave him the go-ahead on the next three films. But he was heavily dependent on the foreign market. ↗

— Marc Davis

#deal #dependent #disney #films #foreign

I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've still got it.' ↗

— Larry David

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Then he took me off Jeannie and he gave me Millie the Model. That was a big break for me. It wasn't doing to well and somehow when I got on it became quite successful. ↗

— Dan DeCarlo

#big #big break #break #doing #gave

I guess I had it made. My mother gave me advice - she taught me that women like to be looked in the eye - and my grandmother gave me condoms. ↗

— Usher

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So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear! ↗

— Nigel Dennis

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I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#before #birthday #contract #gave #had

He gave to misery (all he had) a tear. ↗

— Thomas Gray

#had #misery #tear

'Caroline In The City' was such an interesting thing, because I'd never been on the set of a sitcom or even auditioned for a sitcom when they gave me that part. ↗

— Lea Thompson

#because #been #city #even #gave