#i came

My dad got me a huge board when I was little. He loves to surf. He suited me up and sent me out on this huge wave. I went under, and when I came out and the board hit me in the face. So I said, I never wanted to do this again. I stayed away until I was 13. ↗

— Shaun White

#away #board #came #dad #face

When I came back to skating, everyone was like 'Oh you're the snowboard guy.' ↗

— Shaun White

#came #everyone #guy #i #i came

I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overseeing it in a compassionate way. ↗

— Rainn Wilson

#came #compassionate #conceive #did #god

I saw a picture of myself when I came out of the hospital. I didn't recognize myself. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#hospital #i #i came #myself #out

I always loved working as an actress, but I didn't understand why I couldn't just opt out of being famous. And then I realized you can, and I think I did. And eventually, I came to understand that you can do that and also keep working. ↗

— Debra Winger

#also #always #being #being famous #came

It was with 9/11 that I came to fully appreciate and embrace NPR's irreplaceability as a sanity preserver, its unique virtues as first responder on the burning scene. ↗

— James Wolcott

#burning #came #embrace #first #fully

When I saw 'The Player', I came out with knots in my stomach because it was so true to my experience. ↗

— Douglas Wood

#came #experience #i #i came #knots

In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community. ↗

— Chely Wright

#christian #christian home #community #decade #first

I came along at a time when the industry was eating its young. ↗

— Chely Wright

#came #eating #i #i came #industry

I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy. ↗