#introduced

In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons, to swat an insect or speak an angry word, a discipline that introduced them to a new way of living. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#any #carry #city #discipline #forbidden

Johns Hopkins introduced me to two defining events in my life: commitment to biomedical research and meeting my future wife, Mary. ↗

— Peter Agre

#commitment #defining #events #future #hopkins

In 2003, I introduced and passed The Tornado Shelters Act, which allows local governments to use Community Development Block Grant funds to construct storm shelters in manufactured housing communities. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#allows #block #communities #community #construct

One researcher just determined that African and Indian elephants make each other sick. When a new animal or plant is introduced to a habitat bad things happen. The biggest danger to native wildlife is foreign wildlife. ↗

— Robert T. Bakker

#animal #bad #biggest #danger #determined

I was introduced to country music around a campfire on a farm. ↗

— Gavin DeGraw

#campfire #country #country music #farm #i

Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed an estimated 95% of the New World's Indian population. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#another #diseases #estimated #europeans #far

I was modeling with an agency in New York and a manager with the agency introduced himself to me one day and he said he had auditions for someone my age. He asked if I would be interested in doing some. ↗

— Alexis Bledel

#agency #asked #auditions #day #doing

Depending on what your interest in theater is, I always recommend working on plays. It's a great way to be introduced to the field, and also a great way to be seen by agents and representation. I'm also a great advocate for studying acting at a drama school or a college. ↗

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

#advocate #agents #also #always #college

Every time new technology is introduced, especially involving reproduction, you get the 'yuck' effect. ↗

— Brigitte Boisselier

#especially #every #every time #get #introduced

Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being, to be in every respect conformed to him, and in that way to enjoy him. ↗

— David Brainerd

#being #desire #divine #enjoy #every