#took

For that story, I took as my subject a young woman whom I got to know over the course of a couple of visits. I never saw her having any health problems - but I knew she wanted to be married. ↗

— Jhumoa Lahiri

#couple #course #got #having #health

For that story, I took as my subject a young woman whom I got to know over the course of a couple of visits. I never saw her having any health problems - but I knew she wanted to be married. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#couple #course #got #having #health

It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#me #months #nine #pages #took

I took my time to find the perfect girl. ↗

— Joe Namath

#girl #i #my time #perfect #time

I wasn't like those girls who give birth and are back on the runway. It took me probably six months to gain 45 pounds and I would say it took me double that time to lose it. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#birth #double #gain #give #i

Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#called #came #citizenship #everything #exams

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#compromise #magic #me #philosophical #tolerance

The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn't get a divorce for almost a year. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#almost #amount #ceremony #divorce #get

I know I'll never feel that sensation of racing and winning again and that took a while to get used to. The Tour was a race I never thought I could lose. ↗

— Greg LeMond

#could #feel #get #i #know

We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5-4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman. ↗

— Lilly Ledbetter

#american #because #court #decision #equal