#went

After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

#came #crowd #effects #few #first

I went to medical school because I wanted to ask the big questions. Do we have a soul? Does God exist? What happens after death? ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#ask #because #big #big questions #death

Now, to describe the process of the Wrapped Reichstag, which went from 1971 to '95, there is an entire book about that, because each one of our projects has its own book. The book is not an art book, meaning it's not written by an art historian. ↗

— Christo

#art #because #book #describe #each

I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

#became #because #become #card #catalog

In my teens or twenties I wanted to do Blanche. Now I'm over that. Those roles are not attracting me now. Which is odd, because that's what most every actress would want to go do. ↗

— Delta Burke

#attracting #because #blanche #every #go

People that went to art house theatre have more options, I used to go, but now think any movie can be delivered in a red envelope three months after it's released so why not watch it on my flat screen in the comfort of home. ↗

— Edward Burns

#any #art #comfort #delivered #envelope

Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put on the uniform and serve us. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#aside #civilian #lives #living #men

Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was just hiding in a little thicket of grass at my school, and went to sleep. ↗

— Zhang Ziyi

#away #called #could #find #grass

When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#came #distinguished #down #enough #flooding

Although I believe that scripture is divinely inspired and infallible, I have a hard time going along with the belief that the whole creation process occurred in six twenty-four hour days. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#although #belief #believe #creation #days