#became

The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling of the landowner of the Middle Ages. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#became #characteristic #dwelling #form #hall

Records became much cruder in the last 20 years. Let's put it that way. ↗

— Art Garfunkel

#last #much #put #records #way

The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small. ↗

— William Langewiesche

#became #how #mastery #means #practical

America's Facebook generation shows a submission to standardization that I haven't seen before. The American adventure has always been about people forgetting their former selves - Samuel Clemens became Mark Twain, Jack Kerouac went on the road. If they had a Facebook page, they wouldn't have been able to forget their former selves. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#about #adventure #always #america #american

Sony could have $50 million and a sound stage and A-list actors and never make the same film. The constraints on this film became the essence of this film, became the power of this film. ↗

— Joshua Leonard

#constraints #could #essence #film #make

Then as the years went on and my listening became more deliberate, I would climb up on an arm of our big sofa to get my ear closer to the wireless speaker. ↗

— Seamus Heaney

#became #big #climb #closer #deliberate

Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a marathon passed through this park that later became home to Pre's Trail. ↗

— Joe Henderson

#became #converted #dump #favorite #first

I became a journalist because one didn't have to specialise. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#because #i #journalist

I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#ever #i #information #journalist #partly

I was raised - professionally - in the Public Integrity Section. I started in 1976, stayed there for 12 years. It was formed after Watergate by then-head of the Criminal Division Dick Thornburgh, who ultimately became Attorney General. ↗

— Eric Holder

#attorney #attorney general #became #criminal #division