#became

Probably I, like a lot of people, became a writer in imitation of or in homage to the books I enjoyed. When you're so captivated by something, you think, could I do that? Hmm, let me try. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#books #captivated #could #enjoyed #hmm

My art became very public. ↗

— Joey Skaggs

#became #public #very

It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight. ↗

— Kate Smith

#carrying #endangering #health #i #much

Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to you; it's the most vulnerable that you can be. But once I realized that, I became a stronger person and faced all my fears. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#done #faced #fears #humiliating #i

The place of my birth, and residence for nearly sixteen years, in the early part of my life, became endeared to my feelings and affections; and more especially so after I had quitted it for an unknown place, and to associate with strangers. ↗

— John Britton

#after #associate #became #birth #early

I became the unnatural son of a few score of beaten men. ↗

— Neal Cassady

#became #few #i #men #score

At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general. ↗

— Jung Chang

#became #fifteen #general #grandmother

But somehow, I felt no inclination to be interested in it in any amateur way, let alone professional, until suddenly I became interested. And the first thing I did was to compose: not play an instrument, but to compose. ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#amateur #any #became #compose #did

We had our first earthquake over here recently. That was a bizarre feeling. I just became disoriented and I remember my dad freaking out. Nothing broke or anything. ↗

— Ashley Scott

#became #bizarre #broke #dad #disoriented

But when it became an international hoopla where careers lived and died on whether or not you did or didn't get an Oscar, then it got out of hand. ↗

— George C. Scott

#careers #did #died #get #got