#beg

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature. ↗

— Rita Dove

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Some of the best news stories start in gossip. Monica Lewinsky certainly was gossip in the beginning. I had heard it months before I printed it. ↗

— Matt Drudge

#beginning #best #certainly #gossip #had

Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

#creative #each #fictional #i #irritant

In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to get used to the idea of being sick before I could think about making any other major decisions in my life. ↗

— Karen Duffy

#any #before #beginning #being #could

When our assists lead to baskets, that's us playing our best, and we begin knocking down shots. ↗

— Tim Duncan

#baskets #begin #best #down #knocking

However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first poems published. It felt like entering a tradition. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

#began #british #entering #felt #first

I think we were the first picture to cut on Final Cut Pro. So we were the guinea pigs, because we got a deal on the system. But with that comes all sorts of technological problems I couldn't begin to describe. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#begin #comes #cut #deal #describe

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art. ↗

— Will Durant

#begins #ends #every #philosophy #science

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent. ↗

— Will Durant

#begins #broken #custom #every #minority

Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether I liked it or not, I had a career. ↗

— Shelley Duvall

#because #begin #better #bob #business