#introduction

Before I was an actor I was a break dancer, one of those street performers you see. I guess my introduction into the professional world of performing was a stint as back up dancer for Lionel Richie and I performed at the closing ceremony at the '84 Olympics. ↗

— Cuba Gooding, Jr.

#back #back up #before #break #ceremony

I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac. ↗

— Andy Hertzfeld

#apple #april #i #introduction #left

My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#background #country #cross #cross country #england

The introduction of many minds into many fields of learning along a broad spectrum keeps alive questions about the accessibility, if not the unity, of knowledge. ↗

— Edward Levi

#accessibility #alive #along #broad #fields

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#educate #end #fixed #function #further

Intended to serve as an introduction to both the linguistic and also the practical study of spoken English. ↗

— Henry Sweet

#both #english #intended #introduction #linguistic

My name is Percy Jackson. I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York. Am I a troubled kid? Yeah. You could say that. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#humor #introduction #percy-jackson #school #trouble

Kitten, this is my best mate, Charles, but you can call him Spade. Charles, this is Cat, the woman I’ve been telling you about. You can see for yourself that everything I’ve said is…an understatement. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#introduction #humor

The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited. ↗

— Townsend Harris

#introduction #japanese #made #may #opium