#seventeen

The cover I was really excited about was 'Seventeen' magazine. To me, it was much bigger than 'Time.' 'Seventeen' was where I wanted to be. ↗

— Molly Ringwald

#bigger #cover #excited #i #magazine

In the seventeenth year of my age my mother died. ↗

— William Lilly

#died #mother #seventeenth #year

Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those species are rare or endangered. They're on the way out, no matter what anyone does or says, you know. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#anyone #crocodile #does #endangered #example

Folks, I've been straight for seventeen days... Not all in a row. ↗

— Sam Kinison

#days #folks #i #row #seventeen

Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#almost #attributable #centuries #century #distinguishes

Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth century, were transforming the face of material civilization, and of which England was the daring, if not too scrupulous, pioneer. ↗

— E. F. Schumacher

#century #civilization #contemplate #daring #energy

I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later. ↗

— David Sedaris

#came #first #i #later #out

I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#based #been #eighteen #films #find

I've made a career over the last seventeen years of mostly playing men in uniform, especially cops. The one thing for an actor that is death, is if you're bored. The boredom will show in your work. ↗

— Benjamin Bratt

#bored #boredom #career #cops #death

I did stand-up comedy for seventeen years. I need to explore other things. ↗

— Dane Cook

#did #explore #i #need #other