#tart

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#first #history #lie #real #real history

An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing? ↗

— Peter Brook

#directing #earth #finding #icon #jesus

It started twelve and went on until twelve. I never had to buy a drink all day! ↗

— Michael Owen Bruce

#buy #day #drink #had #i

When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause. ↗

— Ruth Brown

#duke #duke ellington #ellington #got #i

I started rapping when I was about 12 or 13, just playing around with it. ↗

— Young Buck

#around #i #just #playing #rapping

I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#flat #hang #i #i always #real

I got out of high school, bought a recording studio and started operating it as an engineer and a producer. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#engineer #got #high #high school #i

My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers! ↗

— Meg Cabot

#dad #dating #death #few #inspiration

I am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to start creating jobs again. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#am #comes #creating #creators #desperately

My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them! ↗

— Frank Capra

#film-makers #follow #start #them #trends