#took

At last, someone came to tell me I'd been selected as commissioner, which gave rise to the line that I took the job with clean hands. I was then taken downstairs to a press conference, and the reporters were as surprised as I was. ↗

— Pete Rozelle

#came #clean #commissioner #conference #downstairs

I was staying with my sister and messing around with the guitar every day for my own amusement. Then she took me around and introduced me to Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and the first time I saw that onstage, it inspired me to play. I thought that was the world. ↗

— Otis Rush

#around #day #every #every day #first

It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#best #could #dedicated #did #figure

I wanted to make pictures where you would not know who took them. I also bring the present into the past. ↗

— Julian Schnabel

#bring #i #into #know #make

Yet, only years after the Nazi-era, millions were sent to their deaths in places such as Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda, and the world once again took too long to act. ↗

— Allyson Schwartz

#after #again #bosnia #cambodia #deaths

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health. ↗

— Tony Shalhoub

#emotional #emphasis #health #i #material

I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it. ↗

— Omar Sharif

#any #anymore #bridge #card #even

It took a bit of talking through administrative people, but only once did an attorney try and get in the way of the process and say their artist couldn't do it. ↗

— Jules Shear

#artist #attorney #bit #did #get

The guy was infected with bird flu because he took a sick chicken, slaughtered it and and then ate it. ↗

— Thaksin Shinawatra

#because #bird #chicken #flu #guy

I drew a picture on the back of a calendar in pencil. In those days they used to give out free calendars, I had no art paper, so I took whatever else I could. ↗

— Joe Shuster

#back #calendar #calendars #could #days