#year

I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn't that way growing up. ↗

— Tony Dungy

#could #english #english teacher #growing #growing up

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

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For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand how people could fail to be moved by art. ↗

— Rita Dove

#art #complained #could #fail #failed

For hundreds of years, that was the major form of entertainment: The grown-ups sat around and watched the kids play. Now they sit around and watch the television. The actors are the kids. ↗

— David Duchovny

#entertainment #form #grown-ups #hundreds #kids

In my imagination yes, I remember, when I was six years old, I was conducting all this concert in my house. But now it's real. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

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We know next to nothing of what we're going to know in 20 or 50 years. ↗

— Leon Kass

#know #next #nothing #years

It's a real leveller, you know, to do theatre at least once every two years. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#know #least #once #real #theatre

I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano. ↗

— Carla Bley

#father #free #got #i #instead