...his vacant eyes took on a more sinister look, taking notice of us for the first time, a stranger in our midst, a monster.
If you took everything I’d ever found hot in a girl and piled them into a corner, you’d get Cricket Hunt standing in a corner.
Not much of a childhood, Cass. When did you get to play?” With a frown, she said, “I played.” “You took apart your robot dog.
It was nice to hear the voices of little children at play, provided you took care to be far enough away not to hear what they were actually saying.
The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth,
I could kill you a thousand times over Abraham, but we would never be even. You took everything I had.
It was then I saw thy mother, and loved her, and took her away in my secret heart.
I vowed after that day that I would be your hero too, no matter how long it took
Like a lot of stupid people, it took a great deal to get an idea into the king's head, but once there, there was no shifting it.
I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.
I didn't grow up in a regular upbringing. I ended up at my grandmother's house past a certain age, so I took care of things myself. I moved out of home when I was 16.
You grow up with a heightened sense of the Civil Rights Movement, but I think it wasn't until I became of age that I really had a great appreciation for the struggle that took place.
When I did my first few television specials, my illusions were so advanced that it took a couple of years before the other illusionists could even figure out what I was doing, let alone try to imitate me.
Whether one admired or was repulsed by the positions he took on matters foreign and domestic, it is undeniable that Reagan's ability to project anger was highly attractive to his most passionate supporters on the far right - and crucial to his politi...
I was going to be a musician, no matter what it took. I supported myself with blue-collared jobs so I could write music and be in a band and play shows. I even got into an underground art scene. I was going to do whatever.
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.
I didn't have any real art training, but when I was about twelve nad thirteen, another boy and I went to a sign painter's house every Friday night and took lessons.
I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.
I’m in the Just Under A Decade club. That’s how long it took me to get a four-year degree.
My feet took an involuntary step backward as I suddenly envisioned a world where I wasn't a hot tempered smartass. It was a pretty world.
The reputation of a great work ethic that took years to build can be forgotten with one act of misjudgment.
