The first time I
The first time I got on stage I was 10 years old and I did impressions. I did cartoon characters and I really got the bug for this life when I saw that people were laughing and saw the attention I was getting. Gabriel Iglesias
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When I first got
When I first got to St. Louis, I saw the arch and I said, ‘I want to go to that McDonalds. Gabriel Iglesias
Growing up, I didn’t
Growing up, I didn’t know very much about my heritage and the Soviet Union and things of that nature. But when I saw the Soviet Union play hockey for the first time, to me, it was profound. Gabe Polsky
What, did you think,
What, did you think, she asked, laughing as he struggled up the bank, that I, a Gaulish maiden, could not swim? I did not think anything about it, Malchus said; I saw you pushed in and followed without thinking at all. Although they imperfectly understood each other’s words the meaning was clear; the girl put … Read more
I once saw a
I once saw a small child go to an electric light switch as say, Mamma, can I open the light? She was using the age-old language of exploration, the language of art. Ezra Pound
In mysticism that love
In mysticism that love of truth which we saw as the beginning of all philosophy leaves the merely intellectual sphere, and takes on the assured aspect of a personal passion. Where the philosopher guesses and argues, the mystic lives and looks; and speaks, consequently, the disconcerting language of first-hand experience, not the neat dialectic of … Read more
The first time I
The first time I ever saw your face, I thought the sun rose in your eyes and the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave to the dark and empty sky, my love. Ewan MacColl
Kids come up to
Kids come up to me all the time and say, ‘Once I was going through a really bad time, and I saw you crash and get up, and it inspired me.’ Evel Knievel
What if, instead of
What if, instead of being afraid of even talking about death, we saw our lives in some ways as preparation for it. What if we were taught to ponder it and reflect on it and talk about it and enter it and rehearse it and try it on?What if, rather than being cast out and … Read more
I was a young
I was a young feminist in the ’70s. Feminism saved my life. It gave me a life. But I saw how so much of what people were saying was not matching up with what they were doing. For example, we were talking about sister solidarity, and women were putting each other down. We were talking … Read more