I began writing when I was still in the British Foreign Service, and it was then understood that even if you wrote about butterfly collecting, you used another name.
‐‐ John le Carre
I began writing with a Michael Buble mentality. I think he's fantastic, and it's the perfect music for any date night, ever.
‐‐ Joe Jonas
I begged and begged, and my uncle gave me his old turntables. It was one hi-fi and one old Stereo Lab turntable and a rusty mixer. I was really chuffed. I kept that for five years - that's where I learned to mix.
‐‐ Jamie xx
I begged my mom to let me start skating.
‐‐ Debi Thomas
I begged the universe to make me a famous comedian, and it did. So I tend not to ask for any more.
‐‐ Ron White
I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image.
‐‐ Rachel Kushner
I begin by considering an effect.
‐‐ Maurice Ravel
I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.
‐‐ Frederick the Great
I begin early in the morning and edit everything I wrote the previous day. I write until mid-afternoon. My goal is to write a chapter per week, and if I am not finished by Friday, I write on the weekend. I get a lot of fan emails and answer them every day. In the late afternoon, I attend to the business of publishing, etc.
‐‐ Virginia Henley
I begin every novel with the vow that I will not write about technology, Catholicism, or Hell. As you know, I end up writing about all three. They just happen to be personal obsessions of mine.
‐‐ Richard Dooling
I begin my day online and end my day online. I like to prepare myself for the next day and have a sense of closure before I go to bed.
‐‐ Geoffrey Zakarian
I begin my reign with profound emotion at the honour of accepting the Crown, aware of the responsibility it entails and with the greatest hope for the future of Spain.
‐‐ Felipe VI of Spain
I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took a civics class.
‐‐ Roger Ebert
I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.
‐‐ Roger Ebert
I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city.
‐‐ George Mason
I begin to perceive that I am a woman. What that is, heaven knows... the philosophy is yet to be written, there is a world to be explored.
‐‐ Pam Gems
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
‐‐ Abigail Adams
I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.
‐‐ Pablo Picasso
I begin with the premise that behavior is an incredibly important element in medicine. People's habits, their willingness to quit smoking, their willingness to take steps to avoid transmission of HIV, are all behavioral questions.
‐‐ Harold E. Varmus
I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.
‐‐ Soren Kierkegaard
I behaved poorly by starting this whole thing and I made some mistakes in dealing with it, and they made some mistakes in dealing with me, and taking down all my stuff was probably one of them.
‐‐ Gregg Easterbrook
I behaved worse than anybody for 15 years, and you have to pay the price for that. I used to blame other people, then therapy made me realise I had to change.
‐‐ Mickey Rourke
I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.
‐‐ James Taylor
I believe 2014 will be another historic year for conservatives in Arkansas, and I stand ready to help with that effort and make sure a conservative wins the 2nd Congressional District.
‐‐ Tim Griffin
I believe 3D is inevitable because it's about aligning our entertainment systems to our sensory system. We all have two eyes; we all see the world in 3D. And it's natural for us to want our entertainment in 3D as well. It's just getting the technology - it's really more the business model than the technology piece. We've solved the technology.
‐‐ James Cameron
I believe a calm dog is a happy, obedient dog that won't get into trouble.
‐‐ Cesar Millan
I believe a democracy needs men and women of conviction in its positions of leadership in order for us to succeed. That's the subject of 'A Perfect Candidate,' a film I made 20 years ago about Oliver North and Charles Robb.
‐‐ R. J. Cutler
I believe a great performer is someone who sounds just as great live as they do in the studio and vice versa. They should know how to work the stage.
‐‐ Haley Reinhart
I believe a kid who is playing is not alone. There is something brought alive during play, and this something, when played with, seems to play back.
‐‐ Lynda Barry
I believe a lot about psychology, or I'd like to learn about it - I'm someone who likes to learn about everything.
‐‐ Marilyn Manson
I believe a lot in destiny and I think that if something didn't happen, it was for a reason.
‐‐ Didier Drogba
I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
‐‐ Candice Bergen
I believe a lot of disease comes from anxiety, loneliness.
‐‐ Tom Cochrane
I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you.
‐‐ Rufus Wainwright
I believe a lot of players that start to think about money - 'Oh my goodness; I'm up for a new contract' - they don't have a great season because they're thinking about all these different things. Do your business on the field, and everything takes care of itself.
‐‐ LaDainian Tomlinson
I believe a lot of what contributes to the sadness and downward-spiraling in our lives is a sense of hopelessness. We become resentful when circumstances aren't unfolding as we want, leading us to doubt whether we will ever get what we want.
‐‐ Karen Salmansohn
I believe a man is better anchored who has a belief in the Supreme Being.
‐‐ James Cash Penney
I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.
‐‐ George W. Bush
I believe a mini-series has two audiences. The first is the media. Then I go for the television audience.
‐‐ David L. Wolper
I believe a nation does not maximize its health care until it starts to ask the hard question: How can we prioritize our expenditures to buy the most health care for the most people? We should not apologize for rationing; we should promote it and advance it.
‐‐ Richard Lamm
I believe a No. 1 song starts happening when it's believable and validating.
‐‐ Jake Owen
I believe a relationship with a country is simply bound to the interests of two countries and not by personal issues.
‐‐ Saad Hariri
I believe a solid, really strong middle-class is the key to making the country in the best way.
‐‐ Matt Damon
I believe a united Ireland is inevitable. I have never put a date on it.
‐‐ Martin McGuinness
I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.
‐‐ Laurence Housman
I believe acting is very physical, and when you have to fight or do those kinds of things, it takes a lot of respect not to allow yourself to go off and hurt yourself or someone else.
‐‐ Giancarlo Esposito
I believe acting to be my own journey through connection more than anything else, but that's only my take on it.
‐‐ Dawn Olivieri
I believe Aids is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.
‐‐ Alicia Keys
I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth.
‐‐ Stephen Hawking
I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.
‐‐ Coretta Scott King