All Quotes

I took part in what was actually the last eruption of Marxist internationalism.
‐‐ Christopher Hitchens

I took physics, and lo and behold, there's a lot of physics in 'Lost.' I think for most people, liberal arts educations are more abstract, but for me, it's been a chance to apply the things I've learned more directly. I also took some Folklore and Mythology classes, and I think that a lot of that influenced me.
‐‐ Carlton Cuse

I took piano for many years. I kicked and screamed through all of my lessons, but my mom really insisted.
‐‐ Kristin Kreuk

I took piano lessons as a kid, and my daughter's played piano since before she started kindergarten, so classical piano is something I really love.
‐‐ Kristan Higgins

I took piano lessons when I was like 5 or 6 but that was a long time ago. I stopped when I was 13.
‐‐ Marion Cotillard

I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.
‐‐ Jeanne Calment

I took prenatal yoga three times a week, including the morning I went into labor. It helped me stay comfortable.
‐‐ Alyssa Milano

I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
‐‐ Jack Dee

I took Second City out of desperation, and that's what ended up working out. It shows that you should be doing a lot of different stuff, taking whatever opportunities are there, to see what works.
‐‐ Bill Hader

I took several trips to New Orleans and met with people who had intimate knowledge of the underbelly of the city in the 1950s. The meetings were both fascinating and terrifying.
‐‐ Ruta Sepetys

I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing.
‐‐ Lynn Swann

I took six months off, finished high school, and hung out with friends.
‐‐ Devon Sawa

I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.
‐‐ Lisa Bonet

I took some classes in sign language when I was in my early teens because I was told that I would be completely deaf very early. But I never really wanted to learn.
‐‐ Stephanie Beacham

I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn years ago, which is to play records and slow them down to figure out the notes. At first I tried to imitate Red Garland, who was my favorite jazz pianist.
‐‐ Donald Fagen

I took some me time. I think that's a really important thing to do for yourself, especially in this business. And now I feel like I'm in a really good, positive place in my life.
‐‐ Ashlee Simpson

I took some time off after 'Titanic' because I needed to let the dust settle and recharge my battery. I felt, 'OK, you've been given a tremendous opportunity; what are you going to do with it? Now your name can finance movies that you do want to do.'
‐‐ Leonardo DiCaprio

I took some time out for life.
‐‐ James L. Brooks

I took Spanish in high school and I didn't do too well in it. My Spanish teacher told me not to go on with Spanish anymore, so I was discouraged a little bit.
‐‐ Tyler Posey

I took speech training. I took a few voice lessons in college.
‐‐ Harry Dean Stanton

I took tap and ballet, which likely contributed to my sense of rhythm and showmanship. I love creating music that gets people moving together, free of inhibitions.
‐‐ Bria Skonberg

I took tap classes growing up.
‐‐ Jon M. Chu

I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to write songs; thankfully, I also got to sing them.
‐‐ Natasha Bedingfield

I took that time off - I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane.
‐‐ Rick Springfield

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.
‐‐ Theodore Roosevelt

I took the decision that everything I would post would be positive. If you say, 'Ahh, I feel terrible today,' and you spread that to the eyes and ears of millions of people, that's not good.
‐‐ Jerome Jarre

I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M.
‐‐ John Tesh

I took the fear of marriage from my parents' relationship, because I didn't want to end up in a relationship like that, whereas my brothers and sisters learnt a lesson from it and made sure they didn't carry it on into their own marriages.
‐‐ John Mahoney

I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots.' But my dad said: 'I can't read that.' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.
‐‐ Ian Rankin

I took the hardest possible route that you could take, and I still overcame and succeeded.
‐‐ David Allan Coe

I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth, environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.
‐‐ Al Gore

I took the 'Lee' from my grandparents, who took care of me during the day while my mom was away working.
‐‐ Reggie Lee

I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind.
‐‐ David Mamet

I took the longest showers of my life after every time I visited Gramacho. It affects the personality of the catadores. They always dress really well, they're very sharp, and when they go out they always wear a lot of perfume because they're very conscious of the possibility of having the smell.
‐‐ Vik Muniz

I took the LSAT. My score was decent. I had a plan that if my score was really well, then I might of just went to Yale or Harvard... But it was just mediocre. I can get into law school.
‐‐ Vinny Guadagnino

I took the LSAT the day 'Jersey Shore' premiered, and after that I was too busy to go to law school.
‐‐ Vinny Guadagnino

I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light.
‐‐ Ang Lee

I took the obligatory economics classes in school, but I've long been a fan of the Milton Friedman philosophy and its libertarian bent: One must be free to do what one wants to do, as long as you don't harm another. This is the seminal treatise on free-market economics.
‐‐ Charlie Trotter

I took the part in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' because no one had ever asked me to play 'a life' before. I get to age through 30 years. The idea really challenged me.
‐‐ Richard Dreyfuss

I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
‐‐ Harold H. Greene

I took the process of doing as much myself as I could like a duck to water. I set up my own label and publishing, etc, and it was a fun learning curve two decades ago.
‐‐ David Knopfler

I took the rhythm place, which a lot of people didn't know how to do the way I could, and this was really the first time that Johnny had a rhythm guitar player.
‐‐ Rick Derringer

I took the role because it's rare to read a script that makes me laugh and cry, and it spoke to my own religious feelings, as well as giving me a chance to draw on my experience as a parent. Accepting it was a no-brainer.
‐‐ Stephen Collins

I took the role of Rochelle in 'Everybody Hates Chris,' and that was it. I was going to play mother roles all the time. Once you do one mother role, it's always a trickle down effect.
‐‐ Tichina Arnold

I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole and a 350,000 job loss to a $2 billion surplus and a gain of 350,000 jobs.
‐‐ John Kasich

I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.
‐‐ Mahatma Gandhi

I took the whole college prep trajectory, and then in my senior year of high school, I decided that performing was something that I had always done as a kid, and I loved it... I said, 'This makes people happy when I do this, I feel good, I get to pretend and explore other areas and learn so much'.
‐‐ Tamara Tunie

I took theatre and stuff in college, then I took a bunch of different acting classes here in L.A. Sometimes when I have a hard audition, I'll call my acting coach and he'll come help me. I actually get more nervous in acting class than I do at an actual audition. It's actually a really great way to get over your nerves.
‐‐ Melissa Ordway

I took this 'how to build computers' course basically because I'm sick and tired of getting ripped off by cheesy computer companies. Software baffles me. I like hardware. I used to change my own oil, and now I want to build my own computer so I can have what I want.
‐‐ Pat Cadigan