I had started Zero-G specifically to broaden the public for access to weightlessness. Peter Diamandis accessbroadenpublic Change image and share on social
I had still never read one of the Bond books when the movie Dr. No came out. Leslie Charteris bondbookmovie Change image and share on social
I had stopped going to church the moment I joined the Regiment. No more could my mother nag me into God's presence. Spike Milligan churchgodjoin Change image and share on social
I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you. Manuel Puig halfhourmovie Change image and share on social
I had strong legs that would have made me a good sumo wrestler and I used that to my advantage, but my home runs were achieved by technique. Sadaharu Oh achieveadvantagegood Change image and share on social
I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth. Edgar Mitchell astronomyharvardheaven Change image and share on social
I had studied Irish history. I had read speeches from the dock. I had tried to fuse the vivid past of my nation with the lost spaces of my childhood. I had learned the battles, the ballads, the defeats. It never occurred to me that eventually the power and insistence of a national tradition would offer me only a new way of not belonging. Eavan Boland balladbattlebelong share on social
I had studied piano since I was 13, but I was surrounded by students who'd been playing since they were 5. I realized I was never going to be anything but mediocre. Kevin Kline mediocrepianoplay Change image and share on social
I had studied Russian in college. I had gotten into it first through literature and then just really found it kind of fascinating; of course, this was during the Cold War. So they were kind of the other great enemy that you grew up hearing about. Scott Shane coldcollegeenemy share on social
I had studied the violin to a certain amount of success. At some point, I realized that I didn't really like the violin. I was only doing it because I could, and I was good at it, and everyone was encouraging me. But I didn't have a great love for it. B. D. Wong amountencouragegood share on social