Once I started the first school, I realized this is what my life is meant to be, is to promote education and help kids go to school, and that's very clear. Greg Mortenson cleareducationkid Change image and share on social
Once I started to get aligned with the God in me, something hit me hard: I learned that our worth, our validation, our purpose and our acceptance don't stem from what we should do. They don't stem from what we have. They don't stem from what we've done or who we were. They stem simply from the fact that we are. Grace Gealey acceptancealignfact share on social
Once I started to grow up, I realised that my parents are normal people and they can make mistakes. Alfie Allen growmakemistake Change image and share on social
Once I started working as a professional actor, it was like, 'Bye-bye waiting tables, bye-bye bartending, bye-bye all the cliched jobs actors do.' But after a year of not getting work, there's this really difficult conflict, like, 'Do I have to go back to being a waiter when people recognize me from a show?' David Walton actorbackbartending share on social
Once I started working with generative music in the 1970s, I was flirting with ideas of making a kind of endless music - not like a record that you'd put on, which would play for a while and finish. Brian Eno 1970sendlessfinish Change image and share on social
Once I started working with older people, I realized how much I enjoyed the intellectual challenge of taking care of patients who have multiple, complex medical problems. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey carechallengecomplex Change image and share on social
Once I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories. Elizabeth McCracken goodhardnovel Change image and share on social
Once I started writing the screenplay of 'Bride & Prejudice,' I was convinced Jane Austen was a Punjabi in her previous birth. Gurinder Chadha austenbirthbride Change image and share on social
Once, I thought I had a novel, and it turned out it was only a short story. I wrote about 800 pages, but it ended up being a short story. And if it ever happens to me again, I Will Go Insane. Richard Bausch endinsanepage Change image and share on social