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“Petronius once told me that pathological murderers tend to start their killing sprees while they are children. Find a man who takes prostitutes off the streets as a personal vocation, and he'll probably have a set of neat jars with his childhood collection of dissected rats.”

Lindsey Davis book Nemesis

Nemesis (2010)

Children, Childhood, Personality
Peter Hitchens photo

“It is a fantasy to believe that you punish politicians by throwing them out of office. It is when they leave office that they start making the real money.”

Peter Hitchens (1951) author, journalist

2022-06-01
GB News Dewbs & Co

Money
Dmitry Muratov photo

“Aggressive marketing of war affects people and they start thinking that war is acceptable. Governments and their propaganda supporters are fully responsible for the militaristic rhetoric on state-owned television channels.”

Dmitry Muratov (1961) Russian journalist and television presenter

War, People, Support, Thinking
Sandy Koufax photo

“I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.”

Sandy Koufax (1935) American baseball player

As quote in "Quote... : Father knows best; Soviet hindsight; Life in the NBA: Koufax strategy," The Christian Science Monitor (June 24, 1976), p. 11

Dilgo Khyentse photo

“There’s no time, no time!
There’s no time to rest!
When suddenly death is upon
you, what will you do?
Now you’d better start practicing
the sublime Dharma right away;
Now, quick, hurry-recite the six-syllable mantra.”

Dilgo Khyentse (1910–1991) Bhutanese Buddhist Lama

Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones (1992)

Death, Time
Josh Duffy photo

“If I have to start fires, to put out fires, then so be it.”

Josh Duffy (1978) Subject of the documentary THE MAYOR

Film Quotes

David Attenborough photo

“Once, not so long ago, wild pig were common all over Europe, and they're great diggers and rootlers. So maybe the robin's boldness and friendliness with other kinds of animals started in prehistory, even before human beings arrived in Europe.”

David Attenborough (1926) British broadcaster and naturalist

"The Insatiable Appetites"
The Life of Birds (1998)

Animals
Penn Jillette photo

“We can't start getting picky because we've got enough food; that's just self-centered and racist. Unless you and your family are starving, you need to shut the fuck up!”

Penn Jillette (1955) American magician

"Eat This!", Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (4 April 2003)
2000s

Family, Food
Leszek Kolakowski photo

“Pragmatism starts from assumptions similar to those of empiriocriticism, but differs from the latter by its striking formulations, loose aphorisms, and analytical unscrupulousness.”

Leszek Kolakowski (1927–2009) Philosopher, historian of ideas

Source: The Alienation of Reason (1966), Chapter Seven, Pragmatism and Positivism, p. 166

“I decided to start with the reproductive system, not only because of its prurient interest but also because it seemed like the point of departure for all things.”

James Matisoff (1937) linguist

Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman (2003) (p.x)

Departure
Chen Ruolin photo

“After I finished school, I started to get in touch with the referee's work. After all, I grew up in this circle and felt that the referee's job was more interesting, so I slowly decided that the referee's work was my future direction.”

Chen Ruolin (1992) Chinese diver

"从跳台女皇转身裁判席，陈若琳对跳水造星难有了更深的体会" http://m.thepaper.cn/kuaibao_detail.jsp?contid=3109243&from=kuaibao

School, Future
NoViolet Bulawayo photo

“I am starting to talk fast now, and I have to remember to slow down because when I get excited, I start to sound like myself and my American accent goes away.”

NoViolet Bulawayo book We Need New Names

We Need New Names (2013)

Kim Stanley Robinson photo

“Power is like matter, it has gravity, it clumps and then starts to draw more into itself.”

Kim Stanley Robinson (1952) American science fiction writer

Source: Blue Mars (1996), Chapter 4, “Green Earth” (p. 166)

Drawing
Dolores Huerta photo

“Once we got the medical plan, we found that that really didn't stop the abuses, because the doctors were still not giving the workers good health care. So the next step was then to build a clinic. So the workers started to build their clinics.”

Dolores Huerta (1930) American labor leader

1974 speech, in Voices of Multicultural America: Notable Speeches Delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic and Native Americans, 1790-1995 by Deborah Gillan Straub

Health
Kofi Annan photo

“When women thrive, all of society benefits and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.”

Kofi Annan (1938–2018) 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations

Quoted in: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.

Life, Women
Joe Biden photo

“I’m going to make those at the top start to pay their share in taxes.”

Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)

2021, September 2021

Yana Gupta photo

“I have not strutted my stuff yet. If I start showing off and try to look sexy, many actresses will not get a sound sleep. Till now, whatever I did was just the tip of the iceberg. The day I will show the whole iceberg, no one will stand in any competition against me.”

Yana Gupta (1979) Czech model and actress

"Yana Gupta" https://web.archive.org/web/20051224063325/http://www.bollywoodgate.com/indian-models/yana-gupta.html, Bollywoodgate.com (archived on 24 December 2005).

Sleep

“I was a shit when I met you. I still am in lots of ways. But because of you I've had to give up trying to be a dedicated, full-time shit. I couldn't make it, hadn't the strength of character. Which is a pity in a way, because when you fall back into the ranks of the failed shits or amateur shits or incidental shits you start taking on responsibility for other people.”

Kingsley Amis (1922–1995) English novelist, poet, critic, teacher

Ronnie Appleyard to Simon (Simona) Quick in Ch. 4, p. 254
I Want It Now (1968)

People, Way, Time
Bill Maher photo

“I wish someone would just start Fly At Your Own Risk Airlines. How 'bout that? You can have your hair gel, you can have your lighter, you can have a gun, how bout that? You can show up at the gate five minutes before the plane leaves, and pay in cash, like in the good ol' 1980s.”

Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian

The Decider (21 July 2007)

Flying
Prevale photo

“Every day is ideal to start, start again and reinvent yourself, but above all every day is the day to love each other.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Ogni giorno è ideale per iniziare, ricominciare e reinventarsi, ma soprattutto ogni giorno è il giorno per amarsi.
Source: prevale.net

Love
Prevale photo

“The best good morning and good night start with the gaze of the person you love.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Il miglior buongiorno e la miglior buonanotte iniziano con lo sguardo della persona che amate.
Source: prevale.net

Love, Personality, Night
Prevale photo

“In moments of fragility we need to stop, relax, turn off every type of thought, and start again from ourselves.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Nei momenti di fragilità abbiamo bisogno di fermarci, rilassarci, spegnere ogni tipo di pensiero, e ricominciare da noi stessi.
Source: prevale.net

Prevale photo

“In a negative period it is fundamental never to lose hope of being able to overcome difficulties, starting to work on oneself for bring back vital light to the depths of one's essence.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: In un periodo negativo è fondamentale non perdere mai la speranza di poter superare le difficoltà, iniziando a lavorare su sé stessi per riportare luce vitale nel profondo della propria essenza.
Source: prevale.net

Hope, Light
Prevale photo

“It's never too late to start over, reinvent yourself, and realize a future how and with whoever you want.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Non è mai troppo tardi per ricominciare, reinventarsi e realizzare un futuro come e con chi vuoi.
Source: prevale.net

Future
Prevale photo

“To create a beautiful future, it is necessary to eliminate all ties with the past: emotions, feelings, sensations and events, good or bad, belong to what has been. Start today to realise each day what it must be.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Per creare un bel futuro, è necessario eliminare tutti i legami con il passato: emozioni, sentimenti, sensazioni ed eventi, belli o brutti, appartengono a ciò che è stato. Iniziate oggi a realizzare ogni giorno ciò che dev'essere.
Source: prevale.net

Beauty, Feeling, Past, Future
Prevale photo

“The main emotional state, to start creating any work of art, is enthusiasm.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Il principale stato emotivo, per iniziare a creare qualsiasi opera d'arte, è l'entusiasmo.
Source: prevale.net

Art
Prevale photo

“To achieve a goal, it's important to start, to then persevere.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Per raggiungere un obiettivo è importante iniziare, per poi perseverare.
Source: prevale.net

Perseverance
Prevale photo

“Sometimes, the end of an illusion is the best starting point of a new opportunity to get back into the game and evolve.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: A volte, la fine di un'illusione è il miglior punto di partenza di una nuova opportunità per rimettersi in gioco ed evolvere.
Source: prevale.net

Game
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José Baroja photo

“The teaching crisis did not begin when resignations increased or when schools started having difficulties hiring professionals; it began much earlier: when society started to change, quietly yet persistently, the way it understood the cultural value of those who educate.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: La sociedad que olvidó a sus profesores. Por José Baroja. (2026, 13 junio). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/la-sociedad-que-olvido-a-sus-profesores-por-jose-baroja.html

Education, School, Way, Change