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NELSON MANDELA I saw the van chasing one particular cow, striking it in the back. The cow fell. He backed off, and ... MAYA ESTUANI When I was on 'Dallas,' I was known to audiences of the '80s. And then when my sons, who... PATRICK DUFFY Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently. IAN WILLIAMS My father died when I was nine and a half. We were on relief for two years. They call it welfare now... LARRY KING I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it's not a waste of time. MARTHA STEWART I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in m... YOUNG THUG I feel that, for each show I've been doing, there's a character that dominates. Then in the ... MARCEL DZAMA At my first library job, I worked with a woman named Sheila Brownstein, who was The Reader's Adv... ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN I once knew a girl that meant the world to me, she was just amazing. She's that one girl in my life ... MAHMOUD EL HALLAB A New York guide is part of an old dream of mine. It goes back 20 years. At first there was France, ... EDOUARD MICHELIN A New York guide is part of an old dream of mine, ... It goes back 20 years. At first there was Fran... EDOUARD MICHELIN The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted ... RAY LIOTTA Who made me laugh when I was growing was Chaplin and the Marx Brothers, and then moving on, there we... CHEVY CHASE I wanted to invent some kind of American dance that was danced to the music that I grew up on: Cole ... GENE KELLY I was going to get out of politics, and then they made me chairman of the Republican Party. It's bee... HERMAN PURYEA Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatio... LORD (GEORGE GORDON) BYRON Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatio... GEORGE GORDON BYRON Before practices started I didn't really know how good of a team we were going to have. But first da... EVAN JUMPER I stayed strong, and I believed in myself and to finish up a strong program and get a standing ovati... SASHA COHEN This is where I played the first four years of my career in the big leagues, ... and it was a beauti... JOSE CRUZ If you want to change a country, you're going to be bumped every now and then. YAIR LAPID All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. CHARLES M. SCHULZ So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backl... VINCE MCMAHON Y'know, there's nothin' like tearing up a good club now and then. JERRY LEE LEWIS I just knew she was a real good filly. Then, they sent the tapes on her, and it was very impressive.... BOBBY FRANKEL ...being Lulu, it made me realize that all my life I've been living in a small, square room, with no... GAYLE FORMAN I just realized one day that I was so unhappy. And not only that, but I didn't even like the per... LINDSEY STIRLING Then they told us that Freddie Jackson was coming. Then they told us Keith Washington was on his way... CATHERINE BUSH I was born in Seoul, South Korea; then I moved to New York City at the age of seventeen. In New York... SUNG JIN PARK My mother saw a movie when she was 14 years old. I forget the name of the movie, but one of the lead... LARK VOORHIES There's so much that has been before the human race, and just contemplating that and then the earlie... RICK SAVAGE When I was growing up, the first thing I wanted to be was a cowboy. That lasted till I was about ten... JERRY SPINELLI I went on Ellen once, and even then, I was just a bad performer. It was nerve-racking at first playi... CHARLIE PUTH Actually I was born in 1940 in Blackpool because my family lived in Manchester but Manchester was be... 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LORNE MICHAELS When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn't... EMO PHILIPS When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't... EMO PHILIPS I played the trumpet for nine years, and then I joined the choir after that, and then I was in music... BEBE REXHA
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