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Before she was a King, my mother was a peace advocate, a courageous leader, and an accomplished artist. Bernice King

Peace Mother King Leader Before She Courageous Advocate Accomplished Artist

When I was a teenager I would lock myself in the bathroom for hours, bouffanting my hair like Patty Duke and trying to recreate Barbra Streisand's flawless eyeliner, only to comb it all out and wash it all off before stepping out into the world a butchish bisexual teen. Beth Ditto

Myself World Hair Before Teen Teenager Bathroom Bisexual Lock Out Would All-Out Only Recreate Comb Stepping Like Hours Duke Off Trying Patty Flawless Wash Streisand

Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional. Beth Ditto

Truth Me Truth Is Progress Word Before OK Embarrassed Would Degradation Someone Emotional Step Instead Most Empowering Calls Because Insult Am Replaced Get Stopped Whereas Agree Using Now Fat

Before I was on medication, the mania was so bad that I couldn't concentrate, so although I'd feel very creative, I could never really finish a piece of work because my mind was moving so fast. Beth Hart

Work Creative Mind Before Bad Finish Could Never Feel Concentrate Piece Although Because Very Mania Moving Really Fast Medication

That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed. Beth Henley

You Before Other Back Something New Because Always Least Go Gets Done Inclination Trashed Play Start

From 1840 to 1940, the circus was the biggest form of entertainment in the country. People were starting to have money, starting to have half a Saturday off. In an era before people went on vacations much, the big deal was when the circus came through town. Beth Macy

I'm coming into places with some people who just want to hear what I did before, with some people who want to hear me with a band, but I am just at the moment sticking to my guns and saying, 'You know what? I want you just to hear this for a minute. I want it to be in the context of me and a guitar.' Beth Orton

Before Enron, I think people were a bit more naive about the way things worked, and I think Enron pulled the curtain back on unsavoury practices that turned out to be a lot more widespread. Bethany McLean

Education broadens our horizons and enables us to confront realities we'd never before anticipated. Betsy DeVos

Education Before Our Horizons Never Enables Anticipated Realities Confront Us

So that they can actually make it known to the American people before they vote what they're voting for. Betty Hill

Vote People Voting Before Make Known American American People Actually

The audience today has heard every joke. They know every plot. They know where you're going before you even start. That's a tough audience to surprise, and a tough audience to write for. It's much more competitive now, because the audience is so much more - I want to say 'sophisticated.' Betty White

Today You Tough Joke Before Every Say Plot More Write Sophisticated Know Because Audience Surprise Heard Going Where Want Much Even Now Start Competitive

I read my books aloud before they were published. Beverly Cleary

Before Books Aloud Read Were Published

If you're a good Amish girl, you're courting, you have three or four different beaus, and you go out and stay out all night. That's just their tradition. They date under the covering of night. No one knows who they're dating or seeing until two weeks before they're going to be married. It's how they've done it for 300 years. Beverly Lewis

Good You Girl Three Before Out All Night Married Stay Seeing Date Dating Weeks No-One Until Knows Courting How Tradition Go Years Covering Done Going Just Different Who Amish Four Night Two Two Weeks

I flew into a small airport surrounded by cornfields and pastures, ready to carry out the two commands my father had written out for me the night before I left Calcutta: Spend two years studying creative writing at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, then come back home and marry the bridegroom he selected for me from our caste and class. Bharati Mukherjee

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Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with George W. Bush. He was an entirely different kind of leader. Bianca Jagger

I started writing songs before I could talk - at three or four. It was in me, and I had to get it out. It was all freestyle, which is how I write anyway. I don't write the words down; I scat and come up with the melody, then the lyrics. Bibi Bourelly

Me Writing Words Three Before Down Lyrics Melody Out Could Write Had Songs Come Freestyle Talk How Up Get Anyway Which Then Four Started

My talent before singing is being able to interpret and understand my emotions. I've felt pain and felt it intensely, so every time I sing, I revisit it. Bibi Bourelly

Time Emotions Singing Before Pain Every Every Time Able Talent Sing Felt Understand Revisit Intensely Being Interpret

Before I was working professionally, I would do YouTube covers. But as a creative person, it was really hard for me when I wasn't releasing my own music. That felt unnatural to me. Bibi Bourelly

Music Me Creative Before Own YouTube Releasing Unnatural Would My Own Felt Covers Person Really Working Hard Creative Person Professionally

I'm from the Bronx, so I am looking forward to performing before my homies. I'll keep it live in the house. Big Bank Hank

Looking Before Live Bronx Performing House Looking Forward Am Forward Keep

Before me, there was no money, no business with yoga. Bikram Choudhury

Me Business Money Before No Business Yoga

I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water before, but he flew straight to Dingle Bay in Ireland and then on to Paris, exactly as planned. Bill Bryson

Alone Achievement Water Before Extraordinary Flying Bay Exactly Atlantic Charles Paris Never Open Had He Over How Ireland Quite Straight Realized Then Planned Flew Flown

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