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		Over the years, I was lucky; right from the beginning, I studied with a lady who had a lot of... she was a classical singer, and of course, they're a little bit more into, you know, preserving the voice, making sure your instrument is ready to perform.
	
	  Johnny Mathis Johnny Mathis
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		In hip hop, it's a lot more about lacing a hot track. I start it, I help mix it, I help write it, I help produce it, I cut the person's vocals. I'm involved from the beginning to the end of a song. I'm not just giving someone a beat, you know?
	
	  Benny Blanco Benny Blanco
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		At the very beginning, I was a page at Letterman, and I freelanced for any place that would let me write any word. I wanted to do this so badly. Then when I got a tiny bit of success, I was petrified that I was going to lose it.
	
	  Ben Schwartz Ben Schwartz
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		When I get inspired, I give out free music. If you look at my track record from the beginning, that's always what I've done. I've never changed.
	
	  Dawn Angeliqué Richard Dawn Angeliqué Richard
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		When I was a street performer, before I had any songs of my own that anybody would stop and put in money for, I would always be doing covers. Even with covers, people wouldn't stop in the beginning.
	
	  Andy Grammer Andy Grammer
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		From the beginning of time, we've told stories, Shamans and Medicine People, and not to be pompous about it, but I feel like that is the lineage I take down and where I come from. There is magic to storytelling.
	
	  Lynn Collins Lynn Collins
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		Better it is toward the right conduct of life to consider what will be the end of a thing, than what is the beginning of it: for what promises fair at first may prove ill, and what seems at first a disadvantage, may prove very advantageous.
	
	  H. G. Wells H. G. Wells
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		The writers who have been serious about recreating American literature have always been far and few between. What we do have at the end of the 20th century that we didn't have at the beginning, at that time of the Lost Generation of rich white boys, is a mixture. We're now getting gay writers of color, let's say, and women of color being published. This is unprecedented.
	
	  Ana Castillo Ana Castillo
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		From the very beginning all beings are Buddha.
	
	  Hakuin Ekaku Hakuin Ekaku
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		A goal or decision without a deadline has no urgency. It has no real beginning or end.
	
	  Brian Tracy Brian Tracy
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		I fear very much that, in fact, government of the people, by the people and for the people is beginning to perish in America.
	
	  Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders
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		In an effort to create a culture within my classroom where students feel safe sharing the intimacies of their own silences, I have four core principles posted on the board that sits in the front of my class, which every student signs at the beginning of the year: read critically, write consciously, speak clearly, tell your truth.
	
	  Clint Smith Clint Smith
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		Perhaps, if prematurely we dismiss ourselves from this world, all may even have to be suffered through again - the premature birth may not contribute to the production of another being, which must be begun again from the beginning.
	
	  Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale
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		It's striking and unique in London how you know to create this alchemy between the concept, the food, the music, the staff. From the beginning to the end, with all these different elements, it tells a full story that you know very well how to develop and cultivate.
	
	  Alain Ducasse Alain Ducasse
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		Hip-hop went through different stages, from the beginning in the streets of the Bronx, to the whole Tri-State area and then to the rest of the United States and the rest of the world.
	
	  Afrika Bambaataa Afrika Bambaataa
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		Man himself is the beginning and the end of every economy.
	
	  Carl Menger Carl Menger
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		I'll never forget working to get my college, Wayne State University, to divest from the government in South Africa. This was the beginning of my activism, and the fight for social and economic justice has been a constant thread in my life.
	
	  Keith Ellison Keith Ellison
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		The first show I did was 'The Nutcracker' ballet. I was one of the kids who comes out in the beginning.
	
	  Ansel Elgort Ansel Elgort
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		Think about it for a brief moment. Suspend disbelief. Wind the clock forward 100 years. Do you think, as a species, we will still be struggling with the things that vex us today? Will we still be arguing about the same stuff? We will still be eating Cocoa Puffs? We are at the end of the beginning.
	
	  Brad Feld Brad Feld
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		The overall tectonic shifts that are going on in games and more broadly in media are that everything is moving to becoming free, social, and accessible. But we're just at the beginning of that. We can get to a day where short-session play can enhance, if not replace, text messaging as a way to stay in touch with people.
	
	  Mark Pincus Mark Pincus