I believe the public’s confidence would be increased if the federal government took over the functions of airport security screening for all passengers.

I’ve always had a really active imagination. Lots of kids have imaginary friends. Mine just took on a rather demonic form.

With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society.

In the summer after sixth grade, I took a class at St. Robert Bellarmine. My first role, I was the villain in a play, and I forgot all my lines. I think I cried my...

What Google did in Web 1.0 was take a feature, which was search, and built an entire business around that utility. In Web 2.0, Twitter took a feature, which is sharing, and built a utility...

My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young. I was in fifth grade and my teacher saw an ad in the paper and took me to the audition after school and...

I was cast in ‘Thor’ back in 2009, so it sort of took me out of the running for anything tied to DC Comics.

We will have close to 3 months of rehearsals to learn about 30 songs. Frank usually rehearsed a band for at least 3 months. If it took him that long to be comfortable we probably...

I grew up in dance studios. I was forced to be in several numbers in recitals and dance competitions. I took one tap class – literally one class – and then I quit.

Despite the sometimes sordid turns his life took, Michael Jackson always held my fascination, like he did for most of us.

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.

It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema.

I was so affected by the tragic shootings that took place in Newtown, Connecticut, as we all were.

My first break wasn’t professional – I was in ‘The Sound of Music’ when I was five. I played Gretel, the youngest one, because that was what kind of took off for me in terms...

Acting can be a very reactive profession. Acting is a fantastic thing, and it’s my life, but writing is also part of me too, so I did it, and in so doing, took responsibility for...

I’ve always liked trees. And then, growing up, I took an interest in ecology, hedges being destroyed, the landscape being turned into prairies.

I fantasized about being a psychology major when I first started school, and I took a handful of Psych 101 classes.

I took drugs because we all took drugs.

I don’t know who took what. That is pretty private with an individual.

Seven and the Ragged Tiger took six months to record and finish.

Yes, sir, a patrol car came and took me down to a station where they were trying to develop films, but they hadn’t got the facilities to develop colored film.

My house is actually two houses that were deconstructed. They were Connecticut Valley houses built in 1771 and 1781. I took them down piece by piece and reconstructed them about 50 miles to the west...

Our Redeemer took upon Himself all the sins, pains, infirmities, and sicknesses of all who have ever lived and will ever live.

I took all the philosophy courses I could.

When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone.

When I took the SAT, I didn’t get accepted into a single white school that I applied to. Now I’ve got honorary degrees from a lot of those schools that rejected me. Things are different...

Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport.

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.

I think people took Grenada for what it turned out to be, which was a very specific incident and from which one couldn’t necessarily make a lot of generalizations.

I really kill myself on titles, although ‘The 5th Wave’ seems like an obvious title, doesn’t it? You don’t know how long that took me.

No aeroplane you’ve ever gotten into had less than thousands of flights before they took their first passenger. Because vehicles are unsafe at first.

I’m only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously.

I never took any vocal training.

Literally, if we took away the minimum wage – if conceivably it was gone – we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level.

I haven’t been out of work since the day I took my pants off.

It took me 29 years to finish that song. That’s a typical Jardine move.

My most famous commercial was for Fruit Of the Loom underwear. I took a lot of razzing from my classmates.

I never said, ‘I’m going to be a big star.’ I said, ‘I’m going to be a good actor.’ And that took the pressure off.

It took me three years to learn to dress in the American way, especially in winter. That was just like me. I barely wear socks even now.

From the ship all things were taken out, so that the clothes which I took with me on my back I only had.

I used to like to dig myself a hole just to see how long it took to get out of it.

In 1966, NASA took over in space, and it has been a bureaucratic mess ever since.

After I had the kids, I took a break from work, and all my creativity went into my kitchen. I like experimenting.

We have repeatedly issued warnings, over a number of years. Following these warnings and these calls, anti-American explosions took place in a number of Islamic countries.

I took my waitress uniform. Seemed fitting.

When I left, I had learnt nothing. I took nothing with me. At least, that’s what I thought then.

Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly.

I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.

Hey, I took karate when I was 17 years old; I am dangerous.

When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.