A Quote by Mark Twain

I was educated once - it took me years to get over it.

Mark Twain

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Educated Get Get Over Me Once Over Over It Took Years

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Mark Twain
American - Writer
November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910

It took me a couple years to get over the stereotype I was letting myself get caught up on, being a football player trying to start a career in music.

Sam Hunt

I took acting classes in college, and once I graduated, I decided to give acting a shot when I couldn't really think of anything else to do. It took me a couple of years to get an agent, and my first big break was The Fanelli Boys, which was a sitcom on NBC. Then I did a few television movies.

Christopher Meloni

I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player.

Nolan Ryan

Finding the form was really a very dynamic process. I went through a lot of shifting, trying to get it right. Because the writing took place over such a long time, it's hard for me to pinpoint when specific things happened, but basically the final version only materialized in the last two or so years. It was there, but it took me a while to see it and then to refine it after I'd seen it.

Danielle Dutton

The people who seem to have a lock on power get swept out in a couple of years. So it's naïve to keep swinging at the same targets over and over. It took me a long time to realize, but most of the shackles that I flailed against were just illusory.

George Meyer

It only took me six months to get a record deal, but it took me 20 years to have a hit.

Shane McAnally

I used to have nightmares about the civil war when I got to England at ages 14 to 15. It took me some years to get over that.

Alek Wek

When I started in the business years ago, people would always say, 'You better get as much work as you can now, because once you get over 40, it's over.'

Anna Silk

I had a very pleasant three years at Yale. I must say I did take it seriously, and consequently it took me a while to get over it.

Will Davis Campbell

'Amazing Grace' is not a book of interviews or onetime snapshots. It's a memoir of a journey that took me into a place I had never been and took over two years of my life. I don't think the people in this book would have said the things to me that they did if they perceived me as a reporter.

Jonathan Kozol

To lose two babies is really scary. It really caught on me emotionally, physically, everything. It took me at least 15 years to get over it and still, to this day, I miss my son.

Mayte Garcia

I was staying at my friend's house and he told me about the drug Prednisone. It took me 14 years to discover it. And there are a lot of times that would have helped me out over the years. I can't believe I'd never even heard of it, though.

Hamilton Leithauser

'Senna' took five years, 'Amy' took three years. You try and say, 'Look, there's no deadline.' That's important. Just saying, 'We've got to make the film. And once the film's ready, it will be out there.'

Asif Kapadia

When I started out in comedy, it was common knowledge that it took about 10 years to get good. And that was okay because it took you about 9 years to get on television.