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I've had over a dozen and a half novels published since late 1994 when my first novel, 'Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls' came out. — Jane Lindskold

It was a constitutional convention for the female half of the country. After all, we had been excluded from the first one. — Gloria Steinem

In the first half of the 20th century, fashion was simply not a very English thing to do. — Mary Quant

People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place. — Richard Rohr

Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life. — Robert Southey

The first half of my life I went to school, the second half of my life I got an education. — Mark Twain

You'll find you spend half your second year shaking off the undesirable friends you made in your first ... — Evelyn Waugh

Do you know, I spent the first half of my life avoiding motherhood and tires, and now I'm counting them as blessings? — Barbara Kingsolver

If England had scored in the first half, I think the young legs would have found younger hearts inside them — Jimmy Armfield

Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors? — Emile Zola

I spent the first half of my career learning what to put into my work, and the second half learning what to leave out. — Alex Toth

To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days; you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours. — Don Shula

The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it. — C. G. Jung

I was sure I fell in love with him again like the usual. He did things that made me go back to him. Once again, it scared me half to death. — Kia Amazona

Who knows if this other half of life where we think we're awake is not another sleep a little different from the first. — Blaise Pascal

My first venture into TV was a half-hour sitcom on Fox called 'Roc.' — Rocky Carroll

Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first. — Brooks Atkinson

I wasn't feeling well in the first half. I felt down, man. I had three slices of pizza before the game and the food took me down. — Leroy Loggins

For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat. — Alphonso Jackson

The second half of joy is shorter than the first — Emily Dickinson

It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend the first half of his life acquiring habits that shortens the other half — Socrates

It can be said that the first half of the marathon is 20 miles long; the second half, 6.2 more. — Hal Higdon

The first half of life is learning to be an adult-the second half is learning to be a child. — Pablo Picasso

If the World Series runs until election day, the networks will run the first one-half inning and project the winner. — Lindsey Nelson

Our first half is about how to make a living, and our second half has the promise of being about how to make a life. — Bob Buford

There's an old adage that for every second too fast per mile in the first half of the race, you'll run at least 2 seconds slower at the end. — Jeff Galloway

As an astronaut, especially during launch, half of the risk of a six-month flight is in the first nine minutes. — Chris Hadfield

For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done. — Richard J. Needham

The essential characteristic of the first half of the twentieth century is the growing weakness, and almost the disappearance, of the idea of value. — Simone Weil

The first blush of love, when the self has lost its mooring, and, half-drowning, succumbs to a fearful tide. — Eleanor Catton

My first show sold within the first 3 minutes, and I came back to the studio and spent the next two and a half years making almost nothing. — Anish Kapoor

Sex with my first boyfriend was a little bit like learning how to put in a tampon, but only half as enjoyable! — Samantha Bee

I think the first thing that I really did was 'Traffic Light,' which was more of a half-hour sitcom. And from there, I just got more comedic roles. — Liza Lapira

The French selectors never do anything by halves; for the first international of the season against Ireland they dropped half the three-quarter line. — Nigel Starmer-Smith

The first half has gone how I almost half-anticipated. — Jimmy Armfield

A first book often has enough material in it for half a dozen. — Caroline Gordon

At my core, the glass isn't half-empty - it's not even what I ordered in the first place. — Catherine Tate

I wish people had half the honor of dragons. — Terry Goodkind

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. — Mark Twain

If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker. — Mike McDermott

I think I'll let you come first." His voice is gravelly. "Then I'm going to rip you clean in half. — Jodi Ellen Malpas

Basically, the first half of life is writing the text, and the second half is writing the commentary on that text. — Richard Rohr

The first half was end-to-end stuff. In contrast, in this second half it's been one end to the other. — Lou Macari

I intend to live the first half of my life. I don't care about the rest. — Errol Flynn

One word I had throughout the first year and a half of my mother's death was 'unmoored.' I felt that I had no anchor, that I had no home in the world. — Meghan O'Rourke

My first band, Kid Wicked, we did half covers and half originals. — Sebastian Bach

Death is half disarmed when the pleasures and interests of the flesh are first denied. — Richard Baxter

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The game is won in the fourth quarter, not in the first half. — Kambiz Mostofizadeh

My first job ever was working a ski lift when I was 16. I also worked at a garden center, which I loved. I did that for two and a half years. — Sara Canning

I do one sit up a day. I get up in the morning, that's the first half. I lay down at night, that's the second half. — Mark Lowry

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half. — Saul Bellow

For the first half of your life each minute feels like a year, but for the second half, each year feels like a minute. — Melanie Gideon

I worked in restaurants the first half of my life. — Bradley Cooper

I spend the first half of my day dealing with Europe because of the time difference. Then in the evening my website gets my undivided attention. — Olivia Palermo

Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. — Rick Riordan

I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things. — Jack Vance

My first published novel, 'American Rust,' took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that. — Philipp Meyer

When I first arrived in America, the very first place I came was California, and I rented a house in Trance, which is about half an hour from Malibu. — Olivia Newton-John

A month and a half after my first audition, I won the role on 'Lost.' — Evangeline Lilly

Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office. — Barack Obama

I'm a nervous wreck. If it's a 20-day shoot, at lunchtime on the first day, I'm thinking "Only 19 and a half days to go ... I can make it!" — Guy Maddin

What kind of half-assed apocalypse are they running down there?" Amos said. "Give 'em a break. It's their first. — James S.A. Corey

Grief, first take on shape! what is shapeless causes fear and torment but when the enemy materializes, half the victory is won. — Franz Grillparzer

Most men spend the first half of their lives making the second half miserable. — Jean De La Bruyere

First snow-falling-on the half-finished bridge. — Matsuo Basho

I've been subbing half my life. You think this is the first time I've had to eat off the floor? — Tiffany Reisz

Having devoted the first half of my life to the dark, I feel obliged to rever any pinpoint of light now. — Mary Karr

General theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. They are the great intellectual achievements of the first half of this century. — Stephen Hawking

At first it was impressive, but after half and hour deadly monotonous. It was like everything German - overdone. — Evelyn Waugh

'Tis sweet to kiss a girl on Spring's first day, but only half so sweet as 'tis to kiss a girl on her bootyhole. — William Shakespeare

When you do the first half of life well, you have a good sense of yourself. — Richard Rohr

The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

My mother says I was two and a half when I first mentioned I wanted to be an actor. My father said, 'The word is pronounced 'Doctor!' — Sanjeev Bhaskar

End the first half with vigor; start the second with tenacity, and stay focused to the very end! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past. — Ice Cube

Love, all at once and much, much too completely. It's like you suddenly turn a blinding light on something that had always been half a shadow ... — Tennessee Williams

The first half of life is spent mainly in finding out who we are through seeing ourselves in our interaction with others. — June Singer

I am in fact, a sad little girl, still in love with my first boyfriend, who lives five and a half thousand miles away and can't be mine. — Kerry Heavens

The first blow is half the battle. — Oliver Goldsmith

When I find the guy who torched that forest, I'm going to eat him. And I'm only going to half-cook him first.
-Sergeant Schlock — Howard Tayler

The wisdom of our actions in the first three years of peace will determine the course of world history for half a century. — Henry A. Wallace

I'm first and foremost a guitar player. I've been playing since I was 12, which is over half of my life. — Annie E. Clark

It's ironic, since they're supposed to be immortal, but vampires are kind of like small businesses: half of them go down within their first year — Alexis Hall

Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters. — John Banville

A man spends the first half of his life learning habits that shorten the other half. — Ann Landers

A Jewish Native American half-breed orphan playing bagpipes wasn't the sort of impression I ever wanted to make — James Anderson

I learned Spanish at home and, since half my family doesn't speak English, it's my first language. — Odette Annable

We talk of the Second Coming; half the world has never heard of the first. — Oswald J. Smith

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. — Clarence Darrow

Our first single, 'Ticket To Ride', was a kind of half-hit, half flop: in some places it was number one, in others it was ash-tray material. — Karen Carpenter

I thought this the first time I laid eyes on you, that the shadow you cast on the ground is only half as dark as that of ordinary people. — Anonymous

Jean Tigana has spent the entire first half inside Liam Brady's shorts. — Jimmy Magee

Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves. — George Santayana

You spend the first part of your life collecting things ... and the second half getting rid of them. — Isabel Allende

If you're depressed and called Morgan spend the first half of the day in Germany for some positive affirmation. — Milton Jones

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left. — Yogi Berra

We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date. — Michael W. Smith

For most singers the first half of the career involves extending one's repertoire, the second half trimming it. — Ethan Mordden

I went to do my first big movie when I was 17. I was in South Africa for three and half months, and I was by myself. — Robert Pattinson