My dad has been my coach since I was seven years old - from 7 to 18 is when he coached my club team - and so it was always in the family. He introduced me to soccer at a young age and also kind of molded me into a good player at a young age, too. Which then I grew to love the game and be as passionate as he was.

Ali Krieger

In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.

Aaron Lazar

Teacher Poetry Men

Only recently have I been introduced to the gym and heavy weightlifting and things like that. Before that, when I grew up, I just did a lot of gymnastics and dance. I had more of an athletic background, but nothing where I was in the gym or using any kind of weights.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Where Weights Weight

If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.

Abba Eban

Art Would Wit

I was introduced to the world of films by Manoj Bajpayee and trained under theatre actor Makrand Deshpande.

Abhimanyu Singh

World UN Trained

'Doctor Who' is where my love of science fiction and fantasy started. I was introduced to it when I was 8, and I'm still an avid viewer.

Adam Christopher

Science Love Art

I started with ballet and then my cousin Sarah introduced me to her tap teachers.

Adam Garcia

Teacher Art Wit

I was really raised on hip-hop, and hip-hop introduced me basically to all the music I listen to now.

Adrian Younge

Music Us Ten

I'm very happy that I got introduced to music only as something you got pleasure from.

Agnes Obel

Music You Very

The idea that the brain is not fully formed until you are almost 30 years old has already been introduced, and the Supreme Court already has based two rulings on it.

Alan Alda

You Years Year

When I'm introduced at invited lectures at other universities, the students place a Bobo doll by the lectern. From time to time, I have been asked to autograph one. The Bobo doll has achieved stardom in psychological circles.

Albert Bandura

Time Universities UN

I had a meeting with the producer of 'Five Easy Pieces,' which is my favorite movie. He introduced me to Francis, and I spent six months going to Napa and Buenos Aires, auditioning for Francis and doing these incredible improvisational games. It was a very bohemian audition process.

Alden Ehrenreich

Wit Which Visa

So Colleen Atwood introduced me to Armani for the fabric and the dyes - what made Armani, Armani, beyond his motion-picture credentials. It was Cerruti after that. And then Zegna.

Alec Baldwin

Yes Wood Woo

When I brought 'El Topo' to New York, no one understood the picture. But John Lennon understood. John and Yoko Ono, they presented 'El Topo' in the United States; they introduced it.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

York United States United

Liz Benedict, a teacher of mine at Iowa, is the person who introduced me to James Salter's work.

Alexander Chee

Work Teacher Who

The sanctions which the West introduced against Russia seriously affect us.

Alexander Lukashenko

Which West Us

I was modeling with an agency in New York and a manager with the agency introduced himself to me one day and he said he had auditions for someone my age. He asked if I would be interested in doing some.

Alexis Bledel

Age York Would

The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Great Words Word

It was director Krishna Reddy who introduced me as a hero. All my films with him have been very successful.

Ali

Success Wit Who

Building a 'Green Gabon' has always been a central pillar of my government, and in 2014, I introduced a new legal framework that puts environmental protection and sustainable development firmly at the heart of our future economic growth.

Ali Bongo Ondimba

Work Men Legal

My dad has been my coach since I was seven years old - from 7 to 18 is when he coached my club team - and so it was always in the family. He introduced me to soccer at a young age and also kind of molded me into a good player at a young age, too. Which then I grew to love the game and be as passionate as he was.

Ali Krieger

Love Good Family

The colour of a British wood in autumn is predominantly yellow. There are relatively few European trees which have red leaves in the autumn. But there are splashes of crimson or rust-red colours from a few indigenous trees, like the rowan, as well as from introduced species, like the North American red oak.

Alice Roberts

Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.

Alicia Keys

It took years and a lot of diligence on my part. But I've formed my own thing, and now I get people who are surprised to find out he's my dad. I dreamed that would happen, and it has: I'm no longer introduced to people as Brian Williams' daughter.

Allison Williams

When I was first introduced to the music of Jacques Brel, I was totally floored. I had never heard anything as intelligent or sexy or angry as his music.

Amanda McBroom

Neil Gaiman swooped into my life though another friend, Jason Webley, who knew we were fans of each other's work and introduced us via email. Neil and I, like me and Ben, just hit it off instantly.

Amanda Palmer

I love Forever 21. A friend of mine introduced it to me when I was in New York. I was borrowing a dress and said, 'Where's that from?' and she said, 'Oh, it's Forever 21,' and I said, 'What, I've never heard of that!' and she said, 'Oh it's this American brand,' and I thought, 'Why doesn't England have that; why doesn't Europe have one?'

Amber Le Bon

My parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends.

Amber Tamblyn

India has introduced me to my ultimate passion - acting. I don't plan to give it up, and I intend to stay here for a long, long time.

Amy Jackson

I'd dreamed of being in the food business from the moment my globetrotting parents introduced me to the foods of the world during childhood trips to Europe and Asia.

Andrew Zimmern

I simply love Wagner's music. That actually started very early. He was the first composer I was exposed very much to because my parents introduced me to Wagner's music very early.

Andris Nelsons

I'm a Mac user. I think it depends on how you were brought up, and I was introduced to Apple quite early. They're certainly the best for visual stuff and film-directing.

Andy Serkis

2018 marks 30 years since Margaret Thatcher's government introduced Section 28, one of its most abominable policies. As a part of the Local Government Act, this Section was designed to prevent local authorities and schools from the so-called promotion of LGBT+ issues.

Angela Rayner

My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.

Angie Dickinson

Yes, I introduced the congressional pay cut bill, cutting our salaries by five percent. And I think we have to lead by example.

Ann Kirkpatrick

I love Weleda Skin Food and Avene's Moisture Mask, especially if I've been travelling. Weleda also makes great deodorants and body oils - my mum introduced me to them long ago.

Anna Ewers

I've been introduced to some huge designers that I could never afford. It's really cool.

Annie Ilonzeh

I'm appalled the word feminism has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture.

Annie Lennox

I've always loved 'lived-in' sci-fi. We take it for granted now, but it was a revelation in the late '70s - '80s, when movies like 'Alien', 'Escape From New York', and even 'Star Wars' introduced us to the idea that the future could, in fact, look old.

Antony Johnston

I got introduced to Western music and it inspired me. One of my favourite bands is Pink Floyd.

Anupam Roy

I have introduced Filipino culture to the world.

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I would take the jeepney all the way to Angeles City, and that's how I got introduced to break dancing.

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My mother had introduced me to a lot of my father's friends because she believed that I would get to know the guy my dad was better through his friends than just in the hospital visits.

Arlo Guthrie

There was a time when I had to cancel around five shows because I lost my voice due to acid reflux. Being with Journey, I get introduced to very good doctors and specialists. I'm managing the condition with proper medication.

Arnel Pineda

For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced.

Arthur Machen

I originally wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to be Kylie Minogue. My dad thought that was a very silly ambition and introduced me to drama classes. Once I became fixated on that, there was no stopping me.

Ashley Madekwe

A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for us to be Muslims and know what jihad is.

Aslan Maskhadov

I was always introduced as the Beatles photographer and I gave it up in the end. I was so unsure of myself. Am I good or am I just the Beatles photographer? People were not interested in what I did before. I could not stand it any more.

Astrid Kirchherr

I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way.

Atom Egoyan

All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people.

Aung San Suu Kyi

I was right wing in my outlook from a very early age, and during my service in the army, which is a melting pot, I was introduced to religious Zionism. I connected with that circle of people on an ideological basis.

Ayelet Shaked