"Get started" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... down in black and white, you see, Jack," the other said at the door, "as to what we'll need; and now that you've approved, I shall start right in and order the stuff tomorrow. The sooner we get started the better; though I don't suppose we'll really have much spare time to work at it until after Thanksgiving, and the big game ...
— Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums • Mark Overton
... her heart to Aunt Deborah, keeping back nothing. "But then, what am I telling all this to you for? Nobody can help me. I have at times realised that I was growing very irritable, and was ashamed of it. Then I would resolve that I would not do so any more, but my resolves are like ropes of sand. I get started and can't stop. I think if human beings were like sewing-machines, and when they get out of order, could have some skilful hand just put a drop of oil here and there, and loosen the tension or something, it would be ...
— Divers Women • Pansy and Mrs. C.M. Livingston
... to be everywhere," said J.W., Sr., to the pastor, "but how did it get started? I used to be in the Epworth League, but we ...
— John Wesley, Jr. - The Story of an Experiment • Dan B. Brummitt
... that before. In fact, on occasions I have said it myself. It's a pretty idea. How long do you give this Volkerwanderung to get started?" ...
— The Half-Hearted • John Buchan
... him. He knew the way well enough, for the fields he was crossing were level, and half a mile away, perhaps a little more, he could see the roof of the brown-painted depot, which was his destination. Once there, he would buy a ticket, get on the train, and get started away from Knoxville before the troublesome acquaintances who were waiting for him to come down-stairs had any idea ...
— The Young Musician - or, Fighting His Way • Horatio Alger
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