#fr

Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival? ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#austria #both #countries #cultural #france

What was really funny is that as I got older all those guys who called me a sissy in junior high school wanted me to be their best friend because they wanted to meet all the girls that I knew in figure skating. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#best #best friend #called #figure #figure skating

More time on paperwork means less time spent with students or preparing lessons for students. It is as simple as that. The numerous reforms in the bill will go a long way to free our time of special educators. ↗

— Christopher Bond

#educators #free #go #less #lessons

It is important to stress: Africa is also a victim of the September 11 attacks. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#also #attacks #important #september #stress

Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world's poorest people. ↗

— Bono

#also #home #million #people #poorest

For an economy built to last we must invest in what will fuel us for generations to come. This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of our most historic bridges - our American ancestors prioritized growth and investment in our nation's infrastructure. ↗

— Cory Booker

#ancestors #bridges #building #built #come

I'm not a betting woman, but I have $50 on Secretariat with an old director friend of mine. ↗

— Shirley Booth

#director #friend #i #mine #old

I wouldn't trade those 10 years for anything. The Navy taught me a lot of things. It molded me as a man, and I made a lot of wonderful friends. ↗

— Ernest Borgnine

#friends #i #lot #made #man

The trick is not to become somebody else. You become somebody else when you're in front of a camera or when you're on stage. There are some people who carry it all the time. That, to me, is not acting. ↗

— Ernest Borgnine

#become #camera #carry #else #front

Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary. ↗

— Friedrich Ebert

#democracy #freedom #matter #reactionary #using