#about

You can't be what you don't see. I didn't think about being a doctor. I didn't even think about being a clerk in a store, I'd never seen a black clerk in a clothing store. ↗

— Joycelyn Elders

#being #black #clerk #clothing #doctor

We don't know anything about racism. We've never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you if you heard this every day of your life? ↗

— Jane Elliott

#affect #anything #day #difference #every

To my three sons, Peter, Scott, and Alexander who pulled me from the 18th Century and back into the present on a regular basis and therefore made me a better person, thank you. And to my wife, who sits at the table there. Who is right about almost everything. ↗

— Joseph J. Ellis

#about #alexander #almost #back #basis

There's a clip where he had someone miming me running around from keyboard to keyboard. Oh dear, I am sure a lot of people didn't know what he was going on about. ↗

— Keith Emerson

#am #around #clip #dear #going

When you find something where you can give people a message and still make it an exciting movie, you get very, very excited about something. You probably even work harder than you normally do. ↗

— Roland Emmerich

#even #excited #exciting #find #get

What do I care about law? Ain't I got the power? ↗

— Cornelius Vanderbilt

#care #got #i #i care #law

I wasn't the kind of kid who would get A's without even trying. I had to work to get good grades, but I was very organised about it because I always wanted to do well at everything I did. I'm very competitive. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#always #because #competitive #did #even

That's all I cared about too, was getting it right. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#cared #getting #i #right #too

I feel a sense of sadness and joy. Mostly sadness though about what I've experienced and sadness about what others have experienced in reference to the stroke. ↗

— Luther Vandross

#experienced #feel #i #i feel #joy

I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead. ↗

— Cornelius Vanderbilt

#ahead #care #coming #half #i