#aged

Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#caused #colonial #come #engaged #europe

We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#answers #assure #citizens #event #flood

I started my cooking 'career' aged 15, almost 20 years ago. At the time it was quite a shock suddenly working 75 to 80 hours a week, without time to play football or other sports. ↗

— Rene Redzepi

#ago #almost #career #cooking #football

Country music historically has been sort of middle-aged people's music. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#country #country music #historically #middle-aged #music

I was strongly encouraged by a science teacher who took an interest in me and presented me with a key to the laboratory to allow me to work whenever I wanted. ↗

— Frederick Reines

#encouraged #i #interest #key #laboratory

I just want to be married, or just engaged. Basically, I just want a ring. And the tax break. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#break #engaged #i #just #married

It is important not to copy other people's careers but set the tone of who you want to be. My father's always encouraged me to do that. ↗

— Nicole Richie

#careers #copy #encouraged #father #important

I'll never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over 1,500 of our neighbors. Millions of folks were marked by the tragedy. ↗

— Cedric Richmond

#death #folks #forget #hurricane #hurricane katrina

These past years, as we have been recovering and given our city a rebirth, we have been encouraged by our faith, knowledge, and steadfast belief that we will pull through. There will be challenges and setbacks, as there have already been, but we will continue, and we the citizens of New Orleans will prevail in bringing our city back. ↗

— Cedric Richmond

#back #been #belief #bringing #challenges

Keeping our kids engaged and in school must become a national priority. ↗

— Cedric Richmond

#engaged #keeping #kids #must #national