#ay

Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward. ↗

— Abdallah II

#ago #capable #class #create #easier

Can you imagine Simon as a kid? His imaginary friends probably never wanted to play with him. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#him #his #imaginary #imagine #kid

America fell in love with the innocence of a kid who just was honest, saying, I did the best I could, and I had no formal training. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#best #could #did #fell #formal

Thousands of kids and parents come up to us and say, How do we get better as a singer? ↗

— Paula Abdul

#come #get #how #kids #parents

My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#birth certificate #cents #certificate #extra #fifty

In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#athletics #been #cheat #cheating #human

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#effective #fundamental #fundamentally #game #parts

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#correct #i #islam #live #saw

A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#game #individual #lot #performances #players

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#game #go #go home #home #i