#be

Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt. ↗

— Holly Near

#being #hurt #part #shocked #surprised

It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good entertainer. You can't do it all, but I have walked those delicate lines as best I know how. ↗

— Holly Near

#been #best #delicate #entertainer #good

My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think. ↗

— Holly Near

#encouraged #get #how #learn #life

My parents had been involved in the labor movement; if we'd grown up in the city, we would have been red-diaper babies. ↗

— Holly Near

#been #city #grown #had #involved

We believed it was better to pay as you go than it was to pay your bills by borrowing and laying up debts for another day. To pay as you go, that policy is a safer business policy and a saner business policy, and we thought it was a saner national policy. ↗

— Scott Nearing

#another day #believed #better #bills #borrowing

I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption. ↗

— Richard J. Needham

#being #corrupt #corruption #down #i

Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong. ↗

— Richard J. Needham

#become #difference #how #laugh #learn

I also really like getting to know our crew members better. ↗

— David Neeleman

#better #crew #crew members #getting #i

I believe the public's confidence would be increased if the federal government took over the functions of airport security screening for all passengers. ↗

— David Neeleman

#believe #confidence #federal #federal government #functions

I really see low-fare carriers, quality low-fare carriers anyway, continuing to become more and more popular. ↗

— David Neeleman

#become #carriers #continuing #i #more