#became

Sidney Poitier became a star in part by helping black and white Americans negotiate their new relationship in the post-Civil Rights era. ↗

— Wesley Morris

#black #black and white #civil rights #era #helping

These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over. ↗

— Van Morrison

#became #days #get #long #long time

As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music. ↗

— Van Morrison

#developing #me #music #musician #platform

When I became CEO of Xerox 10 years ago, the company's situation was dire. Debt was mounting, the stock sinking and bankers were calling. People urged me to declare bankruptcy, but I felt personally responsible for tens of thousands of employees. ↗

— Anne M. Mulcahy

#bankers #bankruptcy #became #calling #ceo

I was performing skin grafts and became interested in why skin wouldn't graft permanently. ↗

— Joe Murray

#i #interested #performing #permanently #skin

Bill Clinton sitting on Air Force One getting his hair cut while people around the country cooled their heels and waited for him, became a metaphor for a populist president who had gotten drunk with the perks of his own power and was sort of, you know, not sensitive to what people wanted. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#air force #around #became #bill #bill clinton

1992 became known as the 'Year of the Woman' because so many of us were elected to public office that November, including a record six to the United States Senate. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#because #elected #including #known #many

Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#campaign #clinton #get #give #going

It was what became something of a pattern in the first couple of years of the Clinton White House and maybe even longer, where information would drip, drip, drip, drip, drip out which would keep stories alive, alive, alive. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#became #clinton #couple #drip #even

And as the hour approached for the execution, in his own mind, Collins became both the executioner and the victim. He would pace up and down, transformed in almost a kind of exorcism when he knew he was responsible for taking someone's life. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#approached #became #both #collins #down