#becoming

One of the things is that the good intentions of Prohibition, from reading over the years and from becoming obsessed with the research of gangs in New York City, seems to have allowed crime figures at the time, like Luciano, Capone, Torrio and Rothstein, to organize to become more powerful, which pulled all the way through until the '70s. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#become #becoming #capone #city #crime

There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the need for time is such that it's overwhelming at times, and the stream of responsibility. ↗

— William Shatner

#attention #becoming #concrete #detail #directing

Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#becoming #danger #preserve #seems #wealthy

Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers. ↗

— Leland Stanford

#employers #laboring #men #office #own

We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#batting #becoming #bleed #devote #entire

Blues music is becoming more and more popular than it ever was. I'm always meeting people on the road that are really young, and are guitar players. male and female. ↗

— Mick Taylor

#becoming #blues #ever #female #guitar

I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with. ↗

— Mick Taylor

#both #clapton #eric #eric clapton #friends

The government is becoming the family of last resort. ↗

— Jerry Brown

#family #government #last #resort

This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#avoid #becoming #community #confederation #dreadful

Football tactics are rapidly becoming as complicated as the chemical formula for splitting the atom. ↗

— Jimmy Greaves

#becoming #chemical #complicated #football #formula