#been

The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages. ↗

— Cyrano de Bergerac

#apples #arrogance #been #beings #benefit

There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented. The common man, I think, is the great protection against war. ↗

— Ernest Bevin

#been #before #calmly #common #common man

Barack Obama is probably the most exciting candidate that either the Democratic or Republican party has produced at least since I've been around. He's fresh, he's new, he's insightful. ↗

— Joe Biden

#barack #barack obama #been #candidate #democratic

I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been taking singing lessons and had vocal coaches. I wasn't taking it too seriously at the time, I would just sing around the house. I was only 12 and I got second place. ↗

— Justin Bieber

#ago #around #been #called #coaches

I been in the blues all my life. I'm still delivering 'cause I got a long memory. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#blues #cause #delivering #got #i

The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#boon #curse #internet #teenagers