#bill

We teach young kids from 8 to 14 or 15 about their musical heritage through great songs written by American songwriters. We don't do too many modern composers, although we include songs from Billy Joel and other writers like him. ↗

— Margaret Whiting

#although #american #billy #billy joel #composers

Since other countries and terrorist organizations are working to secure information that could threaten national security, more funding is provided in the bill to increase counter-intelligence activities. ↗

— Roger Wicker

#bill #could #counter-intelligence #countries #funding

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#classes #commercial #hope #live #memory

The answer was that in Burundi, having a clean bill of health has taken on a very particular meaning: unless and until you have paid for your hospital treatment, you simply can't leave, you are in effect a captive. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

#bill #captive #clean #effect #having

To this day, I don't love my arms. People want more fit arms, but my arms are too fit. But I'm not complaining. They pay my bills. ↗

— Serena Williams

#bills #complaining #day #fit #i

I'm a working mother... You try to pay the bills, you try to keep your life going and there's pressure. ↗

— Carnie Wilson

#going #i #keep #life #mother

It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion or more people - without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#better #better quality #billion #bring #century

And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure out the tip on a restaurant bill, I might start to tear up a little bit. ↗

— Thomas Wilson

#because #bill #bit #figure #i

Being raised Catholic in a pressure-cooker household besieged by alcohol and bill collectors enforced and heightened a sense of sentry duty in me, the oldest of five children and the one most responsible for keeping everything from capsizing. Wild indulgence was for other people, the non-worriers. ↗

— James Wolcott

#being #bill #catholic #children #collectors

The Beltway media went into caroming-off-the-walls hysterics over Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, whipping itself into a flaming casserole even as Clinton's standing with the American people remained upright and firm, so to speak. ↗

— James Wolcott

#american people #beltway #bill #bill clinton #clinton