#carter

If you’re listening to this, congratulations! You survived Doomsday. I’d like to apologize straightaway for any inconvenience the end of the world may have caused you. The earthquakes, rebellions, riots,tornadoes, floods, tsunamis, and of course the giant snake who swallowed the sun—I’m afraid most of that was our fault. Carter and I decided we should at least explain how it happened. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#destruction #earthquakes #floods #funny #funny-and-random

I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash. ↗

— Iris Dement

#bob dylan #carter #cash #dylan #family

President Jimmy Carter was a citizen soldier. Ironically, he was considered weak because he didn't kill anybody and he didn't get anyone killed. ↗

— Andrew Young

#anyone #because #carter #citizen #considered

We had a party with the rest of the skaters in our trailer and then the next day we were off to see Jimmy Carter. And then we had the World Championships the next weekend, so not a lot of chance to catch up. ↗

— Eric Heiden

#catch #championships #chance #day #had

Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton Administration, elected in 1992, lingered in naming its team, and as a result, took almost a year to staff its ranks. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#almost #began #carter #clinton #clinton administration

We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations. ↗

— Gary Locke

#china #come #diplomatic #diplomatic relations #first

I am not predicting here that Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter. What I am predicting is the Republican Party is not extinct and will after a period of time become a strong opposition party. ↗

— Ed Rollins

#am #become #carter #extinct #fail

Well, you know, I might try out for the musical," I say real quick. [...] She nods and says, "You should. We need guys." [...] She smiles and says, "Break a leg" as I walk out. That was uncalled for. "Bitch," I say under my breath as the door closes. ↗

— Brent Crawford

#will-carter #music

The snapshots in CHINA: Portrait of a People are not meant to be works of art. I was too preoccupied with participating, with reveling in the moment, to worry about their perfection. Their purpose, then, is to form a candid portrait of China exactly as China presented itself to me. ↗

— Tom Carter

#china #chinese #photography #photography-book #photos

Her eyes were luminous gold. I wondered if that was the last color a bug saw when it was trapped in amber—and if the bug thought, wow, that's beautiful, right before it was frozen forever. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#zia #beauty