#day

We have got some mountains to move. Three billion people - half of God's children - are living on less than $2 a day. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#children #day #god #got #half

I listen to music mostly in the evening. I've come to love what is called world music, like the Zimbabwean Oliver Mtukudzi and the Colombian singer Marta Gomez. I also love the Irish folk singer Mary Black. Other favorites include Chet Baker, Eva Cassidy, and Billie Holiday. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#baker #billie #billie holiday #black #called

I am now the target of the most powerful man in this country, with an army of aides whose major responsibility today seems to be to attack me and get rid of me. ↗

— Gerald Walpin

#am #army #attack #country #get

And yet 50 percent of the kids who start high school in the United States today do not finish high school. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#high #high school #kids #percent #school

This inevitability of conflict motivates us today and echoes the reminder that freedom is not given away and our national security is not achieved without sacrifice. ↗

— Jim Walsh

#away #conflict #echoes #freedom #given

I used to skip breakfast, but eating gets my metabolism going, so I burn more calories all day. ↗

— Kate Walsh

#breakfast #burn #calories #day #eating

Today's marijuana is also twice as strong as it was in the mid 80's. ↗

— John Walters

#mid #strong #today #twice

Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard of. ↗

— Julie Walters

#actually #austen #days #extraordinary #jane

Sixty felt like a big landmark. Not in a dreadful sense, but none of the other birthdays have bothered me. It's got labels on it - OAP, retirement - and I just wanted to take stock. I wanted to be in my greenhouse at home and at least give myself the opportunity of not working again. ↗

— Julie Walters

#big #birthdays #bothered #dreadful #felt

There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole thing, and so there are today a lot more women writers, editors, producers, and so a lot more women's stories. God, the BBC's practically run by women. ↗

— Julie Walters

#baby boomers #bbc #boomers #editors #education