#den

You ask people what their ethnicity is, and a lot of Scots-Irish people either don't know or if they know it they just don't acknowledge it. It's not something they really identify with. They're just plain old Americans, plain vanilla. I don't think they are a self-conscious voting bloc. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#ask #bloc #either #ethnicity #i

When you really believe in God, it gives you a courage, a confidence that enables you to meet the things coming. ↗

— Della Reese

#coming #confidence #courage #enables #gives

Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way. ↗

— Sherry Argov

#character #independence #strong-woman #attitude

If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#awards #end #enough #found #i

There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you can't find any work. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#business #cork #find #much #pop

Whatever one thinks of President George W. Bush and his unilateralist crew, most of the people laughing at us do not think we are evil. What they think is that we are naive and incompetent. ↗

— Richard Reeves

#crew #evil #george #george w #his

I get to travel, see the world, meet people and be independent. I feel blessed. ↗

— Bar Refaeli

#feel #get #i #i feel #independent

Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher can do is set a context, raise questions or enter into a kind of a dialogic relationship with their students. ↗

— Godfrey Reggio

#context #educator #enter #good #good teacher

No one has their own identity like the Ronettes did back in the day. ↗

— Ronnie Spector

#day #did #identity #like #own

True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going. ↗

— Robert Reich

#about #america #burden #cheap #fair