#ding

Are you kidding? This is crazy, man. I thought I was Mr. Pre-Televised awards. ↗

— TobyMac

#crazy #i #kidding #man #mr

People love that you're human and that we're frail and we face the same situations. Honesty tends to communicate with people better than standing up there like you have an 'S' on your chest. ↗

— TobyMac

#chest #communicate #face #frail #honesty

I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist. ↗

— Leo Kottke

#artist #down #first #i #line

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#enjoyment #fade #habit #lasts #only

In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to write by writing job applications. Imagine what would happen if anyone tried to do that to children in a predominantly white suburban school. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#ads #anyone #applications #book #children

The inequalities are greater now than in '92. Some states have equalized per-pupil spending but they set the 'equal level' very low, so that wealthy districts simply raise extra money privately. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#equal #extra #extra money #greater #inequalities

I have an unending desire to be better and make myself a better person, better mother. ↗

— Tanya Tucker

#better mother #better person #desire #i #make

People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I'm this cool, brooding artist. But I'm just having fun with it. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#artist #brooding #fun #having #having fun

The fans of 'The Hunger Games,' of the book, are very passionate. It's funny: Even at my concerts there are people holding up 'Cinna' signs. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#concerts #even #fans #funny #games

Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became a teen, I sought out making money from music, weather that was singing lounge gigs, backup in studios, or weddings. ↗

— Chantal Kreviazuk

#backup #became #child #first #gigs