#ember

The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided me in favor of Atlanta University; so about the last of September I bade farewell to the friends and scenes of my boyhood and boarded a train for the South. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#atlanta #boyhood #capital #decided #farewell

It's hard to mix with a crowd when you're walking down the hallway and everybody else is a foot shorter. I remember hanging out with my friends, like at the mall, and thinking people were staring at me and talking about me. It made me turn inside myself. I became more shy and quiet. ↗

— Randy Johnson

#became #crowd #down #else #everybody

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#care #escape #fills #general #humanity

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#been #calamity #escaped #first #first thing

I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#ended #february #gym #had #i

The World Cup experience is more than just the game of soccer. It's an event. And it will fly by faster than you think. It will end and you'll be saying, 'Wow, it's over already?' You have to remember to take it all in and enjoy it. ↗

— Cobi Jones

#cup #end #enjoy #event #experience

My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#entire #entire family #ever #family #first

I remember everything but forgive anyway. ↗

— Erica Jong

#everything #forgive #i #i remember #remember

Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember? ↗

— Erica Jong

#buy #currency #italy #remember #shoes

Initially with The Butcher Boy, there was this kid growing up in this strange, weird environment that I remember from when I was a kid. And Patrick's vision was so complete there. ↗

— Neil Jordan

#butcher #complete #environment #growing #growing up