#ere

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#been #creator #environmental #federal #federal government

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#college #football #four #going #me

I came out of the Civil Rights Movement, and I had a different kind of focus than most people who have just the academic background as their primary training experience. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#background #came #civil #civil rights #civil rights movement

I went to a church where you could not sing out loud in the service until you had been saved. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#church #could #had #i #loud

So one of the things that happened with integration in the South is they found that the black teachers were much more educated than the white teachers. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#educated #found #happened #integration #more

There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#go #like #nowhere #only #people

I extract what I consider the best material from different sources. But often the material I perform comes from a very strange location in history, which are minstrel shows. ↗

— Leon Redbone

#comes #consider #different #extract #history

Everybody was starting to grow long hair and wear pink suits and purple glasses and stuff and then, I suppose, some people thought we were crazy, but we weren't really crazy because we're all still here! ↗

— Noel Redding

#crazy #everybody #glasses #grow #hair

It took me a year to really learn the American lingo. I really feel for people who are coming here and don't speak English at all. It must be hell. ↗

— Helen Reddy

#coming #english #feel #hell #here

I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing them seriously. To take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death. ↗

— Leon Redbone

#because #business #death #doing #gentle