#folk

There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live. ↗

— Moliere

#deserve #folk #like #live #lives

Governor Scott Walker didn't know who he was messing with when he picked a fight with the hard-working union folks of Wisconsin. He must have forgotten that Wisconsin is the Badger State. And badgers are scrappy little creatures. We may look cute, warm and fuzzy, but we have a fighting spirit. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#creatures #cute #fight #fighting #folks

Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat. ↗

— Van Morrison

#attached #beat #essence #folk #folk music

You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to our humanity - it's like a folk music that rises up out of a culture. ↗

— Sonny Terry

#closest #culture #deep #deep way #express

The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more of those folks we place on pedestals aren't even pausing to consider an option other than lying. ↗

— Michael Musto

#consider #difference #even #fact #fame

I have a deep rooted folk sensibility that I can't get away from completely. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#completely #deep #folk #get #i

Someone asked me years ago if it were true that I disliked Jews, and I replied that it was certainly true, not at all because they are Jews but because they are folks, and I don't like folks. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#asked #because #certainly #disliked #folks

It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two. ↗

— Major Owens

#because #best #civil #civil rights #clear

A lot of folks believe their best years are behind them. But I want Americans to recognize that's not true. ↗

— Mehmet Oz

#believe #best #folks #i #lot

My feet ain't got nothing to do with my nickname, but when folks get it in their heads that a feller's got big feet, soon the feet start looking big. ↗

— Satchel Paige

#feet #folks #get #got #heads