#folks

Most people understand life expectancy has changed since Social Security started in 1937 when folks lived to be 59 years old. Today, they live to be 77 years old. ↗

— Jack Kingston

#expectancy #folks #life #life expectancy #live

What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor. ↗

— Jack Kingston

#democratic #democratic process #endeavor #ethiopia #folks

Folks, I've been straight for seventeen days... Not all in a row. ↗

— Sam Kinison

#days #folks #i #row #seventeen

Finally, I have to say that the most surprising aspect has been the speed at which the folks in India adapt to Western practices. They learn fast, really, really fast. ↗

— Sanjay Kumar

#aspect #been #fast #finally #folks

My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life, my mom was a maid and a cashier and a stock clerk at WalMart. We were not people of financial means in terms of significant financial means. I always told them, 'I didn't always have what I wanted. I always had what I needed.' My parents always provided that. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#bartender #class #clerk #dad #financial

Remember folks stop lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph. ↗

— Jim Samuels

#folks #lights #mph #remember #stop

Too many people in government seem to think they are above regular folks, and I said I would expect humility in the way each member of my team served- that they would recognize that the taxpayer is boss. ↗

— Mark Sanford

#boss #each #expect #folks #government

And I'll tell you, honestly, folks that I talk to, the 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in America, that I am one of, understand that we're done with insurance companies dropping us or denying us coverage because of - because we have a preexisting condition. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#america #because #breast cancer #cancer #companies

When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to act. Some folks would scream and holler, and I didn't know what to do with that. ↗

— Jill Scott

#became #because #could #famous #first

But in my life, the vast majority of people that have really afforded me the opportunity to succeed were white folks. ↗

— Tim Scott

#folks #life #majority #me #my life