#folks

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

But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I represent 30 counties south of Springfield down to Indiana and Kentucky, that in this bill is the best rural package for hospitals ever passed. ↗

— John Shimkus

#always #before #best #bill #counties

You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#cracking #folks #get #point #society

Again, one of the problems I have with television, as I mentioned before, is it's trivial in many ways, and I think that a lot of folks out there are looking for new metaphors and new ways of thinking about things. ↗

— J. Michael Straczynski

#again #before #folks #i #i think

This is the kind of problem you want to have! Country radio has been great to me my whole career. I can't thank those folks enough. ↗

— George Strait

#career #country #country radio #enough #folks

When somebody listens and laughs, you're always in better shape than when you're with those folks who just kind of look at you when you say something funny. You wonder if they're looking at you because they're mad that they didn't say it or something. It's hard to handle that. ↗

— Jason Sudeikis

#because #better #folks #funny #handle

I wanted to go to sea when I graduated from high school but my folks talked me out of it. ↗

— William M. Thomas

#go #graduated #high #high school #i

I'd like to teach kids how to write songs. This will be my first year so I'm just as green as some of the rest of the folks. It's like a music camp and I get to hang out with some of the past contestants. ↗

— Bo Bice

#contestants #first #folks #get #green

Different strokes, for different folks. ↗

— Sly Stone

#folks #strokes

Why do airline pilots always call passengers "folks"? I don't usually take umbrage at generic terminology--I'm one of those forward-thinkers who believes that "man" encompasses the whole darned race -- but at whatever 0'clock in the mornning. I thought it would be nice to be called sometihng that suggested unwashed masses a little less. ↗

— C.E. Murphy

#humor #urban-shaman #humor