#former

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? ↗

— Alexander Pope

#fate #former #future #his #knows

I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave much thought to being a performer on my own until I was 12 or 13. ↗

— Helen Reddy

#gave #i #much #my own #never

Well, I'm a former FBI agent. ↗

— Mike Rogers

#fbi #former #i #well

Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death. ↗

— Ernestine L. Rose

#agitation #death #every #life #motto

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#defeat #due #former #glory #humiliation

We aren't people who believe that just because we're performers our opinions on everything need to be known. ↗

— Penn Jillette

#believe #everything #just #just because #known

I thought that maybe it is not so much, as he seems to think, that the world loses interest in female performers after they hit a certain age, than the performers lose interest in the world. ↗

— Lara St. John

#age #certain #certain age #female #hit

For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer. ↗

— Norah Jones

#between #fine #fine line #good #line

I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants. ↗

— Norah Jones

#clubs #i #jazz #mickey #mickey mouse

The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#black #business #climate #entertainment #entertainment business