#francis

I used to be a street singer in San Francisco. ↗

— Gedde Watanabe

#i #san #san francisco #singer #street

Back in the 60s, San Francisco artists lived in communes. ↗

— Gedde Watanabe

#back #francisco #lived #san #san francisco

In 1967, the students at San Francisco State invited the poet Amiri Baraka to the campus for a semester. He attracted other influential black writers such as Sonia Sanchez, Ed Bullins, Eldridge Cleaver. What emerged was something we called the community communications program. That's how I got involved; I got involved in a little play. ↗

— Danny Glover

#black #called #campus #cleaver #communications

I've run for office, and I've stood on street corners, while people walked by me and didn't want to talk to me, and did not think I was a credible candidate. And then four years later, I was nearly elected mayor of San Francisco, so I know what it takes. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#corners #credible #did #elected #four

After Survivor, I was driving across country and moving to San Francisco, going to get a job interning at an ad agency. And then they asked me to read for this movie. ↗

— Colleen Haskell

#ad #after #agency #asked #country

East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State. ↗

— O. Henry

#californians #east #francisco #inhabitants #merely

If I had it my way, I never would have left San Francisco, but things change and that's the nature of this business. We have to move on. We hopefully get opportunities down the road that we take advantage of. ↗

— Jeff Garcia

#business #change #down #down the road #francisco

I woke up full of hate and fear the day before the most recent peace march in San Francisco. This was disappointing: I'd hoped to wake up feeling somewhere between Virginia Woolf and Wavy Gravy. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#between #day #disappointing #fear #feeling

Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces. ↗

— David Lynch

#francis #francis bacon #giant #him #i

I learned from Francis Ford Coppola to treat the company like your family. ↗

— Mary Stuart Masterson

#coppola #family #ford #francis #i