#had

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#africa #bible #came #closed #eyes

Food during my early years was a very difficult issue for me. I grew up in an addictive family. My mother had serious problems with alcohol and prescription drugs. I was an overweight kid. I can remember back in those days there weren't the strategies that there are today to deal with those issues. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#alcohol #back #days #deal #difficult

As far as critics, I'm not a hip guy. I was never on drugs. Nobody ever felt sorry for me 'cause I went straight or found God. I always had God. I've always like, played by the rules. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

#as far as #cause #critics #ever #far

Despite a few really bad days we had quite a lot of fun making Low, especially when all the radical ideas were making sense and things were starting to click. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#bad days #click #days #despite #especially

Marc Bolan had inspired so many people to pick up a guitar and join a band. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#guitar #had #inspired #join #many

I don't get what my signature is supposed to mean if we haven't had some kind of exchange. ↗

— Nana Visitor

#get #had #haven #i #kind

My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the sports world that I had 38 years ago. ↗

— Lesley Visser

#assignments #back #cut #enthusiasm #had

I had a vision how it should sound and I put all my knowledge into this product and it is a fantastic product. People still tell me that I have the best musical thing there. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#fantastic #had #how #i #into

I was very much fascinated with the technology we had that we could edit in the computer our compositions, but all the sounds that were available on the market were crap. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#compositions #computer #could #crap #edit

They taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#cannot #difference #educate #failed #had