#irs

The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

#citizenship #every #first-class #important #important issue

So for me having that element of being able to be competitive wasn't a problem. I'm very competitive. I thought if I could skate first, acting would come second. I could say my lines and then go do what I was saying. You don't have to fake it, you're not really acting. ↗

— John Robinson

#acting #being #come #competitive #could

Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day. ↗

— Smokey Robinson

#day #first #i #motown #once

When I was 13, I entered the seminary in the hope of becoming a priest. But I often found myself helping the nuns in the kitchen and thus discovered my passion for cooking. I began to cultivate my skills and aspirations at the age of 15, when I embarked on my first apprenticeship. ↗

— Joel Robuchon

#apprenticeship #aspirations #becoming #began #cooking

My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation. ↗

— Arthur Rock

#first #generation #immigrant #mother #russia

Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse. ↗

— Chris Rock

#bill #comedian #cosby #curse #exposed

I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history of the school. ↗

— Chris Rock

#black #brooklyn #first #history #i

When I was making my first record there would be something that would come out that would inspire you, you know? You'd see someone on TV or on the radio. ↗

— Kid Rock

#first #i #inspire #know #making

Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third. ↗

— Knute Rockne

#first #second #sip #skip #slowly

You must first spend some time getting your model to relax. Then you'll get a natural expression. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#first #get #getting #model #must