#iv

I was stranded in Disco. I went to dozens of darkened places with enough flashing lights to drive the average person mad. I felt lost in the pulse of sheer panic. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#average person #darkened #disco #dozens #drive

I went from elementary school to proper training, operatic training, and I went on to the Motown University and learned a lot of things from some wonderful people. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#elementary school #i #learned #lot #motown

I worshipped Berry Gordy for the creative dreams he had made come true. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#come #creative #dreams #had #i

If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#awards #end #enough #found #i

You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#castle #enough #food #get #kin

Kennedy lied and lied about his health while he was alive, even using his father's influence to get into the Navy without ever taking a medical examination. ↗

— Richard Reeves

#alive #even #ever #examination #father

Whatever one thinks of President George W. Bush and his unilateralist crew, most of the people laughing at us do not think we are evil. What they think is that we are naive and incompetent. ↗

— Richard Reeves

#crew #evil #george #george w #his

When people talk to me about tyranny, it makes me laugh and gives me the impression that people suffer from amnesia. ↗

— Jean Claude Duvalier

#amnesia #gives #impression #laugh #makes

I think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today, negativity is not permitted. ↗

— Godfrey Reggio

#enormous #i #i think #live #negative

It's not that we use technology, we live technology. ↗

— Godfrey Reggio

#technology #use