#la

My father was a carpenter, a very good carpenter. He also worked for the Jones boys. They were not family members, we weren't related at all. They started the policy racket in Chicago, and they had the five and dime store. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#carpenter #chicago #dime #family #family members

Don't use tap water to make your colloidal silver. Use pure distilled water only. And don't take very large dosages or strong concentrations for long periods of time. ↗

— Stan Jones

#distilled #dosages #large #long #long periods

From 1918 on, trade unionists were to express from the platforms of their congresses the workers' desire for peace through a rational organization of the world. ↗

— Leon Jouhaux

#desire #express #organization #peace #platforms

In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#apart #athlete #available #basketball #been

If this person is a blackmailer, El, I want you to have nothing more to do with it. Blackmailers are dangerous." Her brows rose. "You've had dealings with them before, have you?" Too bloody many times. "Attempting to blackmail the Mackenzie family is a popular pastime," Hart said. ↗

— Jennifer Ashley

#humor #family

I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future. ↗

— Van Jones

#cannot #colleagues #conscience #deck #defending

Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of films. ↗

— Philip Kaufman

#adult #america #audience #been #european

I'm one of those regular weird people. ↗

— Janis Joplin

#people #regular #those #weird

I always tried to play my hunches. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#i #i always #play #tried

It's a habit of mine now, noticing labels, logos, shoes. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#labels #logos #mine #noticing #now