#la

Washington, D.C. in 1942 was not the easiest place in the world for a Negro to get along. ↗

— Gordon Parks

#easiest #get #place #washington #world

During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled medical professionals in action and met the brave soldiers whose lives they saved. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#air #air force #base #brave #brave soldiers

In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame. ↗

— James Beattie

#blame #every #every man #man #praise

No jealousy their dawn of love overcast, nor blasted were their wedded days with strife; each season looked delightful as it past, to the fond husband and the faithful wife. ↗

— James Beattie

#blasted #dawn #days #delightful #each

Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#drama #get #must #opera #play

A woman should be less concerned about Paris and more concerned about whether the dress she's about to buy relates to the way she lives. ↗

— Geoffrey Beene

#buy #concerned #dress #less #lives

The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#feeling #inside #nice #owe #universe

France, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws. ↗

— Joachim du Bellay

#france #laws #mother #warfare

The biggest threat to McDonald's lies within - and that is us as a company becoming complacent. There are a lot of companies that get fat, dumb and happy and take their eye off the ball and forget about serving customers. ↗

— Charlie Bell

#ball #becoming #biggest #companies #company

When I got my first guitar my fingers wouldn't go to the sixth string so I took off the big E and played with just five strings. I was only 6 or 7. ↗

— Les Paul

#fingers #first #five #go #got