#loc

Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives say we've forgotten where we came from. I may forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to set the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know exactly where I came from. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#black #budget #came #clock #conservatives

Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about. ↗

— Gerard Way

#anyone #anything #band #cool #different

My father was the guy on the block who said hi to everyone. ↗

— Damon Wayans

#block #everyone #father #guy #hi

Where I come from, the block become your daddy. ↗

— Lil Wayne

#block #come #daddy #i #where

Jail didn't make me find God, He's always been there. They can lock me up, but my spirit and my love can never be confined to prison walls. ↗

— Lil Wayne

#been #confined #find #god #jail

The two defining issues of this century are both universal but felt locally: the global water crisis and the resources boom. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#both #century #crisis #defining #felt

In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game. ↗

— Earl Weaver

#chance #clock #game #give #got

Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together. ↗

— John Webster

#commonly #crows #eagles #flock #fly

No man wants to feel that he's there because of his woman's biological clock or because he's filling a job opening for husband or significant other. ↗

— George Weinberg

#biological #clock #feel #filling #his

If I'm hunting down gifts, I like to buy locally. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#down #gifts #hunting #i #like