#me

That was where my dream began to take hold, of not havin' to pick cotton and potatoes, and not havin' to be uncomfortable, too hot or too cold. That in itself had driven me to try to find some better way of life. ↗

— Buck Owens

#better #better way #cold #cotton #dream

The last 16 years of my daddy's life, he got to work for me, and that made him his own boss and he like that. ↗

— Buck Owens

#daddy #got #him #his #last

We were sharecroppers - we were a little bit of everything. We farmed and tried to make something. ↗

— Buck Owens

#everything #little #little bit #make #something

Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. ↗

— Jesse Owens

#awards #become #born #competition #dust

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world. ↗

— Jesse Owens

#entire #entire world #famous person #i #least

I do practice what I preach when it comes to nutrition. ↗

— Mehmet Oz

#i #i do #nutrition #practice #preach

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up. ↗

— Jesse Owens

#down #fast #feet #ground #i

Hitchcock makes it very clear to us. There's an objective and a subjective camera, like there's a third- and a first-person narrator in literature. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#clear #first-person #hitchcock #like #literature

Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion. ↗

— Major Owens

#compassion #competing #competition #everybody #such

Children are already accustomed to a world that moves faster and is more exciting than anything a teacher in front of a classroom can do. ↗

— Major Owens

#already #anything #children #classroom #exciting