#mo

I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five years old, and it was in Arlington that I spent most of my childhood. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#arlington #because #born #childhood #five

The reason that minorities and women don't have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#better #campaign #campaign finance #candidates #difficult

I've made a career over the last seventeen years of mostly playing men in uniform, especially cops. The one thing for an actor that is death, is if you're bored. The boredom will show in your work. ↗

— Benjamin Bratt

#bored #boredom #career #cops #death

Depending on your own background and life experiences, this may or may not be new to you, but after an eight-to-twelve-hour day, white office workers often don't feel like they've spent enough time with each other. Therefore, they are prone to organizing pseudo-official company activities such as bowling or happy hour. ↗

— Baratunde R. Thurston

#non-fiction #experience

Blame is the creed of the disempowered. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#creed #disempowered #happiness #inspirational #life

I've been advised not to have any more children for medical reasons, so that's it - the shop has closed, even though I would have loved a daughter. ↗

— Toni Braxton

#any #been #children #closed #daughter

Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested. ↗

— T. Berry Brazelton

#helpful #keep #mouths #opinions #requested

I was motivated to be different in part because I was different. ↗

— Donna Brazile

#be different #because #different #i #motivated

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#cannot #common #factions #into #long

It took me six months to redeem myself at least to have another chance to at least have her get to know me and let her know I was at least a decent guy and to give me a shot. And here we are, we've been married seven years. ↗

— Drew Brees

#been #chance #decent #get #give