#ow

I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#am #became #christianity #empire #execution

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#away #conventional #conventional wisdom #i #know

We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#been #bill #bill clinton #bill gates #clinton

A lot of times they don't want to hear it. But you know, if some good is done to you, you should pass it on. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

#good #hear #know #lot #pass

Because Ritchie Valens WAS the real deal. He was only starting, but in the time he spent in the business, he made big impact. I don't know if anybody could have made a bigger one. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

#because #big #big impact #bigger #business

But you know, the system almost destroyed itself while it was goin' on trying to destroy us. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

#destroy #destroyed #goin #itself #know

I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

#begin #change #destiny #earth #here

It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

#buddy #close #dealt #devastating #i

And the whole thing is that you're treated like a step-child. Here it was down here, everything in the black, because they were stealing, basically. Stealing from us old country boys down here. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

#because #black #country #down #everything

Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason... I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn't know how, but somehow I'd caused it. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

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