#rough

The Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, actually, was an effort to put something on the mall in Washington so American tourists could walk through America, and in their minds everything on the mall would be American. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#america #american #could #effort #everything

Generally speaking, I went through that. I came to a place where I realised what true value was. It wasn't money. Money is a means to achieving an end, but it's not the end. ↗

— Robert Redford

#came #end #generally #i #i came

The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to get a deficit down if you have faster growth, cutting unemployment-related costs and raising revenues. ↗

— John Redwood

#brought #costs #cutting #deficit #down

Intuition is the very force or activity of the soul in its experience through whatever has been the experience of the soul itself. ↗

— Henry Reed

#been #experience #force #intuition #itself

If you can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head. ↗

— Lenny Wilkens

#banging #find #go #head #our time

This nation has been through hard times. But those hard times have hardened our resolve. I'm ready to do the difficult work ahead. But I want to do that work with Barack Obama, and not a Tea Party ideologue. We can move America forward, but we can only do it together. ↗

— Harry Reid

#america #barack #barack obama #been #difficult

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization. ↗

— Frederick Reines

#activities #among #boy #each #eagle

My folks have played everything from rock, disco, pop, funk, and blues. My dad has always brought and played different genres like jazz, classical, and Latin. With all this in my pocket, I feel I have a taste of everything for my influences. ↗

— Haley Reinhart

#blues #brought #classical #dad #different

The crowd, still shouting, gives way before us. We plough our way through. Women hold their aprons over their faces and go stumbling away. A roar of fury goes up. A wounded man is being carried off. ↗

— Erich Maria Remarque

#before #being #carried #crowd #faces

I applaud my mother now for getting me through that time and making me believe in myself. ↗

— Leah Remini

#believe #getting #i #making #me