#rowing

My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#affirmative #affirmative action #balanced #balanced budget #boy

What I am saying is, all health care has a problem with costs. Medicare is growing slower than the private insurance plans. Why? Because of their efficiency. They don't have to give money to shareholders. Why should be defending shareholders? ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#because #care #costs #defending #efficiency

Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word - even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#because #censorship #collapse #conclusion #even

To pitch a perfect game wearing pinstripes at Yankee Stadium, it's unbelievable. Growing up a Yankee fan, to come out here and make history, it really is a dream come true. ↗

— David Wells

#dream #fan #game #growing #growing up

I remember the evacuee children from towns and cities throwing stones at the farm animals. When we explained that if you did that you wouldn't have any milk, meat or eggs, they soon learned to respect the animals. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#children #cities #did #eggs #explained

Being a kid and growing up is such a cool part of life. ↗

— Devon Werkheiser

#cool #growing #growing up #kid #life

When I was growing up, Green Day had just come out. ↗

— Deryck Whibley

#day #green #green day #growing #growing up

I never had any hang-ups about sex. As for being sexually repressed, nothing could be further from the truth. There are more hang-ups now than ever there were when I was growing up. ↗

— Mary Whitehouse

#any #being #could #ever #further

You can make great money in a utility type of business by borrowing cheaply and lending sensibly but that's not what's being done. ↗

— Meredith Whitney

#being done #borrowing #business #cheaply #done

I was a handful growing up. ↗

— Olivia Wilde

#growing #growing up #handful #i #up