#streets

Gradually I became aware of details: a company of French soldiers was marching through the streets of the town. They broke formation, and went in single file along the communication trench leading to the front line. Another group followed them. ↗

— Ernst Toller

#another #aware #became #broke #communication

Sometimes my life opened its eyes in the dark. A feeling as if crowds drew through the streets in blindness and anxiety on the way towards a miracle, while I invisibly remain standing. ↗

— Tomas Transtromer

#blindness #crowds #dark #drew #eyes

I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites. ↗

— Tom Waits

#i #i think #just #names #sailors

Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong. ↗

— Barry White

#save #streets #strong #too #tried

I never walked the streets of New York hoping to be a musical comedy star. For one thing, they would have thought I was too tall, because l was five feet eight and a half, and they were all little bitty things running around in the studio at that time. ↗

— Esther Williams

#because #comedy #eight #feet #five

Sade's stuff is real deceptive. She's got stuff about prostitutes, poverty and people on the streets. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#deceptive #got #people #poverty #real

I have walked around the same streets so many times, and then seen a place that had been hidden to me. I now know the sites in a way that makes me think I could have made better use of the connections between place and snowball. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#been #better #between #connections #could

I understand the Second Amendment. I respect the Second Amendment. I think we need to use common sense tools to keep the American people safe, to keep our streets safe. ↗

— Eric Holder

#american #american people #common #common sense #i

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#does #frighten #horses #i #long

I'm very ambitious, despite all the challenges I face in the streets. ↗

— Dana Hussein

#challenges #despite #face #i #streets