#ted

There are so many issues in society - we talk about the violence, the drugs, the unwanted pregnancies - but at the end of the day, it comes down to what we taught our children to be. ↗

— Allan Houston

#children #comes #day #down #end

The most effective step that may be taken to increase the production of these crops is to enlarge the acreage devoted to them in the regions where they are grown habitually. ↗

— David F. Houston

#crops #devoted #effective #enlarge #grown

I just wanted to be a scientist. ↗

— Terrence Howard

#just #scientist #wanted

Buckwheat may be planted later than any similar crop, and often does well on old meadows or waste land that can be broken after the more exacting crops are planted. ↗

— David F. Houston

#any #broken #crop #crops #does

For the Gulf States, perhaps no forage crop of which the available seed supply is relatively abundant exceeds the velvet bean in potential value. This legume possesses also the ability to make a crop when planted relatively late. ↗

— David F. Houston

#abundant #also #available #bean #crop

The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 1916 render them of great importance in the regions to which they are adapted. ↗

— David F. Houston

#beans #due #field #food #great

The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be overemphasized, in view of the economic problems which may arise as a result of the entrance of the United States into the war. ↗

— David F. Houston

#arise #cannot #coming #economic #economic problems

What this loss means will be appreciated from the statement that one bushel of wheat contains sufficient energy to support the average working man for 15 days. ↗

— David F. Houston

#average #bushel #contains #days #energy

I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, 'Oh, God, what's this?' I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#being #children #deal #eleven #god

I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way. ↗

— Alan Hovhaness

#concert #concert pianist #did #earn #fairly