#ted

When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that segregation is proper, you have a hard time. You can't believe how much it's a part of your thinking. ↗

— Shelby Foote

#believe #believes #everybody #grow #grow up

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. ↗

— B. C. Forbes

#become #before #defeats #demonstrated #discouraged

Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time. ↗

— Malcolm Forbes

#forget #got #how #leaders #next

I think once I made up my mind that I was allergic to alcohol, and that's what I learned, it made sense to me. And I think it was kind of pointed out that you know if you were allergic to strawberries, you wouldn't eat strawberries. And that made sense to me. ↗

— Betty Ford

#allergic #eat #i #i think #kind

When I was in school, I was very involved with a lot of things. I was very very active. I couldn't say that I wasn't popular. I was a cheerleader when I was in junior high. I didn't make it in high school so I started a dance line. ↗

— Faith Ford

#cheerleader #dance #high #high school #i

I am for gay marriage. Or same-sex marriage. I don't want to say it the wrong way. I think people are sensitive to it. I have been painted as being this right-wing zealot on choice. Nothing could be further from the truth. ↗

— Harold Ford

#been #being #choice #could #further

Am I grumpy? I might be. But I think maybe sometimes it's misinterpreted. ↗

— Harrison Ford

#grumpy #i #i think #maybe #might

I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges. ↗

— Harrison Ford

#day #different #every #every day #go

My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor. ↗

— Harrison Ford

#character #character actor #ever #expect #famous

I decided to take God and organized religion seriously, and to reject the secular life which in my teens had looked attractive because it allowed me to act in any way that I wanted. ↗

— Luke Ford

#allowed #any #attractive #because #decided