#tee

We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school, are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem. ↗

— Louise Slaughter

#compete #healthier #know #perform #physically

Block Watch, Crime Watch, we have hundreds of thousands of Americans, every day and night, risking their lives, going out for no pay as volunteers, protecting Americans like all of you and not asking anything in return. And the other day I'm speaking in a high school in New Jersey and the youngsters go, oh, you're just like Zimmerman. ↗

— Curtis Sliwa

#asking #block #crime #day #every

Sixteen games, to me, is a long enough schedule for anybody. We're already concerning ourselves with head injuries and bodily harm to all of the professional athletes. Add to extra games to it, (and) you are just increasing those risks. ↗

— Emmitt Smith

#already #anybody #athletes #bodily #concerning

I heard Mr. Wild Bill Davis. I heard him play in 1930 and he told me that it would take me fifteen years just to learn the pedals, the pedals of the organ and I got mad. ↗

— Jimmy Smith

#davis #fifteen #got #heard #him

During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches. ↗

— Kate Smith

#before #bless #committee #democratic #during

You can't become a star just by watching one on TV. Dream big and go for your goals! ↗

— Koltn Burbank

#inspirational-thought #quote #teenage-author #dreams

I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#hit #i #kid #teen #teen years

They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#idol #idols #marketing #me #record

My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested in re-shaping the Rising material for live shows, so people could hear the bare bones of that. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#band #bare #bones #could #couple

The Patients' Bill of Rights is necessary to guarantee that health care will be available for those who are paying for insurance. It's a part of the overall health care picture. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#bill #bill of rights #care #guarantee #health