#thou

I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#doing #dream #get #i #never

I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#children #i #met #never #people

The triumph can't be had without the struggle. ↗

— Wilma Rudolph

#struggle #triumph #without

I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I always find it annoying when he does play an instrument. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#always #annoying #broadway #came #dad

I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#bass #bedroom #brother #bunch #come

They would never let me be a crossing guard when I was a little kid. It would come up, I'd always raise my hand, I would never get picked . They thought I was too wild, but I knew I was responsible enough, if I was given that task. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

#come #crossing #enough #get #given

I want to warn potential victims. Many of them are women, and many of them are battered women. It's a cause for me. When I look back, though, so many of the books I've written are about wives who just couldn't get away. ↗

— Ann Rule

#away #back #battered #books #cause

I've never been resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because although I couldn't sew, I could think. ↗

— Jane Rule

#because #been #clothes #could #i

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us. ↗

— Benjamin Rush

#liberty #us #virtue #without #would

If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well understood by the American people, it probably won't "sail" anyway. Send it back for further thought. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#american people #anyway #approach #back #been