#to

I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#came #death #directing #ford #frightened

The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke, a blot on American history. ↗

— Frank Waters

#american history #blot #expansion #history #joke

This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We've had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty. ↗

— Maxine Waters

#approach #change #color #deal #every

I don't have them down here asking me what my urban agenda is. I don't find them really doing in-depth stories on community-based organizations that have been struggling for a long time and who are out trying to get funds. They aren't interested in those stories. ↗

— Maxine Waters

#asking #been #community-based #doing #down

I rambled all the time. I was just like that, like a rollin' stone. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#just #like #stone #time

I stone got crazy when I saw somebody run down them strings with a bottleneck. My eyes lit up like a Christmas tree and I said that I had to learn. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#christmas #christmas tree #crazy #down #eyes

He didn't want to tell his son what to do, but told me to write the president a letter. I didn't name a country, but there are many countries we have a fragile relationship with. ↗

— George Herbert Walker

#country #fragile #his #i #letter

Poor Andy Nave was killed. He refused to surrender and was shot by Dick Fields. I felt sorry as he used to be quite friendly towards me before the war, but it could not be helped. ↗

— Stand Watie

#before #could #felt #fields #friendly

My great crime in the world is blunder I will get into scrapes without intention or any bad motive. ↗

— Stand Watie

#bad #blunder #crime #get #great

Eventually you can get into the nuts and bolts of reality: nurturing, caring, and getting along. ↗

— Jody Watley

#bolts #caring #eventually #get #getting