#took

At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55. ↗

— Erica Jong

#afford #beijing #bouncing #certain #chinese

I took two years away from making films to write a novel. ↗

— Neil Jordan

#films #i #making #novel #took

A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#called #chief #council #country #great

Since President Bush took office, we have lost 3 million more good jobs. ↗

— Marcy Kaptur

#good #good jobs #jobs #lost #million

The key to this collaboration - which we undertook after much deliberation - was to stretch creatively. New characters, new locales, new form (the novella). ↗

— Jonathan Kellerman

#characters #collaboration #creatively #deliberation #form

A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick. ↗

— Moira Kelly

#few #films #graduation #i #months

But in practice Australia - the pluralism of Australia - sorry the sectarianism to an extent stopped at the time you took your uniform off after coming home from school. ↗

— Thomas Keneally

#australia #coming #coming home #extent #home

I took group lessons at a rink near my home. We first had to learn how to stand up on the ice wearing skates. Eventually we learned to move forward, but soon found out that it was not that easy to stop! So that was our next important lesson. ↗

— Nancy Kerrigan

#eventually #first #forward #found #group

It took President Obama to make America lead like America again. ↗

— John F. Kerry

#america #lead #like #make #obama

We didn't have movies in this little mining town. When I was 12 my mom took me to New York and I saw Bye Bye Birdie, with people singing and dancing, and that was it. ↗

— Margot Kidder

#bye #dancing #i #little #me