#try

This is the time that I really miss being in my courtroom because I believe that that's the last place in this country where there's supposed to be fairness. ↗

— Star Jones

#being #believe #country #courtroom #fairness

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised. ↗

— Ben Jonson

#confidence #had #industry #negligence #produces

I want to make movies about my country from my point of view. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#country #i #make #movies #point

Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood. ↗

— Erica Jong

#church #circus #country #deserves #every

I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper. ↗

— Erica Jong

#cheaper #declining #i #i think #life

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#attempting #fulfill #inflation #larger #larger scale

We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world. ↗

— Hamilton Jordan

#american #american people #concerned #country #future

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. ↗

— June Jordan

#because #involves #poetry #political #political act

So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders. ↗

— June Jordan

#among #becomes #between #dialogue #each

'Through the times I've gone through the last couple of weeks - and I'm still trying to help a friend - I got attacked pretty hard through the media, and it hurt and it was devastating, but I really found out who was with me and who was there for me. ↗

— Michael Irvin

#couple #devastating #found #friend #gone