#w

It doesn't take me long to write songs. ↗

— Ben E. King

#me #songs #take #write

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#first #first step #just #see #staircase

People rarely speak of children; you hear of 'cohort groups' and 'standard variations,' but you don't hear much of boys who miss their cats or 6-year-olds who have to struggle with potato balls. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#cats #children #groups #hear #miss

When we took on the name The Drifters, we became the new Drifters, and signed a contract to be put on salary, which I think was like a hundred dollars a week, a piece, five hundred dollars for all five of us. ↗

— Ben E. King

#contract #dollars #five #hundred #i

I wanted to separate data from programs, because data and instructions are very different. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#data #different #i #instructions #programs

I count myself fortunate to be able to contribute to this work; and the great interest which the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has shown in my work and the recognition that it has paid to my past successes, convince me that I am not on the wrong track. ↗

— Pieter Zeeman

#academy #am #contribute #convince #count

Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#bisexual #everyone #gay #guarantee #i

I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#first #i #knew #lesson #life

I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#cares #coming #i #i think #just

If 22 bushels (1,300 pounds) of rice and 22 bushels of winter grain are harvested from a quarter acre field, then the field will support five to ten people each investing an average of less than one hour of labour per day. But if the field were turned over to pasturage, or if the grain were fed to cattle, only one person could be supported per quarter acre. Meat becomes a luxury food when its production requires land which could provide food directly for human consumption. This has been shown clearly and definitely. Each person should ponder seriously how much hardship he is causing by indulging in food so expensively produced. ↗

— Masanobu Fukuoka

#conservation #consumption #farming #food #food-security