#were

I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#concert pianist #dead #dead end #death #end

I worked at a hospital for a week. And at a golf course when I was in college at Kansas for about a week. The tips weren't good so I quit. ↗

— Paul Pierce

#college #course #golf #golf course #good

The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers. ↗

— Abbe Pierre

#become #beggars #general #givers #i

Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life. ↗

— Abbe Pierre

#life #my life #seven #those #were

I'd love to open a private museum in Paris, London, or New York, but I don't have the money. If I were Bill Gates or Paul Allen, the first thing I would do is build a museum. ↗

— Jean Pigozzi

#bill #bill gates #build #first #first thing

At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#gave #late #lodge #many #me

I was informed... that some... were dreaming and wished to return. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#i #informed #return #some #were

Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that same sense of public service. They are simply pirates. ↗

— John Pilger

#believed #century #classic #days #european

I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog. ↗

— John Pilger

#household #i #political #sydney #underdog

I decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through, and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about. ↗

— Pink

#artists #been #decided #embarrassed #even