#were

There is plenty of blame to go around for the U.S. housing bubble, but not much of it belongs to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two giant housing-finance institutions made many mistakes over the decades, some of them real whoppers, but causing house prices to soar and then crater during the past decade weren't among them. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#around #belongs #blame #bubble #causing

They called me the sexiest economist in America, and that was years ago, when I had hair and body mass and my teeth were shiny. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#america #body #called #economist #had

In the studios days, the public's perception of movie stars was much different, because the stars were so much less exposed. This made them seem more special, more unearthly. Today they're no longer perceived as different - they've become human, so to speak. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#become #days #different #exposed #human

It wasn't easy once I started running 20th Century Fox. There were a lot of eyebrows raised, and it wasn't easy, that transition, because, you know, I had big shoes to fill and I was very young, 27. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#because #big #big shoes #century #easy

For me, the most difficult thing is that I am learning melodies on guitar from some songs whose melodies were not meant to be played on guitar. Ever. They were intended mostly for keyboards or melodic percussion. ↗

— Dweezil Zappa

#cult thing #difficult #difficult thing #ever #guitar

My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#becoming #came #concentration #doctor #getting

The odds were against us, but we deserve to be where we are. ↗

— Steven Gerrard

#deserve #odds #us #were #where

I knew I couldn't solve it. Because I couldn't figure out what made her drink when things were going well. ↗

— David Gest

#drink #figure #going #her #i

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide. ↗

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

#just #realizing #were #you

Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#background #both #carry #classical #classical music