#were

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#bullets #by the time #dodging #end #english

The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#difficulty #getting #government #honest #honest truth

I think it would be great if there were no age limit. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#great #i #i think #limit #think

When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#american culture #appreciation #artists #athletes #community

When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#better #could #hoped #i #just

If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders. ↗

— Hal Abelson

#because #far #giants #i #others

On record dates like that I never felt too nervous because everything was really overdubbed. When we did that album, we were in the studio for probably a week, so you had a lot of opportunity to fix things. ↗

— John Abercrombie

#because #dates #did #everything #felt

Joseph and his mother come from the black kings who were before the white man. ↗

— Peter Abrahams

#black #come #his #joseph #kings

When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas. ↗

— M. H. Abrams

#graduate #graduate student #harvard #history #i

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses. ↗

— Victoria Abril

#i #most #other #played #roles