#were

People never knew we were poor, but out of that poverty came the most incredible inventions - board games, recipes... we never stopped inventing. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

#came #games #incredible #inventing #inventions

I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

#breath #ever #held #hugging #i

The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds - the birds were chickens and the flowers dried sunflowers rattling against a wall. ↗

— Chuck Jones

#against #author #birds #chickens #dried

We didn't think we were a fourth-place team. For us to beat the first-place team in the West and the first-place team in the East shows the dedication and determination that we had. ↗

— Cobi Jones

#dedication #determination #east #had #shows

And actually, about three weeks ago, Micky, Peter and I were in Vegas at the MGM Grand. And we did about 12 shows in seven days. It was quite an experience. ↗

— Davy Jones

#actually #ago #days #did #experience

Groupies to me, were people who followed you around. Familiar faces who were always there, asking for autographs. We have more of those now, but they're not sexual. ↗

— Davy Jones

#around #asking #autographs #faces #familiar

It used to be 65 when you went into retirement. Before that, when you got into your 50s, you were getting older. ↗

— Davy Jones

#getting #getting older #got #into #older

The Beatles set the rules. And the rules were: now just because we have long hair doesn't mean that we're rebellious. ↗

— Davy Jones

#because #hair #just #just because #long

The Monkees were never cancelled for a start. NBC wanted to do a third year. ↗

— Davy Jones

#monkees #nbc #never #start #third

The only people who didn't like The Monkees were the French, and they don't even like themselves, so what's the point? ↗