#were

I always sang when I was little and my father, who was a great influence on me, also had a wonderful voice. He and my mother really encouraged me to sing and play the piano. They were always very supportive. ↗

— Judy Collins

#always #encouraged #father #great #had

At first, I didn't hang out with celebrity kids. That wasn't the way I was brought up. I went to a run-of-the-mill Catholic primary school when we first moved to L.A. But then I went to a high school where there were lots of 'industry' children. Those weren't my best friends and I've never set out to make myself a part of that scene. ↗

— Lily Collins

#brought #catholic #celebrity #children #first

Actually I like the idea of being a Renaissance hack. If tombstones were still in style, I would want to have the two words chiseled right under my name. ↗

— Dennis Flanagan

#being #hack #i #idea #like

For anybody to say well this is not Hip Hop and that's not Hip Hop, that is not the way the formula was laid down. It was for the people who were going to continue take anything musically and string it along. ↗

— Grandmaster Flash

#anybody #anything #continue #down #for the people

My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

#parents #very #were

The weapons were conceived and created by a small band of physicists and chemists; they remain a cataclysmic threat to the whole of human society and the natural environment. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#cataclysmic #chemists #conceived #created #environment

Acting coaches in Hollywood were always telling me to use my hands and body more. But that was never me. I just breathe and sometimes it doesn't look as if I'm doing that. ↗

— Perry Como

#always #body #breathe #coaches #doing

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself. ↗

— Confucius

#others #same #were #you #yourself

Queen Latifah used to help me out with my kids, because while we were all out on tour - Public Enemy, Naughty By Nature, Queen Latifah, Heavy D - when Public Enemy went onstage, I didn't have anybody solid to watch my kids. So, Latifah would help me out. ↗

— Flavor Flav

#because #enemy #heavy #help #i

Show me a better man. Name one and I am answered; but do not point, as a disqualification, to the very facts which make this man fit beyond all others. ↗

— Roscoe Conkling

#answered #better #better man #beyond #facts