#were

But I was never, you know, when I see some kids today who are close to their parents, close to their friends... I think it's simply wonderful. I was not a happy kid. Back in those days, I remember the sick, gray days were better. Because when it was sunny I'd feel worse. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#because #better #close #days #feel

Even though Jack Kennedy and I were about the same age and lived in the same neighborhood and attended the same elementary school, our paths seldom crossed during the years he lived in Brookline. I'm sure that in time, I would have gotten to know him better if he hadn't moved away. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#age #attended #away #better #crossed

I was so low that I wanted to exit. And I took a bunch of pills, and they were sleeping pills. And at least they would put me to sleep, and maybe I wouldn't wake up, and that was fine. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#exit #fine #i #least #low

The problem became this: We became a caricature of ourselves. We were after light, and it began to look as though we were after heat, not to reveal some information or not to find out the story. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#became #began #caricature #find #heat

We were the first people who did investigative stuff, who asked occasionally abrasive, occasionally confrontational questions. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#confrontational #did #first #investigative #occasionally

Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent. ↗

— Eli Wallach

#i #intelligent #thought #very #were

It's important when you're married not to forget those things you used to do when you were trying to get her to marry you. You can't send flowers and buy gifts then, when you're married, say, 'Right, get my tea on'. That doesn't go down well. So you've got to keep that level of interest going. ↗

— David Walliams

#down #flowers #forget #get #gifts

Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs. ↗

— Horace Walpole

#foot #high #i #monarchs #naked

It has from the beginning been carried on with as much vigor and as great care of our trade as was consistent with our safety at home and with the circumstances we were in at the beginning of the war. ↗

— Robert Walpole

#beginning #care #carried #circumstances #consistent

Well, our position, and our chairman has talked about this extensively, is that we had a lot of intelligence prior to 9/11. We knew that two al Qaeda operatives who ultimately participated in the 9/11 disaster were in the United States. We didn't find them. ↗

— Richard Ben-Veniste

#al #chairman #disaster #extensively #find