#were

Right after 9/11 there was a magazine with a cover of kids, mostly 12-14 year-olds, who were being trained for military combat. I thought that this had just gone too far. ↗

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

#being #combat #cover #far #gone

Although we were The Spice Girls of 1984 in Europe, My work has never been widely promoted in the U.S. ↗

— Holly Johnson

#been #europe #never #promoted #spice

We have such a high drop-out rate from musicians, said the head of the college. He was right - I dropped out before I even dropped in. Months later they were still asking what had happened to me, not realising that I was on a UK tour. ↗

— Holly Johnson

#before #college #drop-out #dropped #even

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? ↗

— Davy Jones

#french #like #monkees #only #people

And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good as I was, perhaps who could have hung in too, but began to blame everything on race. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#blame #could #end #everything #good

Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it was a white community. You know, up north, mostly middle European people and Indians, Chippewa Indians. We were welcome to that church, but once we got in, they didn't know what to do with us. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#built #church #community #european #got

My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#entire #entire family #ever #family #first

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know? ↗

— James Earl Jones

#know #mean #peasant #people #simple