#were

I was a hop-around. I hung out with the rockabilly crew, the guys who were trying to be rappers, the funny kids. ↗

— Katy Perry

#funny #guys #hung #i #kids

I grew up on what everybody called a plantation - but believe me, it wasn't a plantation. It was just an old farm. I grew up with a lot of black people working in the fields, and it was during the Depression between 1930 and the war, so we were all poor - black and white. ↗

— Sam Phillips

#between #black #black and white #called #depression

My parents were just searching for an alternative way of raising their children. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#children #just #parents #raising #searching

When I look back I can't believe how my parents managed, but the cliche is true. We didn't have money, but we were rich in so many other ways. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#believe #cliche #how #i #look

Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in. ↗

— River Phoenix

#commercials #i #just #like #me

Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure, naive, poor children. The rich kids called us a lot of names but it never bothered us because we didn't know what the words meant. ↗

— River Phoenix

#best #bothered #called #children #clothes

We were constantly moving to different countries and adjusting to new things. It was such a free feeling. I'm glad I didn't have a traditional upbringing. ↗

— River Phoenix

#constantly #countries #different #different countries #feeling

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotaur. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#been #i #joined #line #map

I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#father #fortunate #gambling #gene #gift

If you were a public official, you had to be accountable, and you had to be reachable. ↗

— James Jarrell Pickle

#had #official #public #reachable #were