#were

Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies. ↗

— Gary Wright

#back #companies #developed #music #nurtured

The Sims is kind of an interesting case because we had all these expansion packs. We were able to incrementally add on and explore without invading the core dynamic or the core game play. ↗

— Will Wright

#add #because #case #core #dynamic

Hubbard set up the Church of Scientology in Hollywood in 1954 for a reason. He understood that celebrity was increasingly a feature of American public life, and celebrities themselves were going to be worshiped as minor deities were in the ancient world. The idea was: if you could get them, think how many people would follow. ↗

— Lawrence Wright

#american public #ancient #celebrities #celebrity #church

We were then satisfied that, with proper lubrication and better adjustments, a little more power could be expected. The completion of the motor according to drawing was, therefore, proceeded with at once. ↗

— Orville Wright

#better #completion #could #drawing #expected

Sometimes I think that I was forced to withdraw into depression because it was the only rightful protest I could throw in the face of a world that said it was alright for people to come and go as they please, that there were simply no real obligations left. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#because #come #come and go #could #depression

We were sitting on the bus one day and there were 5 of us hanging out. There was only one beer left in the cooler and we actually all took a little cup and split it. It was a pathetic day in a rock and roll when five grown men have to be sitting there sharing a beer. ↗

— Zakk Wylde

#beer #bus #cooler #cup #day

The first records I heard were from Dizzy Gillespie and people like that. ↗

— Bill Wyman

#first #gillespie #heard #i #like

For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim. ↗

— Xenophon

#barley #beer #drank #drink #held

People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#gets #high #high school #know #little

I think it turned the whole sport around. It got everybody's attention. People who were watching TV live were jumping up and down in their living rooms. ↗

— Cale Yarborough

#attention #down #everybody #got #i