#were

When I was teaching at the University of Tehran we were struggling against the implementation of the revolution rules. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#i #implementation #revolution #rules #struggling

I was worried people would laugh at me when I started to talk the language, but they were just pleasantly surprised that I could. The sense of humour here is great - once I could have a giggle, I settled down. ↗

— Parminder Nagra

#down #giggle #great #here #humour

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#created #happy #ignore #nothing #parents

And I am also here to say that if something were to happen, we are prepared to respond swiftly, to respond effectively, and to respond strongly. That is our tradition as a country. And that is a tradition that we will uphold, regardless of any circumstance because this nation is one that is very, very strong and, indeed, extraordinarily resilient. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#am #any #because #circumstance #country

Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of themselves in adulthood. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#adulthood #children #could #designed #educational

I worked very hard on me and David's record and I'm extremely proud of the record, as most people are who were involved with it. And, it's been wonderfully received by people who like our kind of music, they think it's something special, and so do I. ↗

— Graham Nash

#david #extremely #hard #i #involved

I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#been #era #get #going #i

You don't get on your feet if you don't have to, you know. And these people were on their feet rockin', and that was thrilling for David and I, absolutely. ↗

— Graham Nash

#david #feet #get #i #know

I used to collect hockey cards. It was like Vegas at my school. You'd go to school with your box of cards, and at recess and lunchtime there were all these games we'd play. ↗

— Steve Nash

#cards #collect #games #go #hockey

We were excited to win, staying undefeated is just the icing. ↗

— Steve Nash

#icing #just #staying #undefeated #were