#were

So to that extent that was a very sharp reminder a few months out from the election that we weren't performing in the eyes of the public to the level that they wanted if they were going to re-elect us. So we went out and were much more upfront on issues. ↗

— Jim Bolger

#extent #eyes #few #going #issues

I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn't, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn't make any difference. ↗

— John Engler

#claims #decision #difference #early #excuses

I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas or something. ↗

— Tommy Bolin

#guitar #i #i think #lot #play

In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#emotional #journey #part #single #subconscious

The comics I read as a kid were much more influenced by TV and movies. Encountering superheroes as an adult without that kind of childhood sentimentality, it just doesn't allow you, or in my case at least, it wouldn't let me take the characters seriously. ↗

— Garth Ennis

#allow #case #characters #childhood #comics

I don't want to think of life after competing. But if I were to do anything else I'd go down the psychology route. That's what interests me. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#anything #competing #down #else #go

Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the dishes, sit in rooms they never clean, and are entertained till they drop? If you have just answered, "A house guest," you're wrong because I have just described my kids. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#because #call #clean #described #dishes

I'd love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music. ↗

— Brian Eno

#american kids #i #kids #listening #love

In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter. ↗

— Brian Eno

#format #get #getting #longer #much

We were gradually playing larger venues and in the early days PA systems were kind of non-existent. So to play loud, we had to use louder equipment. The PA systems back then didn't mic the instruments - only the vocals. ↗

— John Entwistle

#days #early #equipment #gradually #had