#were

The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us; we just learned by doing what we saw, and we were warriors at a time when boys now are like girls. ↗

— Black Elk

#doing #just #learn #learned #like

Now suddenly there was nothing but a world of cloud, and we three were there alone in the middle of a great white plain with snowy hills and mountains staring at us; and it was very still; but there were whispers. ↗

— Black Elk

#cloud #great #hills #middle #mountains

There were incredibly few rock songs making it out to the airwaves until the '80s came along. ↗

— Joe Elliott

#along #came #few #incredibly #making

They were terrified that we were going to become an anti-war kind of platform. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#become #going #kind #platform #terrified

I was trying to convince all these men to try to make a product that they didn't even wear! Or if they did wear them, they were not admitting it! There was the problem right there. No wonder their hosiery was so uncomfortable. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#convince #did #even #hosiery #i

In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#become #boy #catholic #dame #his

When I was a kid, people who got divorced were people who had no gumption. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#got #had #i #kid #people

In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs. ↗

— David Herbert Donald

#anything #attempts #beliefs #countrymen #day

The shows weren't organized at all. They just happened. ↗

— Lonnie Donegan

#just #organized #shows #weren

It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes. ↗

— Richard Donner

#hackman #heroes #just #lifetime #thrill