#were

Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that. ↗

— Ice Cube

#comedy #confrontation #dark #fantasy #funny

And, as you recall, last year, people were asking us, don't vote on the bill until you read every part of the bill. So, as a good attorney and as a good legislator, I think it's my responsibility to read the amendments. ↗

— Henry Cuellar

#attorney #bill #every #good #i

Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#doubt #endure #entirely #expected #face

Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. All of us were warned against eating them, and the result was that we ate them more than ever. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#ate #because #dangerous #drops #eating

I'm going to give away a lot more than half my money. I'd be happy to give that to the government if the government put together programs that were like I'm giving away to charity, in which I believe the money is effectively used to help people. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#be happy #believe #charity #effectively #give

All you could do was to see them. We were backstage when the Beatles were on and you could just about hear a noise. It was just literally screaming. ↗

— Roger Daltrey

#backstage #beatles #could #hear #just

But among them now were a large number of Communists in positions of great power within the new union movement, some of them actually moving close to the center of power. This was the crack in the wall through which they entered. Their power was to grow and prosper. ↗

— John T. Flynn

#among #center #close #communists #crack

I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into visual terms. ↗

— Henry Flynt

#also #began #being #composing #i

I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and then my high-school years were in Rochester, New York. ↗

— Kristen Wiig

#eighth grade #grade #high-school #i #lancaster

I met Kevin when I was 19, at a Second City workshop. We were paired up together in the first class I went to. By the end of the class we formed our improv group, and over the next three years we performed leading up to the formation of The Kids in the Hall. ↗

— Dave Foley

#class #end #first #first class #formation