#were

We were sweet, lovely people who wanted to throw out all the staid institutions who placed money and wars above all else. When you're young you think that's how life works. ↗

— Margot Kidder

#else #how #institutions #life #lovely

If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career. ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#different #far #i #i think #minded

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#eternal #i #immortal #most #people

If my tongue were trained to measures, I would sing a stirring song. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#measures #sing #song #stirring #tongue

Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys of our age had just gone off to raise hell or enlist or both, but we stayed dutifully at our desks doing tomorrow's homework. ↗

— John Knowles

#back #both #desks #doing #earlier

My father was in the coal business in West Virginia. Both dad and mother were, however, originally from Massachusetts; New England, to them, meant the place to go if you really wanted an education. ↗

— John Knowles

#business #coal #dad #education #england

There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity. ↗

— John Knowles

#anonymity #difficult #drawback #ever #feeling

Young people in my generation were sort of in lockstep, and it wasn't just the '40s, either. In the '30s and in the '50s it was the same. No one ever dropped out unless he got sick or got kicked out. ↗

— John Knowles

#either #ever #generation #got #just

My teenage years were exactly what they were supposed to be. Everybody has their own path. It's laid out for you. It's just up to you to walk it. ↗

— Justin Timberlake

#everybody #exactly #just #laid #out

I assume you know what to do with this. That's why you were hired. ↗

— Grant Tinker

#hired #i #know #were #why