#were

Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household. ↗

— Erica Jong

#earth #household #housewives #perhaps #sense

When I was a ten-year old bookworm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to amaze me that these remote people could provoke me to love. ↗

— Erica Jong

#authors #could #dust #i #icons

We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#ago #besides #came #country #did

Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it was a white community. You know, up north, mostly middle European people and Indians, Chippewa Indians. We were welcome to that church, but once we got in, they didn't know what to do with us. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#built #church #community #european #got

My youngest uncle Randy and I were the first members of our entire family to ever go to college. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#entire #entire family #ever #family #first

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know? ↗

— James Earl Jones

#know #mean #peasant #people #simple

One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to college, Randy - and I were sitting out on the front porch. And he was brilliant. He ended up - he just retired from Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#brilliant #college #day #ended #first

Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#big thing #books #newspapers #out #reading

You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings of the world. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#chance #change #change the world #feelings #going

I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. It reminds me of when we were just starting out because we would open for other bands in the beginning. ↗

— Kelly Jones

#bands #because #beginning #brings #challenge