#who

The countless number of influential figures in American history who are of Caribbean heritage indicates the need to set aside a designated time to celebrate their contribution to our country. ↗

— Eliot Engel

#american history #aside #caribbean #celebrate #contribution

I talk to people who are musicians, and they go, Oh this is hell. And I go, Are you kidding me? You never put tar paper on a roof, did ya? ↗

— Chris Isaak

#go #hell #i #kidding #me

I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but the more hurtin' the music was, the better it made me feel. I think of that now when I write my songs. I may not be feelin' the blues myself, but I'm writing them for other people who have a hard life. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#better #blues #feel #finding #funny

The problem with not having a camera is that one must trust the analysis of a reporter who's telling you what occurred in the courtroom. You have to take into consideration the filtering effect of that person's own biases. ↗

— Lance Ito

#biases #camera #consideration #courtroom #effect

The best definition of an immortal is someone who hasn't died yet. ↗

— Tom Holt

#definition #died #hasn #immortal #someone

These are they whose youth was violently severed by war and death; a word on the telephone, a scribbled line on paper, and their future ceased. They have built up their lives again, but their safety is not absolute, their fortress not impregnable. ↗

— Winifred Holtby

#again #built #ceased #death #fortress

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested. ↗

— William Dean Howells

#interesting #man #secret #universally #who

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#doing #done #fast #generally #interrupted

A suppressing person isn't critical. A suppressing person is a person who denies the rights of others. ↗

— L. Ron Hubbard

#denies #others #person #rights #suppressing

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public. ↗

— Epictetus

#character #determine #example #follow #imagine