#y

In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to find any place at all for us to live. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#being #dollars #earned #find #five

Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#depend #entire #excited #future #i

The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke, a blot on American history. ↗

— Frank Waters

#american history #blot #expansion #history #joke

I'm thrilled to have a completely new audience that I can get from Court TV, without it being my own trial. That was the only other way I would have gotten it. ↗

— John Waters

#being #completely #court #court tv #get

I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing. ↗

— Mike Watt

#especially #finger #i #i think #me

This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We've had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty. ↗

— Maxine Waters

#approach #change #color #deal #every

I don't have them down here asking me what my urban agenda is. I don't find them really doing in-depth stories on community-based organizations that have been struggling for a long time and who are out trying to get funds. They aren't interested in those stories. ↗

— Maxine Waters

#asking #been #community-based #doing #down

I think Hillary and Bill are really liberals at heart. I think that, in addition to being liberals, they are very practical. They have made some decisions about what it takes to win. ↗

— Maxine Waters

#addition #being #bill #decisions #heart

If you present good government, then elections look after themselves. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#elections #good #good government #government #look

That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city. ↗

— Maxine Waters

#congress #lobby #mayors #provide #resources