#year

But very unfortunately the merchant marine died away till even the majority of fishing done about the Cape is in the hands of the Portuguese who emigrated to the Cape some fifty years ago. ↗

— Joseph C. Lincoln

#ago #away #cape #died #done

In just three years, Iraq has achieved immense progress. It has had three successful elections in which 80% of their citizens voted, even while being threatened with death. ↗

— John Linder

#being #citizens #death #elections #even

But before looking to the future, let's glance back at the road we've traveled these past two years because that is the source of much of the optimism we are all feeling about the future. ↗

— Linda Lingle

#back #because #before #feeling #future

Without any assistance whatever, I founded a school in Weimar in 10 years. Only I could perform certain works with the scanty means that I dared not ask anyone else to work with. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#anyone #ask #assistance #certain #could

There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games. ↗

— Shannon Miller

#especially #events #games #lot #olympic

We are the only school in America, drama school in America that trains actors, writers and directors side by side for three years in a master's degree program, and we want them - to expose them to everything. ↗

— James Lipton

#degree #directors #drama #drama school #everything

There have been, in recent years, many Asian American pioneers in the public eye who've defied the condescendingly complimentary 'model minority' stereotype: actors like Lucy Liu, artists like Maya Lin, moguls like Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. They are known, often admired. ↗

— Eric Liu

#american #artists #asian #asian american #been

For the past 32 years, I've done nothing outside the entertainment business. I've had some real highs and some real lows, but I love the work so much that I never once thought of quitting. ↗

— Meat Loaf

#done #entertainment #entertainment business #had #highs

China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day. ↗

— Gary Locke

#american #brands #china #class #contrast

Every year, some 65,000 high school students - many of them star students and leaders in their communities - are unable to go to college or get a good job because they have no legal status. ↗

— Gary Locke

#college #communities #every #get #go