#years

Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#create #i #learned #opportunities #responsible

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#exception #haven #i #rule #unemployed

My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun! ↗

— Denzel Washington

#ago #bad #bad guy #first #first time

The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#been #directing #few #i #interesting

So maybe there are three parts in my life - earlier background living in exile in Xinjiang in a very political circumstance, then later the United States from 24 to 36 years old. I was quite equipped with liberal thinking. Then the Internet. If there is no Internet, of course, I cannot really exercise my opinion or my ideas. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#cannot #circumstance #course #earlier #equipped

Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later. ↗

— Jack Welch

#company #earnings #five #jerk #later

Swipe fees have increased steadily since the introduction of debit cards 20 years ago, when there were no swipe fees at all. Merchants can't negotiate or control them. They've tried, but they have no leverage against the big banks and issuers. So they get ignored. ↗

— Peter Welch

#ago #banks #big #cards #control

I think Gadhafi is on the mark. And up until this point in time, I think they truly want to turn this around and become a positive player with the West after years and years of terrorism and stagnation. ↗

— Curt Weldon

#around #become #i #i think #mark

The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#early #four #lennon #listeners #little

A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat. ↗

— Allen West

#atlanta #born #city #combat #commission