#years

The only reason that it takes me seven years to do stuff is because I just don't really have a plan. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#i #just #me #only #plan

But hey, controversy - well, it hasn't hurt me in 50 years. ↗

— Joe Arpaio

#hasn #hey #hurt #me #well

I've been playing rock and roll since I was 16 years old, and now I have a 16-year-old. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#i #now #old #playing #rock

After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt disgusted with it. If I saw someone reading a religious book on a train, I'd think, how awful. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#awful #book #convent #disgusted #felt

The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#before #christ #confucius #first #golden

I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the '50s and '60s. The seed of my interest was planted when I was about 12 years old and took over my mother's Morris Minor. I drove it around my father's farm. But my favorite car is still a McLaren F1, which I have had for 10 years. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#around #car #drove #enjoy #f1

I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost. ↗

— David Attenborough

#adventure #ago #approach #days #didactic

I was on my own union council for twenty-odd years. ↗

— Richard Attenborough

#i #my own #own #union #years

The Northwest is in better shape than it was eight years ago. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#better #eight #northwest #shape #than

Most of the provisions designed to fix what ails our health system don't kick in until 2014, which, one wishes administration officials had noticed, is two years after he has to win an election. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#after #ails #designed #election #fix