#ago

Half a century ago, Ronald Reagan, the man whose relentless optimism inspired me to enter politics, famously said that he didn't leave the Democratic Party; the party left him. I can certainly relate. I didn't leave the Republican Party; it left me. ↗

— Charlie Crist

#century #certainly #democratic #democratic party #enter

My real education began when I entered the University of Chicago in September 1951 as a graduate student. ↗

— James Cronin

#chicago #education #entered #graduate #graduate student

A friend of mine, a Hispanic entrepreneur asked me a question sometime ago, he said, 'When is the last time you saw a Hispanic panhandler?' I think it's a great question. I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. ↗

— Ted Cruz

#asked #because #begging #community #entrepreneur

I will always be the way I was a couple years ago before anything happened. And that's to my parents' credit, my amazing parents who have been around me my whole life and raised me right. I'm very happy with what has happened so far. ↗

— Kaley Cuoco

#always #amazing #anything #around #been

Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big. ↗

— Joan Cusack

#chicago #figure #figure skating #hockey #lot

It has to be because unemployment problems in northwest Indiana are similar to those in southeast Chicago. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#chicago #indiana #northwest #problems #similar

More and more people are able to access information - thank goodness we have the Internet and if you are interested you can find things. Which is different than even 20 years ago. ↗

— Edwidge Danticat

#access #ago #different #even #find

I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny. ↗

— Paula Danziger

#ago #both #choice #funny #i

In fact, some reviewers have said that as they got into the story they forgot that the protagonist is a black woman. They were moved by the story - by the people as a whole - and not by the little things. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#by the people #fact #forgot #got #in fact

I am so envious of my colleagues from 100 years ago who only sang new works, they hardly ever sang revivals. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#ago #am #colleagues #envious #ever