#eased

I've ceased making predictions on things because we'll see how they turn out. ↗

— David Plouffe

#ceased #how #i #making #out

The first time I met Ray, I was going to school around the corner from his house. One day, he was playing the piano. I eased up on the porch to listen to him. ↗

— Billy Preston

#corner #day #eased #first #first time

When I did it, I was a starving musician in London in a basement flat, but a simple tune with the right singer or the right situation can become very well liked and accepted. I'm only too pleased to say it happened with that one. ↗

— Mick Ralphs

#basement #become #did #flat #happened

I'm sure that you could go back and make a graph showing that all the killings of black males increased in times of economic difficulty. As a matter of fact, a black man was lynched last year. ↗

— Ishmael Reed

#black #could #difficulty #economic #fact

I've been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues. ↗

— Keanu Reeves

#been #continues #hope #i #journey

Increased and better screening for explosives is necessary - and Congress should fund it and TSA should implement it as quickly as possible - however that screening doesn't reduce the risk posed by a trained terrorist with an unconventional weapon. ↗

— Dave Reichert

#congress #explosives #fund #however #implement

War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men. ↗

— Cardinal Richelieu

#god #men #pleased #war #which

I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience. ↗

— Bridget Riley

#experience #i #perceptual #released #sensation

Shared joy is increased, shared pain is lessened. ↗

— Spider Robinson

#joy #lessened #pain #shared

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#against #bed #catalogue #description #fine