#jack

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#equality #exemplary #jackie #jackie robinson #make

Right before the game, she strolled up to me. "Hey, Seaweed Brain." "Will you stop calling me that?" She knows I hate that name, mostly because I never have a good comeback. She's the daughter of Athena, which doesn't give me a lot of ammunition. I mean, "Owl-head" and "Wise Girl" are kind of lame insults. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#demigod #demigod-files #insults #percy-jackson #put-downs

I have got up at truly deplorable hours in the morning to confront Vancouver's Jack Webster on television because I have been told that is the place to get exposure for ideas. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#been #confront #deplorable #exposure #get

I'm not blond or super fit or perfect. Not romantic, not "an individual," and definitely not a genius. So what am I? I'll tell you what : a bridesmaid. ↗

— Tamara Summers

#dating

My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them. ↗

— David Bailey

#jack #jack nicholson #nicholson #them

I uncapped the blade, flung open the door, and found myself face-to-face with a black pegasus. Whoa, boss! Its voice spoke in my mind as it clopped away from the sword blade. I don't wanna be a horse-ke-bob! ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #horses

Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse. ↗

— Kate Adie

#ago #ever #flak #got #helmets

Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes. ↗

— Lamar Alexander

#jackets #many #one-size-fits-all #place #put

My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden. ↗

— Mose Allison

#armstrong #been #classic #cole #influences

Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could feel was very special. ↗

— David Amram

#book #could #even #feel #had