#jack

Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When they forced the veil upon women, they were using it as an instrument of control in the same way that in Mao's China people were wearing Mao jackets and women were not supposed to wear any makeup. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#china #control #forced #ideology #instrument

Mahalia Jackson, I grew up around the corner from in Chicago. ↗

— Nichelle Nichols

#chicago #corner #grew #i #jackson

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#i #jack #jack nicholson #nicholson #sunglasses

It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#hard #jack #jack nicklaus #nicklaus #play

Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#easy #jackie #mine #ride #robinson

I immediately called the command center of the Department of Justice to let them know that my wife was on a plane that had been hijacked. I mainly wanted them know there was another hijacked plane out there. ↗

— Ted Olson

#been #called #center #command #department

She said it had been hijacked shortly after takeoff. By this time, the plane had been in the air - again, I'm presuming that it took off on time - for over an hour. ↗

— Ted Olson

#again #air #been #had #hijacked

I wish I could dance like Michael Jackson. I'd love to be able to have my life exactly the way it is, but with his dance moves. ↗

— Donny Osmond

#could #dance #exactly #his #i

There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#female #jack #mozart

I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#beat #book #comic #comic book #doing