#jersey

I went to Jersey City State College to please a family member. I wasn't prepared for school. To say I failed out is putting it nicely. ↗

— Derek Luke

#college #failed #family #family member #i

By failing to keep their end of the bargain, the Bush administration would allow New Jersey projects to deteriorate and make New Jersey highways and bridges less safe. ↗

— Robert Menendez

#allow #bargain #bridges #bush #bush administration

If Tim Duncan had Knicks on his jersey, he'd be a god. ↗

— Tony Parker

#had #his #jersey #knicks #tim

Girls Incorporated of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey continues to advance their cause and to strengthen their community by aspiring to open a Girl's Center for Philadelphia. ↗

— Robert Brady

#aspiring #cause #center #community #continues

I’m nobody’s sidekick,” Annabeth growled. “And, Percy, his accent sounds familiar because he sounds like his mother. We killed her in New Jersey.” Percy frowned. “I’m pretty sure that accent isn’t New Jersey. Who’s his—? Oh.” It all fell into place. Aunty Em’s Garden Gnome Emporium—the lair of Medusa. She’d talked with that same accent, at least until Percy had cut off her head. “Medusa is your mom?” he asked. “Dude, that sucks for you. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#annabeth-chase #family #humor #medusa #new-jersey

[Stephanie] That's not the point. I can't just let monkeys loose in Trenton. [Lula] Why not? There's all kinds of crazy shit loose in Trenton. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#new-jersey #humor

I had to start watching [The Real Housewives of New Jersey] every week because, well, my IQ was just too high. I mean seriously up there. What can I tell you? After watching every episode, I am now officially as dumb as that brown, particle-like stuff you find outside and don't want to track inside the house. Rhymes with "wirt", I think. ↗

— Celia Rivenbark

#reality-tv #television #life

Wait." Clary was suddenly nervous. "The melted metal-it could be, like, toxic or something." Maia snorted. "I'm from New Jersey. I born in toxic sludge. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#maia #new-jersey #toxic-sludge #waiting

I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#brooklyn #communities #friends #hang #i

And I remember how proud I was to put on my training jersey and go out on the field. Making it back to that environment was for me my greatest moment, because somebody had told me I couldn't do it and I never gave up on myself, the game and my teammates. ↗

— Brandi Chastain

#because #environment #field #game #gave