#louis

The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#could #figure #him #i #louis

I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.' ↗

— Kanye West

#design #finished #giving #heart #i

I'm from Louisiana and live in Texas now. ↗

— Mike Wilson

#live #louisiana #now #texas

The next day I was put on paid leave from my new job at Louisiana State University. This is very painful to me, though once again I understand the circumstances in which my employers find themselves in light of these actions taken against me. ↗

— Steven Hatfill

#again #against #circumstances #day #employers

I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era. ↗

— Larry Holmes

#era #fighting #i #joe #joe louis

But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority is important to the people of Louisiana. ↗

— John Breaux

#been #decision #fact #feel #important

I needed to explain that Louisiana's coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United States and, while the necessary levees constructed upstream have prevented floods, they have also contributed to problems downstream. ↗

— John Breaux

#also #coast #constructed #contributed #downstream

Man, I love coming home. St. Louis is actually hard to capture. ↗

— Chingy

#capture #coming #coming home #hard #home

Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize that you'd work one gig in Kansas City, the next in Florida and the next gig will be in Louisville. You know, a thousand miles a night. That was really rough, man. ↗

— Wes Montgomery

#florida #gig #good #got #group

The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#african american #american #among #arkansas #communities