#mia

So I went to Miami in '74 with my family and while I was there it became obvious that we needed money and we needed to do something, because my family, we left without anything really, and we didn't have any money to begin with. ↗

— Ruben Blades

#anything #became #because #begin #family

A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are about status, for example. Or signalling something about oneself. That's why the words chair, seat and bench have found themselves used to describe high status professions, from academia to Parliament to the law. ↗

— Evan Davis

#academia #bench #chair #chairs #describe

When I met Paul Ryan 22 years ago, he was a student at Miami of Ohio volunteering on my campaign. ↗

— John Boehner

#campaign #i #met #miami #ohio

I played from the time I was seven years old. My father was my first baseman coach. I had opportunities that I never really pursued - with some Miami teams and a few larger colleges, and then I ended up bailing and began cooking. ↗

— Todd English

#baseman #began #coach #colleges #cooking

Why can't DFW compete like San Francisco does with Oakland, like Miami does with Fort Lauderdale, and like Chicago O'Hare does with Midway? ↗

— John Ensign

#compete #does #fort #francisco #hare

Her great merit is finding out mine; there is nothing so amiable as discernment. ↗

— George Byron

#discernment #finding #great #her #merit

My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#bohemian #dinner #dream #farmer #guy

I don't lead a particularly Bohemian existence. The main criterion for me is not to be judgemental of other people so long as what they do is not harmful or offensive to others. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#criterion #existence #harmful #i #lead

When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles down the road from Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#billy graham #carolina #conservative #down #down the road

In my years of public service at both the federal and state levels, I have had the privilege of representing most of the communities that make up Congressional District 21, including Hialeah, Westchester, Doral, Kendall, Miami Lakes, Hialeah Gardens, Medley and Palmetto Bay. ↗

— Mario Diaz-Balart

#both #communities #congressional #congressional district #district