#ought

I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper. ↗

— Erica Jong

#cheaper #declining #i #i think #life

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I. ↗

— Janis Joplin

#badly #beatnik #beatniks #good #got

One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students of all different colors speaking so many different languages and ferociously presenting all these different views. I thought, this is the 21st century and I want to be here! ↗

— June Jordan

#because #berkeley #came #century #colors

I never thought a role model should be negative. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#model #negative #never #role #role model

No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was about two kids in Ireland who went around killing people. It was called Travelers, and it was made as an independent film. ↗

— Neil Jordan

#around #called #down #film #i

Of course, every job I ever had I thought I was born for. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#course #ever #every #had #i

I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out. ↗

— George McGovern

#being #far #fighter #i #i always

The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957. ↗

— Roger McGuinn

#bought #first #guitar #i #probably

I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning. ↗