#ren

My father was a carpenter, a very good carpenter. He also worked for the Jones boys. They were not family members, we weren't related at all. They started the policy racket in Chicago, and they had the five and dime store. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#carpenter #chicago #dime #family #family members

My parents, and especially my mother, encouraged by the director of the local school which I was attending, wanted in spite of everything to send me to a National School of Arts and Crafts so that I could later become an engineer. ↗

— Leon Jouhaux

#attending #become #could #crafts #director

The height of the pulleys from the ground was twelve yards, and consequently, when the weights had descended through that distance, they had to be wound up again in order to renew the motion of the paddle. ↗

— James Prescott Joule

#consequently #descended #distance #ground #had

I have a lot of variety within me, and the dream role, I think, is actually a compilation of parts that express different aspects of my persona and personal interests. ↗

— Ashley Judd

#aspects #compilation #different #different aspects #dream

I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots. ↗

— Wynonna Judd

#fan #get #i #i am #long

Our climate is changing. The Earth's climate has, in fact, warmed by 1.1 to 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit since the industrial revolution. People look at this and say: Oh, that is not very much. In fact, it is very much, and it changes the dynamic. It impacts species. It kills some. It diminishes the carbon sink of the ocean. It does a number of things. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#changes #changing #climate #degrees #diminishes

There are 38,000 people dying of hunger each day and most are children. And, being a celebrity, I communicate about it as much as I can. ↗

— Raul Julia

#being #celebrity #children #communicate #day

Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble. ↗

— Carl Jung

#among #chaotic #currents #life #long

A good book written for children can be read by adults. ↗

— Norton Juster

#children #good #good book #read #written

I have really great, great parents, and they were very supportive of me. ↗