#told

Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week. ↗

— Andrea Mitchell

#dollars #drop #fifty #finally #give

I am so tired of being told by Democratic operatives to "suck it up" because so many other profound issues are at stake. ↗

— David Mixner

#because #being #democratic #i #i am

My friend told me I went over to this guy and he pulled a knife. ↗

— Matt Nagle

#guy #i #knife #me #my friend

If God exists, I'd be the first to be told. ↗

— Anna de Noailles

#exists #first #god #i #told

With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider it in any way gratifying. ↗

— Frederick Law Olmsted

#cannot #condition #consider #either #gratifying

When we visited with legislative counsel, they told us that the only way to effectively accomplish what we were trying to do was to put the words in the legislation. ↗

— Doug Ose

#counsel #effectively #legislation #legislative #only

I think the music business is probably not happy with what we've done, because the people buying the record have actually got to pick what they want to buy, rather than being told what they should buy. ↗

— John Otway

#because #being #business #buy #buying

My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done. ↗

— Buck Owens

#different #done #dream #getting #her

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed. ↗

— Patti Page

#i #kid #never #oklahoma #sing

The man at Kodak told me the shots were very good and if I kept it up, they would give me an exhibition. Later, Kodak gave me my first exhibition. ↗

— Gordon Parks

#first #gave #give #give me #good