#wept

A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle. ↗

— Jean Genet

#away #been #breeze #carrying #centuries

And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#back #band #being #craziness #ever

He had a way with him. Before you had a chance to say no, he was there and done. That only happened to me once before, with a duke, who literally swept me off my feet, and before I knew what was happening, we'd done it. Another terrible mistake. ↗

— Christine Keeler

#before #chance #done #duke #feet

I'd had episodes before, but I swept them under the carpet. This time, I couldn't do that because everyone knew. I got on with the hard work of getting better and haven't had a blip in almost 10 years. ↗

— Margot Kidder

#because #before #better #carpet #episodes

While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really felt the burden I am bearing. I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate. ↗

— Kathe Kollwitz

#along #am #bearing #being #burden

Newt Gingrich had to work hard - getting Republican candidates to sign the Contract with America - to nationalize the election that swept Republicans to victory in 1994. A Democratic anti-Tea Party campaign would do that for the Republicans - nationalize the election, gratis - in 2010. ↗

— Charles Krauthammer

#campaign #candidates #contract #democratic #election

Well, all these stars have their houses swept quite regularly by people who work in the surveillance security business. They come in and they look for bugs and things. ↗

— Peter Weir

#business #come #houses #look #people

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks. ↗

— Lord Acton

#centuries #down #fought #issue #later

I think people would actually be surprised by what we put out. Unfortunately the shadow that the original founders cast was that they were just artists that can't write books so people swept the whole of Image with that paintbrush. ↗

— Todd McFarlane

#artists #books #cast #founders #i

But by reading them again and again finally I was able to grasp the essential part. What emotion, enthusiasm, enlightenment and confidence they communicated to me! I wept for joy. ↗

— Ho Chi Minh

#again #communicated #confidence #emotion #enlightenment