Dickey Betts Quotes

I grew up in South Florida, and my family was pretty poor. We weren't your upper-class whites by any means.

Dickey Betts

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When a dish really hits a nerve with the American palate, it can really take off across the entire country, facilitated by food vendors' freedom to copy good ideas.

Jennifer Lee

GoodFreedomFoodIdeasAmerican

The thing that makes me want to write a piece of music is having something to talk about, you know? Something I want to get across. Because I'm a composer, music is my first language, and that's what I reach for when I want to convey something.

Max Richter

MusicMeLanguageReachYouKnow

Every edit is a lie.

Jean-Luc Godard

LieEditEvery

The reason we have the stars twinkle at night is because the light is being kind of blurred by the atmosphere around the Earth. That is why the Hubble Space Telescope is so good, because it is above the atmosphere. So it is kind of like looking at the sun from the bottom of a swimming pool, versus looking at the sun above the swimming pool.

Michael J. Massimino

GoodStarsLightSpaceSunSwimming

I would love to meet or work with Sofia Coppola. Or Wes Anderson or Spike Jonze. I'd love to meet them. The way they film, it's all so geometric.

Sigrid

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I just felt like there was a world of cartoon voices that had to be discovered by me.

Tom Kenny

MeWorldCartoonVoicesJustLike

Adelaide's charms are compelling. It's not a huge place; the size is manageable, the traffic absurdly light.

Miriam Margolyes

LightPlaceTrafficSizeCharms

Ever since I was a kid, I had been a Liverpool fan - they were my favourite Premier League club.

Mohamed Salah

KidClubBeenFanEverFavourite

Vacuuming is great. I do the laundry. I love washing machines. I'm the maid in my house.

Denis Leary

LoveGreatHouseLaundryWashing

The game has gotten a lot faster. I was anticipating changes as far back as when I first came into the league, when the spacing was changing, and big guys were playing in different spaces on the floor. But when that change actually happens, and it happens so quickly, it's just amazing.

Chris Bosh

ChangeAmazingGameBackChanges

We have a responsibility to be responsible stewards of tax dollars.

Cory Gardner

ResponsibilityTaxResponsible

I don't really believe in the myth of being poor but happy. At the poorest times in my life, I wasn't happy. I was just hungry.

Ali Liebegott

LifeHappyBelieveMy LifePoor

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