I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.


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I can pour myself into Bon Iver. It's a thing about self- and mental discovery, and those are al...
JUSTIN VERNON
Incendiary

That one small boy with a face like pallid cheese
And burnt-out little ey...
VERNON SCANNELL
The program spawned illegal immigration.
VERNON BRIGGS
I was not aware of that resolution.
VERNON COOPER
I am very proud to claim Mrs. Parks as a resident of Michigan and to help lead the effort to honor h...
VERNON EHLERS
There are a lot of trees that merit preservation. This isn't one of them.
VERNON ESPLIN
That was not necessary to do what he did to her body. That's a utility to prevent screaming.
VERNON GEBERTH
It's been hard and we're trying to get open sometime this spring.
VERNON GUTHRIE
We've been battling back and forth about it. I told her this year would be our year to get them.
VERNON HAMILTON
It is an arson, and we are looking for three individuals.
VERNON HUGHES
It was the most awful construction project I've ever been involved with. It wasn't a swamp, but the ...
VERNON KELLY
We've had more growth in the last five years in this coastal region than we had in the previous 10 y...
VERNON MARTIN
I haven't looked ahead. The only thing I know is we have St. Albans tonight. We're not looking ahead...
VERNON REDMAN
It was fun. Going and watching him on a day-to-day basis and seeing what he's able to do still at th...
VERNON WELLS
Yes, long hours and a hard life for my parents, but for a six to seven year old every new day dawned...
VERNON L. SMITH
I gradually became persuaded that the subjects, without intending to, had revealed to me a basic tru...
VERNON L. SMITH
After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a ve...
VERNON L. SMITH
I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
VERNON L. SMITH
In the 9th grade I began my first wage work for the West Side Drug store delivering prescriptions an...
VERNON L. SMITH
Caltech was a meat grinder like I could never have imagined.
VERNON L. SMITH
After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary ...
VERNON L. SMITH
I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made wit...
VERNON L. SMITH
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
VERNON SAUNDERS LAW
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
VERNON SANDERS LAW
Desire, like the atom, is explosive with creative force.
PAUL VERNON BUSER
Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson.
VERNON S. LAW
Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
EDWARD VERNON RICKENBACKER
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
VERNON SANDERS LAW
I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. ...
VERNON A. WALTERS
In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, co...
VERNON L. SMITH
Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, the...
VERNON A. WALTERS
I'm not saying the plot doesn't have holes.
VERNON D. BURNS
Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
EDWARD VERNON RICKENBACKER
The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, ...
EDWARD VERNON RICKENBACKER
The enemy that we're dealing with is very adaptable and very smart, so we need to have realistic and...
COL. VERNON SEVIER
Life is like a restaurant: you walk in, hopefully find good food and good company, and walk back out...
TAYLOR VERNON RYAN