The very first time I was on a car in Atlanta, I saw the conductor - all conductors are white - ask a Negro woman to get up and take a seat farther back in order to make a place for a white man. I have also seen white men requested to leave the Negro section of the car. Ray Stannard Baker atlantabackcar share on social
The very first tournament I watched is the U.S. Open when I was 13. And that was the year Juli Inkster won. Yani Tseng inksterjuliopen Change image and share on social
The very first video experience I had was in high school. They brought a black-and-white closed-circuit surveillance camera into the classroom. I will never forget, as a kid, looking at that image. Bill Viola blackbringcamera Change image and share on social
The very first Walnut Whales recording was recorded just a few weeks after I had started singing, out of the blue, started singing. And the voice, you can hear how uncomfortable I am with it, and how terrified I am with it. Joanna Newsom bluehearrecord share on social
The very flag of freedom that waves over our heads is formed from material cultivated by slaves, on soil moistened with their blood drawn from them by the whip of a republican taskmaster! Elijah Parish Lovejoy bloodcultivatedraw Change image and share on social
The very good thing about MFA programs is their democratizing. They bring a lot of different people to the table. Edward Hirsch bringdemocratizegood Change image and share on social
The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. Samuel Smiles difficultydiscoveryestablish Change image and share on social
The very heart of being a sovereign nation is providing security of one's borders, of one's internal situation, and security against anyone attacking one's nation. That is the very heart of what I believe is sovereignty. John Warner attackborderheart share on social
The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense is his life, large-brained, large-lunged, hot, ecstatic, his frame charged with buoyancy and his heart with song. John Burroughs birdbrainbuoyancy share on social
The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism. Taylor Caldwell atheismcarrydevastate Change image and share on social
