“I have always been English, ever since I emigrated from England and since the kids in Canada beat me up at the age of twelve for having an East London Cockney accent. I thank them for the cockney taunts because the beatings turned me on to boxing. But on a serious note Canada has been kind to me.” KindHas BeensKidsAgeSeriousBeatsEnglandNotesEastLondonBoxingCanadaTwelveAccentsTauntingCockneysEast London Author:Lennox Lewis
“It's a completely powerful and serious book, as good as anything in prose or poetry written by a 'beat' writer, and one of the most alive books written by any American for years. I don't see how it could be considered immoral.” YearsBookPowerfulAliveWrittenSeriousBeatsProseImmoral Author:Robert Lowell
“Consider children as a beat. Clearly not an institution of power, children don't vote and they don't pass taxes. They have no money, and they don't buy newspapers or watch the news on television. Consequently, children are one of the most neglected segments of society in the news, except as a subtopic of other power beats such as education, family, and crime. Children are in serious trouble in this society, which means the foundation of our society is in trouble, which means the future is in trouble, and that is news.” MeanChildrenWatchesTroubleCrimeTelevisionSeriousTaxesNewsBeatsVoteInstitutionsFoundationNewspapersOur SocietyNeglectedNo MoneyThis Society Author:Joan Konner
“Our country is in serious trouble. We don't win anymore.We don't beat China in trade. We don't beat Japan, with their millions and millions of cars coming into this country, in trade. We can't beat Mexico, at the border or in trade.We can't do anything right. Our military has to be strengthened. Our vets have to be taken care of. We have to end Obamacare, and we have to make our country great again, and I will do that.” EndsCountryCareWinningMillionsTakenTroubleMilitaryCarSeriousBeatsTradeChinaOur CountryBordersJapanMexicoObamacareVets Author:Donald Trump
“I like comedy, but I like comedy as a device in drama. It's more interesting for me to use comedy to seduce people into thinking about something serious. If you want to hit a beat in a drama, you can distract people with a little comedy, and you can punch them in the gut with some emotion.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantLittlesUseInterestingEmotionComedySeriousDramaBeatsGutsDevicesSeducing Author:Steve Coogan
“I'm deadly serious even when I play tennis against my kids. I want to beat their brains out.” WantPlayKidsBrainSeriousBeatsTennis Author:Jack Nicklaus
“It is a serious undertaking and yes, we do need more fencing and we do need to use technology, and we do need more border control. And we need to have better cooperation by the way with local law enforcement. There are 800,000 cops on the beat, they ought to be trained to be the eyes and ears for law enforcement for the threat against terror as well as for immigration.” WayNeedsWellsUseEyeLawTechnologySeriousOughtBeatsEarsThreatTerrorImmigrationLocalsBordersCooperationCopLaw EnforcementEnforcementUndertakingsFencingBorder Control Author:Jeb Bush
“My cousin Joey played the drums. We used to go to his house, I liked beating on his drums. I beat the hell out of 'em, you know? Finally in 1961, I don't know, I guess I was about 15, I got serious about it. My parents bought me a little drum set and I was playing for about 6 months when I started doing gigs.” KnowsLittlesUsedHouseParentHellSeriousMonthsBeatsEmsCousinGigsMy CousinJoey Author:Carmine Appice
“We used to be a serious country. When we got attacked at Pearl Harbor, we took on Imperial Japan, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. We beat all three in less than four years. We're about to enter the seventh year of this phony war against ... [terrorist groups], and we're losing.” YearsWarCountryUsedThreeFourGroupsSeriousLosingBeatsTerroristUsed To BeGermanyJapanFour YearsNaziPearlsHarborsFascistsPhonyNazi GermanyTerrorist Groups Author:Newt Gingrich
“You have to be very cautious that you're hitting the right beats and making sure it's funny, but at the same time when those notes are serious, you're trying to get your point across and it's not about the comedy.” TryingComedySeriousBeatsNotesHittingCautious Author:LeToya Luckett
“What really changed my life was watching the movie Juice and the opening scene - just hearing that record rotate. When I heard that I started getting serious about DJing and making beats and recording myself on the four-track.” RecordsFourHeardChangedSeriousSceneBeatsTrackHearingOpeningJuiceChanged My Life Author:Gonjasufi