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Mary Lou Williams Quotes

Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night.

Mary Lou Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: May 8, 1910 - May 28, 1981

Topics

Me Night Society End Play Now

A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother.

John Henrik Clarke

Mother Relationship Child People

The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword.

Ang Lee

Men Woman Meaning Sword Know Most

Dreams are necessary to life.

Anais Nin

Life Dreams Necessary

We didn't have locks in the early 1940s because nobody got into anybody's house, and nobody did anything wrong.

Roger Ailes

Early House Wrong Nobody Anything

I did sing in a choir for a while, but if anybody was sick, I always whispered my songs to make sure nobody could pick out my voice.

Mary Steenburgen

Sick Voice Nobody Choir Always Out

I come from a big family of storytellers and, growing up, I liked hearing about the years before I was born.

Molly Antopol

Family Growing Up Born Growing Big

I've had insomnia since I was a little kid and I never sleep well. Sometimes I sleep very badly and sometimes I sleep slightly badly. I get it especially when I'm on tour because you cross a lot of time zones, and I'm not very adaptable.

Moby

Time Sleep You Sometimes Never Kid

You shouldn't be learning how to code when you're middle-aged. You should be learning how to code when you're a kid.

Debbie Millman

Learning You Kid Middle-Aged Code

I think the genre of comics sometimes overtakes the medium, and people assume that they are kind of frivolous. If you have a good, strong story teller, they can be as affecting as any character in literature. Period.

Chip Kidd

Good Character People Strong Think

I went through an awkward adolescence and had braces.

Christina Ricci

Adolescence Through Braces Awkward

I proved to my own satisfaction that I am madder than I think.

Craig Ferguson

I Am Think Satisfaction My Own Own

You're going to hurt, yes. You're going to have tweaks and problems. But you're a football player; you can play through those.

Colin Kaepernick

Football Problems Hurt You Play Yes