Mary Lou Williams Quotes

Within a few hours I had them off, was about ready to play the shows. That night I opened, and during the week Harris was over to the house to talk my mother into letting me leave home.

Mary Lou Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MotherHomeMeNightWeekHouse

I'm interested in the way language is used to navigate the world around us.

John Burnside

WorldLanguageWayUsedUsNavigate

I would say that I would do the same thing with any other members of the rascals that are still alive.

Tommy Bond

AliveSaySameWouldStillMembers

I'm an artist. I produce, I direct, and all of that goes into the music.

Travis Scott

MusicArtistDirectGoesProduce

'Parable of the Sower' is capital-I Important. Put it on the literary fiction shelf. Put it on the Holy Crap fiction shelf. Put it on every shelf. This is one of the all-time great American novels.

Robin Sloan

GreatAmericanImportantFiction

Sometimes you see things in a script, and it doesn't necessarily mean the director sees the same things. And if you think you're going to be making a different film, then that's not gonna work.

Michael Sheen

WorkThinkYouSometimesMeanSee

We all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.

Michael Jordan

PeopleFlyYouOthersSome People

And basically I always said when I was little that if I ever became successful or a celebrity, I would buy her this huge house and she would never have to work anymore. And I've done that. So I feel happy about doing that.

Missy Elliott

WorkHappyFeelDoingHouseDone

You have to look at history as an evolution of society.

Jean Chretien

HistorySocietyYouLookEvolution

I know what it's like to be in the closet! I know what it's like to be bullied and attacked because someone or some group thought I was different or below them... so, I'm coming out of the closet as an ally of equality for everyone; as an ally to hope.

Jason Alexander

HopeEqualityThoughtSomeoneKnow

I don't stress about things I can't change, so if I have a day when I don't look great, I don't look in the mirror! I try to fit in one session of Bikram yoga and one run a week and, if I can, one swim, but that's pushing it.

Donna Air

ChangeGreatMirrorDayStressLook

'Dip it Low' is pretty highly requested for me. I get that a lot.

Christina Milian

MePrettyLowGetDipLot

There is little more powerful than when truth joins action.

Bryant H. McGill

TruthActionPowerfulMoreLittle

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