William Standish Knowles Quotes

I was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on June 1, 1917, but I actually grew up in nearby New Bedford.

William Standish Knowles

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BornNewUpJuneI Was BornGrew

That was the big thing when I was growing up, singing on the radio. The extent of my dream was to sing on the radio station in Memphis. Even when I got out of the Air Force in 1954, I came right back to Memphis and started knocking on doors at the radio station.

Johnny Cash

Growing UpSingingDoorsBackDream

I've got good intuition.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

GoodIntuitionGot

I have always believed that I've been an amazing skater regardless of what the results say.

Mirai Nagasu

AmazingResultsSayAlwaysBeen

I can't complain. I think when you get to a certain point, you shouldn't complain because there's so many people who would kill to get to this point.

Missy Elliott

PeopleThinkYouComplainPointGet

As much as my parents were worried about me moving to London at 17, they could see that I was hungry to find my path. And it probably helped that they saw me succeeding at it, slowly but surely.

Luke Evans

PathParentsMeMovingFindLondon

I look for characters that speak to something in me.

Dorian Missick

MeSpeakLookSomethingCharacters

There probably aren't a lot of actors my age who tap dance.

Christopher Walken

AgeDanceWhoTapLot

Not only does investing in your infrastructure provide very good construction jobs, at the end of the project, you have something.

Shelley Berkley

GoodConstructionEndYouProject

It can not be done; it shall not be done! I speak for the great masses of the Mississippi Valley, and those west of it, when I say you shall not do it!

Richard Parks Bland

GreatSpeakYouDoneSayValley

Foreign aid, though less than 1% of the annual federal budget, is often a hard case to make to constituents who are rightfully worried about domestic and economic issues.

Richard Grenell

BudgetHardForeign AidEconomicAid

A comedy that is ironic, sometimes bitter, in some cases even dramatic, tragic: This is what Italian comedy is.

Mario Monicelli

ComedySometimesBitterDramatic

My mother is a ball of fire in the world, and I love that about her. But what I have learned from my stepdad is something as important, which is patience and compassion. Because when you are living with someone else, those two qualities go a long way.

Justin Timberlake

LovePatienceMotherFireCompassion

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