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William Christopher Handy Quotes

I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee.

William Christopher Handy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: November 16, 1873 - March 28, 1958

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River Tennessee Whistle Knew Boats

At the end, what matters is that the team wins, not only my goals.

Goals Team End Matters Only Wins

Just because you're a luxury brand doesn't mean you have to have an attitude.

Angela Ahrendts

Attitude Brand Luxury You Mean Just

Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives.

Being Pleasures Cautious Your Put

Tiger parenting is all about raising independent, creative, courageous kids. In America today, there's a dangerous tendency to romanticize creativity in a way that may undermine it.

Today Parenting Creativity Creative

Maybe it's my age that makes me very conscious of loose threads, but I don't think that's an earmark of a fine product. And whenever I have a deep-seated feeling like that, I convey it to the person who made it. Sometimes they curse me, and sometimes they thank me.

Age Me Think Person Sometimes Curse

Our founding fathers declared independence from Great Britain because they were dissatisfied with the laws and policies that they believed abridged their freedoms. Had they taken the stance that many want our professional athletes to take - to just shut up and honor your country no matter what - we would be living in British colonies.

Great Independence Honor Professional

All of nature begins to whisper its secrets to us through its sounds. Sounds that were previously incomprehensible to our soul now become the meaningful language of nature.

Nature Soul Language Secrets Become

That routine thing is not comforting to me. It's the opposite to that.

Me Routine Comforting Opposite Thing

I think our democracy has it exactly right: two terms, eight years. It's enough. Because it's important to have one foot in reality when you have access to this kind of power.

Power Democracy Think Reality Enough

I've got a string of disastrous relationships behind me. I don't think I'm an easy person to live with.

Live Me Think Easy Person Behind

I wanted to become a teacher, like my mother, or a charity worker. But my mom says that when I was younger, I told her, 'People are going to know me,' so I guess I always had that idea.

Mother Teacher People Me Mom Know

Within the realm of fiction, it is always tempting to set one's stories in a dystopian future, where all our misgivings about state power can be shown in full force.

Future Power Always Within Fiction

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