Ma Rainey Quotes

White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

Ma Rainey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 26, 1886 - December 22, 1939

Topics

WhiteBluesKnowOutGotCome

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

Andre Maurois

TruthTruth IsPurePoisonWhom

Even now, I'm very superstitious, in silly ways. I always put my left boot on first. Or on set, I always tie my bow tie from right to left.

Matt Smith

SillyNowFirstRightAlwaysTie

I came to Los Angeles and did auditions for television. I made a terrible mess of most of them and I was quite intimidated. I felt very embarrassed and went back to London. I got British television jobs intermittently between the ages of 23 and 27, but it was very patchy.

Michael Fassbender

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I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.

Stephen Hawking

GodScienceBelieveUniverseBreak

I first paid attention to fashion when I was around 15, but I don't really care much about it these days.

Suga

FashionCareAttentionFirstDays

Sex, sexual dynamics and how we define our sexuality, is one of the major deals in everyone's life.

Molly Parker

LifeSexEveryoneSexualityDefine

They'll always find somebody for me to fight. Whether I win or lose, they'll find somebody to fight, and I'll compete. I'll make money, and I'll pay my bills.

Demetrious Johnson

MoneyFightMeWinWin Or LoseLose

I wrote every day between the ages of 12 and 20 when I stopped because I went to Barcelona, where life was too exciting to write.

Colm Toibin

LifeDayEvery DayWriteWhere

My background with acting is deeply interwoven with my family life and my childhood. It's a 'Peter Pan'-like narrative, something that was golden but could also be a bit dubious.

Cole Sprouse

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Competition is always there.

Arundhati Bhattacharya

CompetitionAlways

If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.

Thomas J. Watson

SuccessFailureYouWantDouble

When you write music that expresses doubt or concern, or talks about some of the darker things that a developing human goes through, people will come out of the woodwork to listen to someone else say it out loud.

Tyler Joseph

MusicPeopleSomeoneDoubtYouSay

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