"Where the Tennessee River, like a silver snake, winds her way through the clay hills of Alabama, sits high on these hills, my home town, Florence."

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Source : William Christopher Handy (1947). “Father of the Blues: An Autobiography of W. C. Handy”

William Christopher Handy

#Home Quotes #Wind Quotes #Snakes Quotes

“Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others. â™¥”
“Hunger is almost like something the West does. It's almost like the direct result of the way the West performs.”
“The funniest thing about comedy is that you never know why people laugh. I know what makes them laugh but trying to get your hands on the why of it is like trying to pick an eel out of a tub of water.”
“There can be no good character in civil government if there is none in the people. You cannot make a good omelet with bad eggs.”
“I'm not one of those people who sits at dinner on their iPhone all night. I'm either working or I'm not. I've gone down that path where you sleep with your phone beside the bed and send an email just before you put your head down and check everything again when you wake up, and I don't like it.”
“When works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing against that, per se. But there is more to art than that.”

Source : "Portraits: Talking with Artists at the Met, the Modern, the Louvre, and Elsewhere". Book by Michael Kimmelman, 1998.
“If and when I decide to retire I want to perform. I want to be on the ice. I want to continue contributing to the sport. I feel like I still have a lot to offer.”
“I do my show half-hour a night four nights a week. I haven't seen my kids in 18 months, and I am losing calcium in my bones. Doctors say I should stop. I'm not going to.”

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