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If you're looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you've got to go to Wisconsin.
DAR WILLIAMS There's a marketing scheme that tells you that pregnancy and child rearing will make you into a moro...
DAR WILLIAMS Writing 'February' made me realize that breaking form is a way of letting the song be human.
DAR WILLIAMS How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light"
DAR WILLIAMS I'll keep you wondering what time I'm arriving. You'll drive me crazy with your backseat driving. An...
DAR WILLIAMS Therapy was the biggest romance of my life.
DAR WILLIAMS And we stand for the living, and we stand for the dead,And we looked out to see your enemies,And we ...
DAR WILLIAMS And the only word for love is everybody's nameAnd that will always stayIt happens every day.
DAR WILLIAMS Am I the habit you're too tired to break? I want you to love me with every step you take.
DAR WILLIAMS I realized I was writing a lot of songs about interconnectedness,
DAR WILLIAMS And as long as she's got noise she's fine, but I could teach her how I learned to dance when the mus...
DAR WILLIAMS And we looked out to see your enemies and we see that you're looking at us instead.
DAR WILLIAMS Hey I know where I come fromBut I have a questionShall We the People never come homeFor after all th...
DAR WILLIAMS What do you love more than loveWhen you question what your desire is forWhen you don't just figureTh...
DAR WILLIAMS And the ones that know you so well are the ones that can swallow you whole.
DAR WILLIAMS That's what I aspire to, ... Pete Seeger is the one who writes the songs that unite people.
DAR WILLIAMS And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.
DAR WILLIAMS But I live and I know that I burn as I grow.
DAR WILLIAMS Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are n...
DAR WILLIAMS Sixties folk rock was my original muse and the folk audience-people who listen to music off the beat...
DAR WILLIAMS And I build my peace with strength, that's the best weapon you've got.
DAR WILLIAMS The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pic...
DAR WILLIAMS I'm just holding up mirrors at interesting places, I'm trying to capture life at strange angles.
DAR WILLIAMS But for every price, and every penence that I could think ofIt's better too have fallen in love, the...
DAR WILLIAMS Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.
DAR WILLIAMS The green world was . . . unpredictable and chaotic. It was an unmediated place literally represente...
DAR WILLIAMS Even a good love song can sort of awaken people. The way we travel and meet one another at the cross...
DAR WILLIAMS I'm thinking about where we are right now in history. The other common theme to this record is that ...
DAR WILLIAMS I won't forget when Peter Pancame to my house, took my handI said I was a boy, I'm glad he didn't ch...
DAR WILLIAMS And there's a sunset over the mountainsI shout my scorn to the splendorous skyFor how does this ligh...
DAR WILLIAMS In the laughing times we know we are luckyIn the quiet times we know that we are blessedAnd we will ...
DAR WILLIAMS Well I love the way the world is your gardenAnd you plant your seeds and you let them growAnd you ta...
DAR WILLIAMS So the Christians and the Pagans sit together at the tableFinding faith and common ground the best t...
DAR WILLIAMS You always have to wrestle with chaos.
DAR WILLIAMS But if you're looking to be spooked by really tall trees then you've got to go to Washington...
DAR WILLIAMS I have a sordid past.
DAR WILLIAMS How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light.
DAR WILLIAMS She who loves last loves best.
DAR WILLIAMS And the only word for love is everybody's name
And that will always stay
It happens every da...
DAR WILLIAMS And we stand for the living, and we stand for the dead,
And we looked out to see your enemies, DAR WILLIAMS Well I love the way the world is your garden
And you plant your seeds and you let them grow
...
DAR WILLIAMS So the Christians and the Pagans sit together at the table
Finding faith and common ground the b...
DAR WILLIAMS Being told that you are good at banter is like being told that you are a good person.
DAR WILLIAMS But I benefit from the taxes I pay because I know how to access the benefits of the taxes.
DAR WILLIAMS I really value people besides parents who nurture kids.
DAR WILLIAMS If a war has to happen, a war has to happen.
DAR WILLIAMS I think music is another language.
DAR WILLIAMS The very best thing you can do is to try to write a song that has some sort of impact.
DAR WILLIAMS Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.
DAR WILLIAMS I try to be careful not to do single concerts where I fly out, do my show, turn around and go home.
DAR WILLIAMS Everyone has to decide how they're going to appear in their lives, how they're going to put ...
DAR WILLIAMS I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s li...
DAR WILLIAMS Arizona is really cool but I couldn't stay there for too long.
DAR WILLIAMS I watch people throw aluminum cans in the trash, and I think of all the stories I've heard about...
DAR WILLIAMS In the laughing times we know that we are lucky, and in the quiet times we know that we are blessed....
DAR WILLIAMS And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.
DAR WILLIAMS I'm becoming a professional nomad and enjoying that whole part of my life.
DAR WILLIAMS The pitch is dry, but the outfield is very wet. Play will start 30 minutes early over the three rema...
ALEEM DAR The pitch is dry, but the outfield is very wet. We are also not happy with the lights.
ALEEM DAR We can check who is close to the no-ball line, who is shuffling, these kind of things are very helpf...
ALEEM DAR Please, it's not out, not out, that's all.
ALEEM DAR Some keep knowledge confined to themselves while others become mentors
KIRUN DAR During inspiration, you lose some quotes and they are gone for life. :) You didnt let it LIVE :(..
DAR ADLEY Your savings is your earning actually
DR RAFIQ DAR Money isn't everything when others are in need.
MARTHA MARTIN DAR At first, I was so frustrated -- I couldn't imagine myself working at that place.
MARTHA MARTIN DAR There is something magical about three you know - a trio is tight and nicely economical.
IAN WILLIAMS

My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.
VENUS WILLIAMS But I like to be thought of as a good father and a good husband.
TREAT WILLIAMS

After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
VENUS WILLIAMS

The essential truth is that sometimes you're worried that they'll find out it's a fluke,...
ROBIN WILLIAMS The day my son was born my life changed completely.
TREAT WILLIAMS

We have a responsibility to help those around us and help others in need.
VIRGINIA WILLIAMS Sometimes I light incense and a candle. It's so peaceful and quiet. The steadiness of the energy...
CINDY WILLIAMS

If you're writing fantasy or science fiction, it's really hard to do if you don't know a...
TAD WILLIAMS

People may get tired of hearing from me, but I don't think I'll ever run out of things that ...
TAD WILLIAMS

One of the fascinating things about researching Heaven and Hell is, of course, the fact that there a...
TAD WILLIAMS

For me, any book I'm writing is also a chance to get in and research and read and learn things t...
TAD WILLIAMS

My parents were perfectly open-minded about everything. They never tried to convince us of what was ...
TAD WILLIAMS

I am a sandwich man. Somewhere early in life, my epigenetic switches got flicked to 'likes sandw...
TAD WILLIAMS

Every major technological step forward has profoundly changed human society - that's how we know...
TAD WILLIAMS

Unless technology itself is drastically repressed, the idea of the dystopian monoculture like Orwell...
TAD WILLIAMS

We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will thin...
TAD WILLIAMS

I've always been partial to werewolves, perhaps because there's a desperation to their pligh...
TAD WILLIAMS

Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what...
TAD WILLIAMS

In the process of looking for comedy, you have to be deeply honest. And in doing that, you'll fi...
ROBIN WILLIAMS

Peace is not wimpy. It's about sitting down and negotiating with people you hate. Ultimately, al...
BETTY WILLIAMS

Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
VENUS WILLIAMS

You have to let fear go. Another lesson is you just have to believe in yourself; you just have to. T...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to belie...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going fo...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Sports are a great place to show that equality can happen.
VENUS WILLIAMS

The day I'm not improving will be the day I hang up the racket.
VENUS WILLIAMS

A lot of times, I don't just do juice; I do the whole thing blended to keep the fiber.
VENUS WILLIAMS

Losses have propelled me to even bigger places, so I understand the importance of losing. You can ne...
VENUS WILLIAMS

Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
VENUS WILLIAMS

I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I ...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I like to be busy. It's not always easy because the schedule gets busy; especially, the more suc...
VENUS WILLIAMS

I'm always in search for perfection. If it's not perfect, I'm back to the drawing board.
VENUS WILLIAMS

You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner.
VENUS WILLIAMS

I guess rumors are more exciting than the truth.
VENUS WILLIAMS

No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
VENUS WILLIAMS

I've always found the rain very calming.
VENUS WILLIAMS

Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the stat...
TED WILLIAMS

Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the grea...
TED WILLIAMS

I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the la...
TED WILLIAMS

I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
TED WILLIAMS

If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.
TED WILLIAMS

If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.
TED WILLIAMS

All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.
TED WILLIAMS

Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.
TED WILLIAMS

There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and...
TED WILLIAMS

By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
TED WILLIAMS

If you don't think too good, don't think too much.
TED WILLIAMS

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to b...
TED WILLIAMS

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can imp...
TED WILLIAMS

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'Th...
TED WILLIAMS

God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.
TED WILLIAMS According to my grandmother, I started singing as soon as I began talking. I always wanted to be an ...
VESTA WILLIAMS A lot of people have called me the black Bette Midler, and I regard that as a compliment.
VESTA WILLIAMS I've always felt that to deliver a song successfully, you have to be an actress. A good actress ...
VESTA WILLIAMS When I lost my record deal, and my phone wasn't ringing, I realized that I had to reassess who V...
VESTA WILLIAMS Don't you dare print my first name. That would make me sound like a real country girl.
VESTA WILLIAMS I guess I was always a ham, and I was anxious to try doing different things. I started doing impress...
VESTA WILLIAMS

And at 19, you think you rule the world, and you can control things. And a lot of times, you don'...
VANESSA WILLIAMS

And when people give me their word, I listen to them.
VANESSA WILLIAMS

Broadway is really my life.
VANESSA WILLIAMS

My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off.
VANESSA WILLIAMS

There are a lot of things that you don't realize that your parents are going through when you...
VANESSA WILLIAMS

Well, my mom taught public school music for almost 40 years. And she's about 5 feet - and very m...
VANESSA WILLIAMS

I love the French horn.
VANESSA WILLIAMS

I am lucky to have three daughters who are completely different. I look at my daughters and I have d...
VANESSA WILLIAMS

New York is my home.
VANESSA WILLIAMS

You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, th...
VANESSA WILLIAMS

The wiser you get, the more experience you have, and the more you see people for who they are as hum...
VANESSA WILLIAMS

I think there's a time to work, and everyone has to kind of adjust. And then there's a time ...
VANESSA WILLIAMS

I don't laugh so much at jokes and premises as I do at a guy who goes onstage and starts twitchi...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

Without sounding negative, I'm not a huge fan of a lot of stand-up. I'm more interested in a...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking a...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I hate when you go into a nice restaurant - someplace where you're going to spend good money - a...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I'd done a ton of movies here in Hollywood, and I realized that every movie I'd done was som...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really ...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I don't go on tour tours - I just go randomly to cities to do shows if I have an opening in my s...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

The thing is, you never know with any movie how it's going to turn out. It's always a myster...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I used to do little sketches into my cassette tape recorder when I was a little boy. I would just tu...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I just tried to create a life for myself that's full of fun and fantasy and things that equal la...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

It was such a pleasure to work with Eugene Levy. What a treat. That's a guy I grew up watching a...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

If you were to come out and hang out with me, just having fun at a nightclub or a party, that's ...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

In 'There's Something About Mary' and 'Dumb & Dumber,' I ended up improvisin...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for '...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I always improvise with the crowd. Sometimes it will be a 50 percent show, sometimes 70 percent, som...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I was walking around bored one day, and I started filming stuff with my cellphone. There are all the...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. W...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I love seafood. Whenever I'm in Las Vegas, I love going to the Bellagio buffet because they have...
HARLAND WILLIAMS

I think life would be so much funnier if every day you saw someone walking down the street getting h...
HARLAND WILLIAMS Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than peop...
IAN WILLIAMS It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'...
IAN WILLIAMS I'm too tasteful for my pants.
IAN WILLIAMS I think one of the most boring things is a person's taste.
IAN WILLIAMS I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I p...
IAN WILLIAMS I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.
IAN WILLIAMS We made happy sounds because we were upset... just trying to make a positive situation out of a nega...
IAN WILLIAMS I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably...
IAN WILLIAMS This is fun; consuming our music shouldn't be a responsibility like eating your spinach or somet...
IAN WILLIAMS Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently.
IAN WILLIAMS

Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in your...
VENUS WILLIAMS So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying ...
JOHN WILLIAMS Growing up with two sisters, you either play by yourself or play Barbie with them. I played by mysel...
RICKY WILLIAMS The moment I started treating my social anxiety disorder, I started feeling better.
RICKY WILLIAMS As human beings we have a tendency when we like something to tie it up and make sure it's there ...
RICKY WILLIAMS As an athlete, you figure you work your whole life to have what you have, and to be able to show the...
RICKY WILLIAMS A team takes on the personality of the head coach.
RICKY WILLIAMS I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the streng...
RICKY WILLIAMS When you make that crossover from life to real life, when you're not treated as a child anymore ...
RICKY WILLIAMS I definitely have come out of my shell a lot more. When you question who you are, you can't be p...
RICKY WILLIAMS I've let a lot of things go, and obviously football is one of them. I think the hardest thing to...
RICKY WILLIAMS There's nothing I miss about anything in the whole wide world. The idea of missing something mea...
RICKY WILLIAMS One thing I've learned about life is that if you really let go, it's just a joy ride.
RICKY WILLIAMS Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice...
RICKY WILLIAMS I've always been attracted to things that are taboo. I've never been afraid to go to that da...
RICKY WILLIAMS To talk about balance, it's easier to talk about what's out of balance. And I think anytime ...
RICKY WILLIAMS I have no room in my life for any form of negativity or nonacceptance.
RICKY WILLIAMS There's more to life than success, and if you can try to be more well-rounded, you'll be abl...
RICKY WILLIAMS People are hungry because they're eating empty foods. Mine are full, and so am I.
RICKY WILLIAMS One of my biggest problems is that I'm always so influenced by what other people are thinking ab...
RICKY WILLIAMS I had this notion that everyone was staring at me and judging everything about me, from my appearanc...
RICKY WILLIAMS

We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to ...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

In memory everything seems to happen to music.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

To be free is to have achieved your life.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened ...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senil...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

The future is called 'perhaps', which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

For time is the longest distance between two places.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the que...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

But social justice and the environment are very tied together in my head.

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