#cotton

Until 1943 I received no stipend. I was able to support myself as my mother was the daughter of a relatively wealthy cotton manufacturer. ↗

— Frederick Sanger

#cotton #daughter #i #manufacturer #mother

When I was starting, there were wool mills in the U.S. that could make you anything. The U.S. used to produce the most beautiful cotton denim in the world. Now all that is gone. ↗

— Anna Sui

#beautiful #cotton #could #gone #i

And so it was settled. Sam Gamgee married Rose Cotton in the spring of 1420 (which was also famous for its weddings), and they came and lived at Bag End. And if Sam thought himself lucky, Frodo knew that he was more lucky himself; for there was not a hobbit in the Shire that was looked after with such care. When the labours or repair had all been planned and set going he took to a quiet life, writing a good deal and going through all his notes. He resigned the office of Deputy Mayor at the Free Fair that Midsummer, and dear old Will Whitfoot had another seven years of presiding at Banquets. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#j-r-r-tolkien #marriage #rosie-cotton #sam #the-lord-of-the-rings

Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences from, Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club. ↗

— Cab Calloway

#came #club #cotton #could #down

Half the world does not know the joys of wearing cotton underwear. ↗

— Phil Gramm

#does #half #joys #know #underwear

In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker. ↗

— Eartha Kitt

#essence #i #sophisticated

I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start. ↗

— Issey Miyake

#care #cold #cotton #easy #fabrics

There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things that I couldn't see them enjoying. I heard them sing a lot, and I didn't hear white folks going down the cotton rows singing that much. ↗

— Sam Phillips

#black #certain #certain feeling #cotton #developed

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#cotton #domestic #education #had #leave

My mum was very conscious about fashion and my dad was born into the tailoring tradition, so fashion has always been my life, although now, really, I wear the same thing - just in different weights - light and heavy cashmere in winter and cotton in summer. ↗

— Domenico Dolce

#although #always #been #born #conscious