#except

Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage in me a love of music. But she wouldn't consent to my having music lessons, for she feared I might end up as she had done - unable to play except from paper. ↗

— Mary Lou Williams

#consent #done #encourage #end #except

No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them. ↗

— Robert Zemeckis

#how #live #many #matter #obstacles

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#except #great #history #hot #little

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better. ↗

— Iris Johansen

#better #could #critical #done #exception

My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#anything #coach #could #except #gym

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#except #fame #gone #left #little

Sometimes people just want you to fail. Except your really good friends. I've always known who my best friends were. ↗

— Kato Kaelin

#best #except #fail #friends #good

Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#exceptional #fighters #great #nature #players

There are certain wicked people in the world that you can't deal with except by force. ↗

— John Keegan

#deal #except #force #people #wicked

The album is a definite departure. I haven't written original material before, except for one song on my first album, but Elvis and I did six songs together on this one. ↗

— Diana Krall

#before #definite #departure #did #elvis