#known

When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist. ↗

— Nina Simone

#become #black #choices #classic #classical

I knew that people were going to talk about it, I knew it was embarrassing, and I knew it was a big deal. But did I think that it was going to be this thing that followed me for, you know, the next years to come? I guarantee you, 25 years from now, I'll be known as the girl that lip synced on 'SNL.' But, you know, it was a weird thing. Not fun. ↗

— Ashlee Simpson

#big #big deal #come #deal #did

I'm very ditsy and a klutz. I've been known to walk on stage and fall over my dress. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#dress #fall #i #known #over

Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#america #barrier #elevation #every #exists

The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany. ↗

— Gordon Sinclair

#british #dollar #ever #exchanges #french

It is London fashion week, and once again I haven't been invited to any shows. This is upsetting given my well-known love of fashion, or, as I think of it, playing with the dressing-up box. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#any #been #box #fashion #given

Pain and fear and hunger are effects of causes which can be foreseen and known: but sorrow is a debt which someone else makes for us. ↗

— Freya Stark

#debt #effects #else #fear #foreseen

'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one. ↗

— Laurence Stern

#bad one #cause #good #good cause #known

Nevertheless, the concept of sustainable development is now known - even amongst those who haven't accepted it - and it's recognized, debated and followed by an increasing number of businesses. ↗

— Maurice Strong

#amongst #businesses #concept #debated #development

And I just think that to introduce an unknown Shakespeare is thrilling, too - not to do Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet, to do the richer Shakespeare. People will come to this and not know the story. ↗

— Julie Taymor

#hamlet #i #introduce #juliet #just