#nigh

I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#am #apparent #apparent failure #back #been

On the rare occasions when I spend a night in Oxford, the keeping of the hours by the clock towers in New College, and Merton, and the great booming of Tom tolling 101 times at 9 pm at Christ Church are inextricably interwoven with memories and regrets and lost joys. The sound almost sends me mad, so intense are the feelings it evokes. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#booming #christ #church #clock #college

It was darn nigh impossible for women in rock in the '70s. There wasn't a mold if you were a woman and you were in the entertainment in the '70s. You were probably a disco diva or a folk singer, or simply ornamental. Radio would play only one woman per hour. ↗

— Ann Wilson

#disco #diva #entertainment #folk #folk singer

You noticed from last night, we only did two from the 80s. And our set's two hours long. ↗

— Ann Wilson

#hours #last #last night #long #night

There was a train that would come by our house every night, and I'd hear the whistle blow. That is the sweetest memory I have. ↗

— Cassandra Wilson

#come #every #every night #hear #house

I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep. ↗

— Harold Wilson

#asset #believe #get #good #greatest

An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#benighted #enlightened #goal #ideal #master

That's kind of the weird thing that M. Night Shyamalan has sort of unleashed upon the world is this need for every movie to have these ridiculous endings. ↗

— Alex Winter

#every #kind #movie #need #night

When I got old enough to go to night clubs to hear that music at the age of 15. ↗

— Johnny Winter

#clubs #enough #go #got #hear

I was born in London, and went to school in Scotland - I used to be dead tired when I got home at night. ↗

— Norman Wisdom

#dead #got #home #i #i was born