#once

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

Once when I was 16 I had my car taken away from me for being past curfew. Oh, and I said a bad word once, and I actually did get my mouth washed out with soap. ↗

— Ashlee Simpson

#away #bad #being #car #did

I tend to watch a little TV... Court TV, once in a while. Some of the cases I get interested in. ↗

— O. J. Simpson

#court #court tv #get #i #interested

If I know that I shall be as an angel, and more; if I shall behold all God has made; if he shall own me for his son and exalt me to honor in his presence, I shall not fear to die, nor shall I dread the grave where Christ once lay. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#behold #christ #die #dread #exalt

It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for the time being take possession of the mind. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#excited #feelings #may #mind #nature

As I travel around Idaho and visit with seniors, I hear almost universal concern about the rising cost of health care, particularly the cost of prescription drugs. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#almost #around #care #concern #cost

Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#both #child #could #ear #fool

His last 2 shows in the U.S. were in Chicago and St. Louis. I don't know what made me go on the trip with him, but I'm so very glad I did. They were two of the finest concerts I've ever seen. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#concerts #did #ever #finest #glad

You talk about American technocracy and you find men on the moon, not once, but several times... and safely home again. ↗

— Gordon Sinclair

#again #american #find #home #men

To find in ourselves what makes life worth living is risky business, for it means that once we know we must seek it. It also means that without it life will be valueless. ↗

— Marsha Sinetar

#business #find #know #life #living