#own

In life every effort is marked down at the end as a win or a loss. ↗

— Edward Bennett Williams

#effort #end #every #life #loss

Traveling to swimming meets took me beyond my small-town existence, gave me a hint of the exciting world outside of my own home. ↗

— Esther Williams

#exciting #existence #gave #hint #home

I went down and played with Magic Johnson at his all-star game in Atlanta. I remember Magic stopped the game and said, 'We need you here with us in L.A.' ↗

— Jayson Williams

#all-star game #atlanta #down #game #here

Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land. ↗

— Kit Williams

#came #constellations #face #fell #gown

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#become #between #hang-ups #obstacles #own

I'm trying to get out of my own way. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#i #my own #out #own #trying

I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#corny #how #i #into #know

In so many interviews, they bring up the sexual aspect of the record. I've had some journalists say it sounds like I'm lying down in bed singing with a microphone. It gets so old! ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#bed #bring #down #gets #had

The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#always #blues #down #fit #jazz

I had always been kind of obsessed with making a home of my own and was always drawing rooms that I wanted to live in, down to pictures on the wall and the faces that would be in the photographs, and how the couches would be situated. ↗

— Michelle Williams

#been #couches #down #drawing #faces