We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself… — James Agee Copy Share Image
“Puttin’ on a cowboy hat & a pair of boots doesn’t make you country; Like puttin’ on a ball gown & glass… — Kellie Elmore Copy Share Image
Part of it is living in Tennessee. I'm so out of the loop. And as a person, I'm out of the loop.… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
My grandfather on my mother's side was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; my other grandfather was… — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
I used to play - when I first started trying to be professional, I disk jockey from 1949 to 1955 in Memphis,… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
Where the Tennessee River, like a silver snake, winds her way through the clay hills of Alabama, sits high on these hills,… — William Christopher Handy Copy Share Image
I take a ridiculous, probably abnormal, amount of pride in being from Nashville, so anytime I can link a Tennessee connect, it… — Jelly Roll Copy Share Image
“My Tennessee family had storm shelters. Dug into hillsides before I was born. All unused as I saw them. Just shelters for… — Damon Thomas Copy Share Image
“People might think folks in the South are nosey. Folks in the South don't ask questions to learn something; they ask to… — Bill Peach Copy Share Image
I've redone plays of mine and made changes. A play is a living thing, and I'd never say I wouldn't rewrite years… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
“For 2 years I lived in the hills of east Tennessee. In place they called Earl's Holler. Nights were quiet. Until I… — Damon Thomas Copy Share Image
I am a native of Taiwan, and I earned my bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University. I received my… — Min Kao Copy Share Image
“It was not uncommon to see the letters G.T.T. painted or carved on the doorways of cabins in Tennessee and other parts… — Michael Wallis Copy Share Image
I grew up in rural Tennessee. There were no bookstores in the town, but the school had a little library and the… — Michael Sims Copy Share Image
This fear is one of the horrors of an author's life. Where does work come from? What chance, what small episode will… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
I grew up in a rural area. I grew up in deep southern middle Tennessee, probably about thirty miles from the Alabama… — DJ Qualls Copy Share Image
I was in Nashville, Tennessee, and I saw - we talk about crumbling bridges - I saw one, concrete literally falling onto… — Anthony Foxx Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't know that my background is completely classical. For a while there, I was all about Moliere and… — Katy Mixon Copy Share Image
Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but fifty thousand, if necessary, for the defense of our rights, or those… — Isham G. Harris Copy Share Image
There is an event once a year that I'm able to sing at, through 'Passions,' in Tennessee. That's always fun. We perform… — Lindsay Hartley Copy Share Image
Living here in southern California, I'll miss hearing Rocky Top for an entire week at the end of December. I was actually… — Al Michaels Copy Share Image
American naturalism is what my indulgent actor side loves: a bit of Tennessee Williams, a bit of Clifford Odets, August Wilson -… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
I grew up in a house my parents built together on a mountain in Tennessee. When we moved in, the walls were… — Rachel Boston Copy Share Image
Families across Tennessee have to live within a budget, the State of Tennessee balances its budget each year, and Tennesseans rightly expect… — Bill Hagerty Copy Share Image
Every decision I will make as a U.S. senator will be based on two essential questions: Is this in the best interest… — Bill Hagerty Copy Share Image
Both teams are making mistakes. Florida's making these itsy-bitsy little ones, and Tennessee is making huge, gigantic mistakes. — Gary Danielson Copy Share Image
I haven't read Ibsen, Shaw, Shakespeare - except 'The Merchant of Venice' in ninth grade. I'm not familiar with 'Death of a… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
Tennessee Williams, one of my favorite playwrights, [lived] down there. You always heard about the Keys and how amazing they are and,… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
Tennessee Williams is an incredible writer for women because, in many ways, his women characters are him. He writes so passionately. — Laila Robins Copy Share Image
They say that Virginia is the mother of Texas. We never knew who the father was, but we kinda suspected Tennessee. — Tex Ritter Copy Share Image
There's no American playwright after 1945 who wasn't profoundly affected - who didn't have their DNA changed by Tennessee Williams. — John Guare Copy Share Image
Right after graduation, I married Samuel Fisher Babbitt, an academic administrator. I spent the next ten years in Connecticut, Tennessee, and Washington,… — Natalie Babbitt Copy Share Image
I had a degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where they said, 'Mr. Jordan, please learn to pronounce your degree.'… — Leslie Jordan Copy Share Image
I've been in rivalries. Utah-BYU. Bowling Green-Toledo. Florida, we had three: Florida State, Tennessee and Georgia. You make them personal, but they're… — Urban Meyer Copy Share Image
I learned how to read in second grade, and I entered a summer contest at my local library in Chattanooga, Tennessee. If… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
The grandmother didn't want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some of her connections in east Tennessee and she was… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
When I was young, I wanted to be a dramatic writer, a writer of tragedy. Nothing would've pleased me more than if… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
We have in Tennessee a number of wonderful faith-based clinics to serve the uninsured. It is an important principle with them that… — Phil Bredesen Copy Share Image
I definitely used to lie about my age. I'm from Tennessee and everyone would vacation in Destin, Florida, where there are lots… — Lucy Hale Copy Share Image
I think, being from east Tennessee, you're kinda born with a little lonesome in your soul, in your blood. You know you've… — Ashley Monroe Copy Share Image
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