Quotes About Tennessee

I came to the plain fields of Ohio with pictures painted by Hollywood movies and the works of Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. None of them had much to say, if at all, about Dayton, Ohio.

Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common.

I love Tennessee Williams pieces; they are so poetic and I love period pieces.

'Angels in America' - which is composed of two three-hour plays, 'Millennium Approaches' and 'Perestroika' - proved to be a watershed drama, the most lyrical and ambitious augury of an era since Tennessee Williams's 'The Glass Menagerie.'

A lot of people don't know that my background is completely classical. For a while there, I was all about Moliere and the Greeks and Brecht and Tennessee Williams.

Tennessee Williams knew about the South, but he would clean it up and lie about it.

I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams.

I want to do a Tennessee Williams play.

Today the people from my State of Tennessee would listen to this debate, or even talk about a reference to God on our money or in the Halls of Congress or in our Pledge and say, please, let common sense and logic win the day and prevail versus legal mumbo jumbo.

I'm from Texas. I hitchhiked to Tennessee when I was 19 years old, and it is really beautiful in Tennessee.

I want to thank the people of Tennessee's Fourth Congressional District for once again putting their faith in my ability to serve them; I promise I will never take that trust for granted.

After college, I went to Alley Theatre in Houston to work in their apprentice actor program. I thought I was gonna get discovered. It didn't happen. I moved back to Germantown, Tennessee, outside of Memphis, and taught at my old high school.

In government, effectiveness is measured not by results, but by how much money is spent. How effective is it? Why, we've tripled the budget! That's what Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee actually said about Rubio's "Gang of Eight" amnesty bill, formally titled "The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013"—which was way better than its original title: "We Surrender.

I took guitar a while back, and my heart wasn't in it at the time, but I'm ready to try it again. I sing in the car, at home - it's a huge part of my life, especially since I'm from Tennessee.

The thing you can count on in life is that Tennessee will always be scorching hot in August.

As somebody who thinks Tennessee history is important, I want to make certain that's still a part of the curriculum. I think that's critical for the people growing up in our school system.

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THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS" You may talk about your Dearest May, And sing of Rosa Lee, But the Yellow Rose of Texas Beats the belles of Tennessee. TRADITIONAL

I moved back to Tennessee in '86 or '87. That's when I worked with the Carter Family because I really wanted to understand my roots.

Chris proposed exactly the way I've always dreamed. Our families were close by, but it was just us out on a beautiful deck overlooking a lake in East Tennessee. We had just been on a hike and - in our workout clothes - he hit the knee! We feel so blessed by God that He sent us each other, and we are looking so forward to forever together.

I was raised on a farm in East Tennessee, and my first concert was Britney Spears. It's my job as a country music artist to be honest about that.

My first job was singing on the Cas Walker radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was about 10 years old and I thought it was big time.

All my ex's live in Texas, And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be, But all my ex's live in Texas, Therefore I reside in Tennessee

This is Tyler,' she said. 'He grew up in Tennessee, he has a horse named Custard—' 'Custer,' Tyler said.