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Mary Lou Williams

"Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night."

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"Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night."

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Asa Don Brown

"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."

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Asa Don Brown

"The action or inaction of any government does not negate the Personal Responsibility of the citizens."

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Asa Don Brown

"If you have any hate in your heart, you will not be able to create a society that is just."

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Asa Don Brown

"The journey of every ignorant and obedient society always ends up in the same place: In the desert!"

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Asa Don Brown

"In every city you go, you will come across men of different kinds and you are the one to choose where your to belong."

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Asa Don Brown

"The only soap of a dirty society is the clean men, only the clean can wash the grimy!"

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Asa Don Brown

"What the new government of Nigeria and other African governments must do, is to start a massive reorientation campaign in the culture of the dignity of labour."

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Asa Don Brown

"To Have Thousands Transformed In The Society Is To Lack Unity."

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Asa Don Brown

"Labor law violations are alive and well in the USA."

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Asa Don Brown

"We understand the ordinary business of living, We know how to work the machine."

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Mary Lou Williams
"Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage in me a love of music. But she wouldn't consent to my having music lessons, for she feared I might end up as she had done - unable to play except from paper."

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Mary Lou Williams
"Within a few hours I had them off, was about ready to play the shows. That night I opened, and during the week Harris was over to the house to talk my mother into letting me leave home."

Home

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Mary Lou Williams
"When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.'"

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Mary Lou Williams
"He explained how ridiculous the clowning was, and there and then I decided to settle down and play seriously."

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Mary Lou Williams
"One way and another I was having a ball - playing gigs, jamming and listening to fine musicians. Then came a crisis at home. My stepfather fell sick, and it meant I had to support the family."

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Mary Lou Williams
"Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night."

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Mary Lou Williams
"I have been tied up with music for about as long as I can remember. By the time I was four I was picking out little tunes my mother played on the reed organ in the living-room."

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