"Our democratic richness arrives when we're able to comprehend our collective humanity accurately."

-- Stanley Crouch

#Humanity Quotes #Able Quotes #Democratic Quotes

“Instead of hearing, "Oh, he's good," I'd rather hear, "Wow, you changed my feelings today, you made me feel different."”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Sometimes all we need is only listening to an inner voice and remaining human in a very personal way. But even if it is a personal way, it's still a very valid way - maybe the most valid way. It doesn't have to be a collective experience or someone telling you what to do. The most sacred human experience can be a very personal one.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant. After eating curry night after night, they deny the existence of asparagus.”
“I'm in a position to work on good things. I've worked on shitty projects, in the past. But, it is what it is. I'm just taking it as it comes.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy.”

Source : "Jazz festival plans commemoration for trumpeter Al Hirt". www.cnn.com. April 28, 1999.
“If you truly love someone, you don't judge them by their past. You leave it there. Just be happy that their future belongs to you.”
“Catfish is not playing guitar no more, he's doing like a home-front thing. He had been in the business around ten years before I got in it, so I guess he's had enough of it.”
“If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it's not odd to believe that part of the play can take place on a basketball court.”

Source : Bill Russell, Taylor Branch (1980). “Second wind: the memoirs of an opinionated man”

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