"I never call myself modern or traditional, in our out, new or used, because I prefer not to be hemmed in by rigid definitions."

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Source : Kenny Werner (1996). “Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within”, Jamey Aebersold Jazz Incorporated

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“As a means of dispensing formulated ignorance our boasted public school system is not without merit; it spreads out education sufficiently thin to give everyone enough to make him a more competent fool than he would have been without it...”
“I pretty much started out writing full time. I was an at-home mom and when my youngest entered kindergarten, I started writing. I was 35, and before that I really hadn't written at all. Which means, I guess, that a) it's never too late to start a writing career (or any career you really want) and b) it's OK to get to your mid-30s and still not know what you want to be when you grow up.”

Source : "Romance Unlaced: Interview with Elizabeth Hoyt". Interview With Madeline Hunter, happyeverafter.usatoday.com. September 10, 2014.
“One handles truths like dynamite.”
“But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).”
“I don't think of myself as an author. But simply as a grateful child of God. John 3:27 has long been a life verse: "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven." Any more words will only be solely a gift from Him. I can only faithfully wait.”
“America does not concern itself now with Impressionism. We own no involved philosophy. The psyche of the land is to be found in its movement. It is to be felt as a dramatic force of energy and vitality. We move; we do not stand still. We have not yet arrived at the stock-taking stage.”
“Some of my favorite characters that I've played have been very pompous because I love making fun of pompous people.”
“Follow ThroughÂ is elegant, sure footed, smartâ€”a nest of sticks that wonâ€™t stay sticksâ€”a nest of sticks that snowballsâ€”scary and marvelous.”

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