"Freedom - an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day."

-- John Ralston Saul

“When you engage in a work that taps your talent and fuels your passion-that rises out of a great need in the world that you feel drawn by conscience to meet-therein lies your voice, your calling, your soul's code.”
“The second and sometimes most important part of the creative process is performing it live, so that the work can evolve to a different level and it is also important to make that connection with your audience as they are the reason why you make this work in the first place.”
“Makes no matter if I'm performing in a grocery store, you're always gonna get 150%.”

Source : FaceBook post by Eddie Griffin from Mar 19, 2014
“Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.”

Source : William Ralph Inge (1929). “Assessments and Anticipations”, Cassell
“It's very strange that the people you love are often the people you're most cruel to.”
“I always listen to music, my passion and vice is music, I will be denied access to heaven because of the number of CDs I own, and I have gluttony for all types and colours of music.”

Source : Interview with Robert J. Elisberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1999.
“Take time to pray and listen to God...say, 'Sir, what should I say at this moment? What should I do? My ears are open and my eyes are open. I'm listening.'”
“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this_world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good.”

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