"Everything in New Orleans was competitive. People would always be betting on who was the best and the greatest in everything. That's where the battles of music came in."

-- Danny Barker

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“Glorious the northern lights astream; Glorious the song, when God's the theme; Glorious the thunder's roar: Glorious hosanna from the den; Glorious the catholic amen; Glorious the martyr's gore.”

Source : 'A Song to David' (1763) st. 85
“He breathed out, not quite a laugh or a sob. "God, yes. Bianca, I love you so much. Even if I never see you again, even if we walk out of here into an ambush you set up with your parents, I am always going to love you.”
“I think every family should have a dog; it is like having a perpetual baby; it is the plaything and crony of the whole house. It keeps them all young.”

Source : John Brown (1861). “Spare Hours (3)”, p.106, General Books
“The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us - that is all He asks.”
“I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.”

Source : Akira Kurosawa (2011). “Something Like An Autobiography”, p.129, Vintage
“Evil and laughter cannot co-exist.”
“Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began, as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth. Also, it began through the process of seeing, and feeling, and hearing, and smelling, and touching, and then remembering--I mean remembering in words--what these perceptual experiences were like, while trying to describe the endless invisible fears and desires of our inner lives.”
“I always want to have more dancers in my company.”

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