"When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone."

-- Tom Verlaine

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“We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.”
“The great ideas of the West - rationalism, self-criticism, the disinterested search for truth, the separation of church and state, the rule of law, equality before the law, freedom of conscience, thought, and expression, human rights, and liberal democracy- quite an achievement, surely, for any civilization- - remain the best, and perhaps the only, means for all people, no matter of what race or creed, to reach their full potential and live in freedom.”

Source : Ibn Warraq (2010). “Virgins? What Virgins?: And Other Essays”
“What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity.”
“The spirit of complaint is born out of an unwillingness to trust God with today. Like the Israelites, it means you are spending your time looking back toward Egypt or wishing for the future all the while missing what God is doing right now.”

Source : Priscilla Shirer (2010). “One in a Million: Journey to Your Promised Land”, p.115, B&H Publishing Group
“We really have a close friendship with Christian Petzold, which means we can be more frank and open towards each other, always with total respect. But, we push each other a bit further and further always, and we're always still curious about each other. And when he talks about a story he's thinking of doing, then the whole process is so special because I'm involved in a very early stage and I have the feeling I can, and not only, influence anything about my character, but about the whole story that my character's in.”
“One of the great defects of English books printed in the last century is the want of an index.”
“People who are interested in doing something will do it when it's convenient; people who are committed will do it no matter what.”
“Fear causes people to draw back from situations. It brings on mediocrity, it dulls creativity, it sets one up to be a loser in life.”

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