"My name's Todd but I changed it in the first grade because there was another kid named Todd and I didn't understand that that was possible."

“I like to dominate powerful men..Black men aren't good at oral $ex””

“What would you be like if you had white hair and had not given up your principles? It might be wise as you deal with coalition efforts to think about the possibilities of going for fifty years.”

“The end comes to all of us...but the end comes quicker to those who do not live their lives as they choose. If your life is not your own, then in what way is it living?”

“Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.”

Source : Richard Carlson (2016). “You Can Be Happy No Matter What”, p.161, Mango Media Inc.

“The protestant world is in great need of examples (like these) that will beckon us to the fullness of God.”

“It should not be presumed that these people (the Jews), who are so separated from us by their religion, have any right to make our laws. But why blame the Jews? It is we who lack all feeling for our own identity, all sense of honour.”

Source : Diary entry for November 14, 1878. "Cosima Wagner's Diaries: An Abridgment". Book edited by Geoffrey Skelton, 1994.

“There was always dance in opera until people forgot to keep it going.”

Source : "Mark Morris picks up baton in 'Dido' at Berkeley" by Allan Ulrich, www.sfgate.com. September 11, 2011.

“There's some boring advice for improvisers beginning their careers like "see as much of it as you can and do as much of it as you can." Volume, in a way, is the most important thing. Not, like, decibel volume - just immerse yourself in it as much as possible. I'd also suggest that you put a high value on your personal interests and tastes.”