"I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation."

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Source : "Ailey's Troupe Explores Its Roots". Interview with Jennifer Dunning, www.nytimes.com. November 27, 1983.

Alvin Ailey

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“I want my ex-wife and children to be happy.”
“I personally think money in politics on any level is horrible. I'd like to see a set amount and have every candidate spend it. Have it be completely transparent. But actually getting to that spot, as we have learned through all the legislation over the decades, is very difficult.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 24, 2010.
“They entered there into the unconscious philosophy of the town; that life was an incomprehensible marvel, since it was incessantly wasted and spent, yet none the less it lasted and endured 'like the bridge on the Drina'.”
“Decisions just look different with women at the table. We still have a long way to go. The most powerful thing we own is our vote.”

Source : Source: lasentinel.net
“If I fall if I die know I lived it to the fullest, if I fall if I die know I lived and missed some bullets”
“There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity.”
“As pain tells us of the need for healing, worry tells us of the need for prayer.”

Source : Richard F. Lovelace (1979). “Dynamics of Spiritual Life”, p.160, InterVarsity Press
“But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That's why I call it the most social of the various art forms.”

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