"I use are provisional terms, and they usually put any proper nouns in critical distance. I'm in a tradition of people who resist naming, fixity. That means it's a tradition of people who insist on mobility, who defy proper nouns and genres and those kinds of things. When I push back against the word 'jazz' it's because I've learned that from many, many elders who think that way. I'm not just being a jerk."

-- Vijay Iyer

#Distance Quotes #Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Do what you want, do what you need to get done. Find a way to do it.”

Source : Source: abnormaluse.com
“Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.”
“Scientific truth is universal, because it is only discovered by the human brain and not made by it, as art is.”
“Oh, I constantly say things that I regret. I mortify myself constantly. But that's just part of the deal. I'm not really sure what's going to come out of my mouth.”
“White men seem to have difficulty in realizing that people who live differently from themselves still might be traveling the upward and progressive road of life.”

Source : Luther Standing Bear (2006). “Land of the Spotted Eagle”, p.21, U of Nebraska Press
“I am very career minded, and I think my personality is more suited to America. I am a working mother.”
“My good friends David and Avi sent me a text greeting from their gym in NYC at 8 a.m. this morning. Isn't that a fine how do you do!”
“Even talking, I'm super-loud. I could never have that kind of meek, little wispy whimsical lavender and lace voice. It comes from my body. There's no way I can fight it.”

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