"My father had played cornet, although I never saw him play it. I found his mouthpiece when I was a kid. I used to buzz it. And my mother played piano and sang in the church choir for different functions. So there was always music in the house, jazz, gospel, or whatever. Especially jazz records."

-- Johnny Griffin

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #Kids Quotes

“I've got so much work to do today, I'd better spend two hours in prayer instead of one.”
“One of the main causes of trouble in the world is dogmatic and fanatical belief in some doctrine for which there is no adequate evidence”
“There's always down time when you're an actor, especially a character actor.”

Source : "It's ALMOST, MAINE for John Cariani!!!". Interview with TJ Fitzgerald, www.broadwayworld.com. January 4, 2006.
“To a large extent, people's interest in the character is the mystery of the character.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I love the big fresh starts, the clean slates like birthdays and new years, but I also really like the idea that we can get up every morning and start over.”
“It's an absurd error to put modern English literature in the curriculum. You should read contemporary literature for pleasure or not at all. You shouldn't be taught to monkey with it.”
“No right can come by conquest, unless there were a right of making that conquest.”

Source : Algernon SIDNEY, Isaac Littlebury (1704). “Discourses concerning Government ... Published by I. Littlebury from an original manuscript of the author”, p.20
“Every century or so, fundamental changes in the nature of consumption create new demand patterns that existing enterprises can't meet.”

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