"I really pulled from that repertoire that Billie Holiday was singing, and the way she sang it. It's sort of this beautiful, not really midpoint, but a period of her career where she really still had her voice. She had that deep wisdom that we've come to associate her with. To me, that's her at the height of her powers."

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Jose James

#Beautiful Quotes #Holiday Quotes #Careers Quotes

“There is a succession of experiences which together constitute the educational and developmental ripening of the learner, according to the Sufis. People who think that each gain is the goal itself will freeze at any such stage, and cannot learn through successive and superseding lessons.”
“It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and this includes the right to vote and run for office.”
“I bring other constituencies - I also have ties to minority communities. And obviously, to the world of world-class research universities. So I can bring some constituencies that I'm used to working with.”
“We havent done action movies in Germany. We had some attempts in the 90s, but they failed.”
“A place has almost a shyness of a person with strangers; its secret is not to be surprised by too direct interrogation.”
“I think that we have to firstly accept ourselves the way we are. I do think that girls are told at an early age that straightening their hair is the right thing, whereas it's simply not. You need to shut down the negative energy and do what makes you feel good. What makes you feel good is what makes you beautiful!”
“Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.”

Source : Sappho (2006). “Sweetbitter Love: Poems of Sappho”, Shambhala Publications
“Somehow she knew he would take a love affair very seriously indeed. Once that pinpoint focus was engaged, he would throw himself body and soul into the liaison. In the the woman he decided to take as a lover. A shiver ran through her at the thought. To be the object of such ferocious regard was an alluring prospect, but it also gave her pause.”

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