"I reside in a new colony for the Chinese-singing banjo player, with a population of one. At least I have something I have to do with my life."

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Source : "Obsessed: China" by Abigail Washburn, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 17, 2012.

Abigail Washburn

#Player Quotes #Chinese Quotes #Singing Quotes

“The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child.”
“Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.”
“We can't underestimate the value of silence. We need to create ourselves, need to spend time alone. If you don't, you risk not knowing yourself and not realizing your dreams.”
“The thrill of doing visual effects doesn't exist.”

Source : "Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg interview: This Is The End". Interview with Caroline Preece, www.denofgeek.com. June 27, 2013.
“Indeed, girls can be so in need of social approval that they confuse harassment for acceptance--thinking that any attention is better than none. Since many girls as well as boys buy the idea that sexual aggression and exploitation is normal masculine behavior, it may not even occur to them to demand to be treated as equals.”
“When we die, no one remembers us for what we weighed. Our weight isn't etched into our headstones.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 09, 2009
“In the South, prior to the Civil Rights movement and the 1964 Civil Rights Act, democracy was the rule. The majority of people were white, and the white majority had little or no respect for any rights which the black minority had relative to property, or even to their own lives. The majority - the mob and occasionally the lynch mob - ruled.”
“I had always thought of Chris as my kid brother and watching how this kid, as I still thought of him, had affected so many peoples lives around the world was incredible.”

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