"We have oral traditions in Mali, and songs are passed down and around this way. I think in the US you can play all the time in your own room and never see another musician your whole life. We can't understand that in Mali."

-- Vieux Farka Toure

#Song Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Play Quotes

“I'm actually embarrassed to tell people I'm Russian these days, because it's become such an awful place.”
“The United States is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth”

Source : "Mumia Abu-Jamal: "The United States Is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth"". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. February 01, 2013.
“As women, we have more of a tendency to be people-pleasers, and I know a lot of women who are not vocal about what makes them happy.”
“I eye Chuy like a pitcher in baseball does when a guy leads too far off base.”
“People tend to criticize their spouse most loudly in the area where they themselves have the deepest emotional need.”

Source : Gary Chapman, Ross Campbell (2010). “The 5 Love Languages/The 5 Love Languages Men's Edition/The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers/The 5 Love Lan”, p.182, Moody Publishers
“I'm a live wire in a dead world,”
“Anyone who believes that we can afford collectively what we cannot afford individually is delusional.”

Source : Arnold Kling (2004). “Learning Economics”, p.295, Xlibris Corporation
“If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, we're cool.”

Source : Interview with Donna Kimura, www.jazzreview.com. January 29, 2011.

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