"I more or less think that the trombone was chosen for me. I first selected a violin, which I didn't do too well with, and, ironically, the only thing left was the trombone. My next choice was a saxophone, but they didn't have any; so I think that the Creator had a lot to do with what I did...Because things just happened, you know, and I had no control over it. And I ended up with my instrument that I play now."

-- Curtis Fuller

#Thinking Quotes #Play Quotes #Choices Quotes

“I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.”
“Education as the exercise of domination stimulates the credulity of students, with the ideological intent (often not perceived by educators) of indoctrinating them to adapt to the world of oppression.”
“Just about every children's book in my local bookstore has an animal for its hero. But then, only a few feet away in the cookbook section, just about every cookbook includes recipes for cooking animals. Is there a more illuminating illustration of our paradoxical relationship with the nonhuman world?”
“Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.”
“A poem is a finished work of the mind, it is not the work of a finished mind.”

Source : Mary Ruefle (2012). “Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures”, p.222, Wave Books
“Being a sport star and a chef both require passion, commitment, work and natural ability.”
“...like a predator about to devour the target.”
“On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through.”

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