"In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone, however."

-- Jane Byrne

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“The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish ... the kind of war on which they are embarking.”
“You are very fortunate to be assigned to duty at Fortress Monroe on Chesapeake Bay; it is just the season for soft shelled crabs, and hog fish have just come in, and they are the most delicious panfish you ever ate.”
“The point is, technology has empowered so many musicians, you know?”
“Have you ever had a moment where you finish a piece, and then all of a sudden the piece sort of takes on it's own life beyond you? It doesn't happen every time, but there are some pieces where that happens, and I love that. I feel like that's what I'm seeking nowadays, that moment of transcendence with a piece. Where this thing becomes larger than me as a person. It becomes otherworldly, and then I get separated as maker from it, and then it has it's own life. I love that.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Every man is bound to leave a story better than he found it.”
“The blues is not the creation of a crushed-spirited people. It is the product of a forward-looking, upward-striving people.”

Source : Albert Murray, Roberta S. Maguire (1997). “Conversations with Albert Murray”, p.129, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“The NFL is in premium interest time, in the fourth quarter [of the business year] when you have Thanksgiving, Christmas, and that's when we try to get the most decision-makers in front of the television, in the fourth quarter.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“I'm sure you can even find ménage à trois in medieval tales.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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