"That mainstream English is essential to our self-preservation is indisputable . . . but it is not necessary to abandon Spoken Soul to master Standard English, any more than it is necessary to abandon English to learn French or to deprecate jazz to appreciate classical music."

-- John R. Rickford

#Self Quotes #Appreciate Quotes #Soul Quotes

“We could have chopped down the sycamore with this...”
“I had teen angst for a while, but I think every teenager has the angst.”
“I love making down-home Southern cooking, and just chilling out and having cakes and pies and baking stuff, you know. I'm a pretty simple girl.”
“I don't like the idea of things being off-limits to kids - like a fancy sitting room where they can't touch anything. I own vintage pottery cups, and I let my girls hold them. It teaches them to treat objects with respect.”
“The most dire of all of life's grueling deceptions wedge themselves in in our minds between truth and perceptions.”
“My first love is my mother. She did so much for us as children as a single parent. I watched her make a dollar out of fifteen cents. I thought she was either a magician or she had God's actual phone number. She wasn't a motivational speaker; she was an inspirational speaker.”
“I love Mary Chapin Carpenter songs. I love her songs 'Come On, Come On' and 'I Am A Town', they're two of my favorite songs.”

Source : Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. October 15, 2010.
“I love art. But I love it because it is the expression of a living philosophy. It's the leftovers. Art is what's left over from life.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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