"The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that."

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Source : FaceBook post by Oscar Peterson from Aug 23, 2010

Oscar Peterson

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“What distinguishes the campaign finance issue from just about every other one being debated these days is that the two sides do not divide along conventional liberal/ conservative lines.”
“I can tell you many reasons why environmental stories don't get adequate attention in conventional media. Basically, environmental risks don't fit the norms of journalism. They're incremental. We hate incremental.”

Source : Mother Jones Interview, www.motherjones.com. November/December 2008.
“Second, recent polls over there show that the majority of Iraqis want us to leave precipitously.”
“If it be asked what is to restrain the House of Representatives from making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a particular class of the society? I answer, the genius of the whole system, the nature of just and constitutional laws, and above all the vigilant and manly spirit which actuates the people of America, a spirit which nourishes freedom, and in return is nourished by it.”
“With languages, you can move from one social situation to another. With languages, you are at home anywhere.”

Source : Edmund de Waal (2010). “The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance”, p.22, Random House
“If you believe in what you're doing, you'll be successful.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Somebody wanted me to autograph her breast and I kindly refused. She was in college. I thought maybe I shouldn't do that.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We shouldn't be intimidated by someone else's idea of perfection if it will prevent us from taking steps we actively want to take.”

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