"Amanda Petrusich’s fascinating and insightful journey into the arcane netherworld of 78 records and its bring-‘em-back-alive collectors brims with the joy and passion of discovery, along with a heartfelt affection for those who keep alight the flame of our musical heritage."

-- Lenny Kaye

#Passion Quotes #Journey Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or who you love. It doesn't matter whether you're black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, able, disabled, gay or straight, you can make it here in America if you're willing to try.”
“The idea that because the school day is shorter or the school year is shorter than the sort of white collar workday or work year, that does not actually capture how teachers spend their time.”
“The books I'm writing are houses that I build for myself.”
“Because I could see that all these kids were weird and even they didn't accept me, I knew I was the strangest one of all.”
“My husband Chris, the thing he likes most about me is that I'm very positive and easily very happy.”
“Each day is a new opportunity. Yesterday is over and done. Today is the first day of my future.”
“We don't have to remain in this radically destructive mind-set and institutional-set. We can change, and the natural order of things could emerge in all of our societal organizations-government, commerce, religion-it's right there, waiting to happen. I often tell people that every mind is like a room in an old house, stuffed with very old furniture. Take any space in your mind and empty it of your old conceptions and new ones will rush in, good or bad. So change is more a getting rid of rather than an adding to or an acquiring.”
“God gave us crying so other folks could see when we needed help, and help us.”

Source : Joshilyn Jackson (2012). “Gods In Alabama”, p.28, Hachette UK

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