"As I've submerged myself in news of the revolutions sweeping North Africa and the Middle East, I wanted desperately to feel part of what was going on. And then it hit me: This is what white people were doing to me after Obama was elected!"

-- Baratunde Thurston

#White Quotes #People Quotes #Middle East Quotes

“I keep my feet on the ground, keep dedicated, keep focused, underestimate nobody and obviously you need the ability, talent and everything else that goes with it.”
“Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can work when maybe they don't seem like they can.”

Source : "Namaste & Conversation : Interviews With Kenny G and David Benoit, Plus Downtown Struts and Sara Jackson-Holman Exclusives". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 20, 2012.
“It's possible, in a poem or short story, to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language, and to endow those thingsâ€”a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a woman's earringâ€”with immense, even startling power.”

Source : Raymond Carver (2015). “Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories”, p.25, Vintage
“An agreement of rash men (a conspiracy).”
“I've had so many insecurities, and am still getting over a lot.”
“A lot of bands that are great disappear a little bit faster than they used to. They don't get as much support for the long haul. You have to be pretty tough to hang in there.”
“Sugar is more present in America or England than it is in France. I think there is an addiction to sweetness.”

Source : "The Saturday interview: Dukan diet creator Pierre Dukan". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2012.
“I was trapped in admiration for what I had once admired, as a fly in amber remains the captive of some long-vanished pine.”

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