"I teach a graduate seminar called "Theorizing Improvisation" that is pretty interdisciplinary, but really makes students deal with black studies seriously. A lot of authors of color, a lot of women of color - those become central to the intellectual trajectory. It considers music, but it also considers areas of thought that might seem unrelated to music. That's partly because we're expanding the notion of what music is beyond objects, beyond scores, beyond things."

-- Vijay Iyer

#Black Quotes #Intellectual Quotes #Students Quotes

“We are all visionaries, and what we see is our soul in things.”
“We have a plan to top it. And I do think our plan is devastating. Weâ€™ve practically reduced our cast to tears telling them the plan â€¦ weâ€™re probably more excited that weâ€™ve ever been about Sherlock.”

Source : "'Sherlock' producer says season 4 story is 'devastating'" by James Hibberd, www.ew.com. August 25, 2014.
“The New Testament never simply says, "Remember Jesus Christ." That is a half-finished sentence. It says, "Remember Jesus Christ is risen from the dead."”
“There's no real nationalism in this county. If you're poor in America, that's a criminal offense. You're not only a criminal for being poor, but you're also stupid and deficient. We don't have this national feeling of fraternity. We live in an individualist state where everyone hates everyone else, except your immediate family. We live in a mafia state.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Autonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing.”
“And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.”
“It appears that President Obama is making great progress on climate change, he is changing the political climate in the country back to Republican.”

Source : "Pawlenty: GOP surge if health plan fails" by Andy Barr, www.politico.com. August 14, 2009.
“Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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