"I belong to a bowling team with black and Latino coworkers. And when we get together and we talk about politics - I'm almost quoting him - he said, we don't talk about Black Lives Matters. We talk about what matters to our families. We talk about jobs, and we talk about the fate of the country. That is America, and you can reach those people."

-- Steve Inskeep

#Country Quotes #Jobs Quotes #Team Quotes

“Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism, altruism, and sainthood.”
“I feel like Alice falling into Wonderland. A line came to him: It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.”
“Real travel is not about the highlights with which you dazzle your friends once you're home. It's about the loneliness, the solitude, the evenings spent by yourself, pining to be somewhere else. Those are the moments of true value. You feel half proud of them and half ashamed and you hold them to your heart.”
“I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write.”

Source : "Bookseller of Kabul author Åsne Seierstad: 'It's not possible to write a neutral story'". Interview with Amelia Hill, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2010.
“A productive mistake is: (1) made in the service of mission and vision; (2) acknowledged as a mistake; (3) learned from; (4) considered valuable; (5) shared for the benefit of all.”

Source : "How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger". Book by David King Dunaway, 1981.
“In the laughing times we know that we are lucky, and in the quiet times we know that we are blessed. And we will not be alone.”

Source : Song: Arrival, Album: The Honesty Room
“I love players like Thurston Moore. I mean, you can put notes down on a sheet of paper, and if you practice and get your chops up, you can play like an Eddie Van Halen or a Steve Vai. But nobody can do what Thurston Moore does; he's his own guy. He talks through his instrument in a language that's all his own.”
“A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.”

Source : Jean Genet (1994). “Miracle of the Rose”, p.19, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

You may also like:

Bob Edwards
Journalist
Michele Norris
Journalist
Rachel Martin
Journalist
Scott Simon
Journalist
Terry Gross
Radio host
Ari Shapiro
Journalist
Audie Cornish
Journalist
Leila Fadel
Journalist
Renee Montagne
Journalist