"To get to New Orleans you don't pass through anywhere else. That geographical location, being aloof, lets it hold onto the ritual of its own pace more than other places that have to keep up with the progress."

-- Allen Toussaint

#New Orleans Quotes #Progress Quotes #Pace Quotes

“Every Observer writer wants to be a novelist.”
“Man, if it weren't for Bill's Records and Tapes I would've been an accountant like my dad. I love my dad, but thank God for Bill's.”
“There is no poverty in life when you have a loving, peaceful, happy family. They are a gift which cannot be bought nor traded for gold.”
“I care about the work I do. But I'm not going to say that money's not an issue.”
“The path is the goal.”
“To consider yourself an environmentalist and still eat meat is like saying you're a philanthropist who doesn't give to charity.”
“A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes.”
“The child who dwells inside us trusts that there are wise men somewhere who know the truth.”

Source : "In gratitude for all the gifts" by Seamus Heaney, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2004.

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