"God's eye is on a sparrow. And I know - oh, yes, I know he watches over me..."

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Source : "Soul Singer Sharon Jones: 'The Cancer Is Here, But I Want To Perform'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 28, 2016.

Sharon Jones

#Eye Quotes #Watches Quotes #Sparrows Quotes

“Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as corrupted as ours, ultimate authority rests with the people. We empower the government with our votes, finance it with our taxes, bolster it with our silent acquiescence. If we are passive in the face of America's official actions overseas, we in effect endorse them.”

Source : Mark Hertsgaard (2003). “The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World”, p.211, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
“No, I'm at full height, I'm in the studio, I can actually catch actors by the eye, it's fantastic.”
“Death did not first strike Adam, the first sinful man, nor Cain, the first hypocrite, but Abel, the innocent and righteous. The first soul that met with death, overcame death; the first soul that parted from earth went to heaven. Death argues not displeasure, because he whom God loved best dies first, and the murderer is punished with living.”
“I do have reasons for what I do. I am a very political person, and I really think if you put these clothes on, you will look like a force to be reckoned with.”
“The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm, and a weak mind.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“To carry feelings of childhood into the powers of adulthood, to combine the child's sense of wonder and novelty with the appearances which every day for years has rendered familiar, this is the character and privilege of genius, and one of the marks which distinguish it from talent.”
“We take refuge in pride, because we are afraid to tell the truth to ourselves.”

Source : Okakura Kakuzo (2012). “The Book of Tea: Classic Edition”, p.24, Tuttle Publishing
“I knew I wanted to be a performer really early on, like around 8 years old. I did tons of acting and loved being in front of people.”

Source : Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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