"No matter what you do, someone always knew you would."

-- Ami McKay

#Life Quotes #Matter Quotes

“No man will ever be president of the United States who spells Negro with two g's.”

Source : William H. Seward's retort to Stephen A. Douglas on the Senate floor after the Illinois senator used an offensive slur in a speech, as quoted in Doris Kearns Goodwin "Team of Rivals" (p. 163), October 25, 2005.
“Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final soliloquy of Clay, the protagonist in LeRoi Jonesâ€™ (aka Amiri Barakaâ€™s) play Dutchman. Youâ€™d better be glad Charlie Parker could play him some horn and Bessie Smith could sing, because if they didnâ€™t make music they might murder you. One would be hard pressed to find another group of people on this planet whose music is a surrogate for murder. One would be hard pressed to another group of people on this planet whose life is a proxy for death.”
“The Mirror Empire is the most original fantasy I've read in a long time, set in a world full of new ideas, expanding the horizons of the genre. A complex and intricate book full of elegant ideas and finely-drawn characters.”
“I think it happens to a lot of people who make music just on a computer by themselves, you don't see the bigger picture. You don't see the forest for the trees. You're looking at every tree so closely, and every tree looks so cool. But you're making a forest, man, you're not making a tree.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I also feel that I have been very honest with my friends, my family and also with the public about the mistakes that I've made and the challenges that I've gone through.”
“I'm a millionaire, but I cut the grass. And each time I cut it, it's my grass. And that is satisfying.”

Source : "Everyone Loves You When You're Dead: Journeys into Fame and Madness". Book by Neil Strauss, March 15, 2011.
“Though people are more important than money, I'm not convinced these large sums of money paid out to victims is the best. Listening to the some of the victims, I think we could have avoided a lot of this if the Church had humbly apologized to them, but we tried to bully some of them. I pray the victims are healed.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I feel very privileged to get to read and write and not to have to do things that I don't like, and I don't want to give that up. Everything else is just a bonus and often a distraction from the writing, reading, and traveling that gives me the most pleasure.”

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