"Reaching that windswept perch, I decided, would cleanse my spirit and heal my wounds. More than that, it would send me home with a title: The First American Woman to Climb Everest."

-- Stacy Allison

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“Aretha Franklin's 'Let Me in Your Life' is one of the few recent R&B albums that places the emphasis entirely and deservedly on a voice. Many R&B producers have been making records on which the singer is outshined by the song, the arrangement and the sound.”
“It's a natural thing for people to say, you know, Who's in this book? I find myself get ting a little defensive. People come along and I'm waiting for that first question.”
“She could only write with him at night and she was wasting her days just sitting around. So he thought I could write with her during the day. And that was Carole King.”
“After all, in supporting phenomenal concepts I am in a sense siding with introspection against the more behaviourist Wittgensteinians. But even so I don't think that introspection is powerful enough to resolve the specific issue about how many colours you can see.”

Source : "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com.
“My family survived losing money to Bernie Madoff incredibly well compared to others.”
“The more creative you are the more trouble you're in. You have to be courageous!”
“In most cases, preferred supplier contracts contain volume commitments that, if not met, could jeopardize the entire contract and cost the company millions in lost discounts based on nonperformance. This is precisely why compliance with preferred vendors and contracted rates is critical.”
“The world turns softly / Not to spill its lakes and rivers.”

Source : Hilda Conkling (1929). “Poems by a Little Girl”, p.14, Library of Alexandria

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