"My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different countries like India and China. I think that would be a shame not to take advantage and do something... not unique, because I don't have this pretension."

-- Rokia Traore

#Country Quotes #Unique Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“In the process of simplifying oneself, one often discovers the thing called voice.”
“Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, 'you owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that! It lights up the whole sky.”
“There is no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth.”
“My nana was always a widow as long as I was alive; my grandfather died before I was born. All the women on my street - there were four houses in a row with all old women who lived alone who were widowed. They all had kids, but they were all widowed. My mom didn't put me in preschool; I didn't know that was a thing. I just hung out with these women all day.”
“Only after realising that routine immunisations were dangerous did I achieve a substantial drop in infant death rates.”
“Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.”

Source : Ann Oakley (1974). “Housewife”, Lane, Allen
“Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out.”
“As there is oppression of the majority such oppression will be fought with increasing hatred.”

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