"It's ill-becoming for an old broad to sing about how bad she wants it. But occasionally we do."

-- Lena Horne

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“In my opinion, everybody has the same soul from God and we are united by that. Outside, our bodies are different, our faces are different, but inside we are all the same, we share the same feelings of sadness, love, pain My music comes out of these feelings. Whether it is Japanese music, African, Qawalli, or any other form of music, if it touches your heart it becomes important for me.”
“You tell me over and over and over again, my friend, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.”

Source : Song: Eve Of Destruction
“There was no helping her tears. For they would leave Po behindâ€¦ She cried into his shoulder like a child. Ashamed of herself, for it was only a parting, and Bitterblue had not wept like this even over a death. â€˜Donâ€™t be ashamed,' Po whispered. â€˜Your sadness is dear to me. Donâ€™t be frightened. I wonâ€™t die, Katsa. I wonâ€™t die, and weâ€™ll meet again.”
“The student is infinitely more important than the subject matter.”

Source : Nel Noddings (1984). “Caring, a Feminine Approach to Ethics & Moral Education”, p.176, Univ of California Press
“Gene Tunney called Gibbons 'the perfect boxer.' Gene said he learned more about the technique of boxing and punching from watching Mike training in New York gymnasiums and in actual fights in Gotham than he learned from any other individual associated with the fistic sport. Moreover, Tunney has told me it was Gibbons' clean-cut victory over Jack Dillon, the mighty light heavyweight from Indianapolis, that inspired in him the belief he could whip Jack Dempsey.”
“The emotions - love, mirth, the heroic, wonder, tranquility, fear, anger, sorrow, disgust - are in the audience.”
“A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United STates was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, a delegate from the state of Virginia”
“I am always the source of the worst rumors about myself.”

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