"People started saying I was ignoring my country, making up stories about me. Ludicrous things, like that I throw tea on my assistants."

-- Joss Stone

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Tea Quotes

“Religious music is by far the greatest music of the ages. What is there to compare-in rhythmic beauty, poetic sublimity, and inspired teachings-with the Psalms of David?”
“I ask why your Omnipotent God does not hold a man back when he is about to commit a sin or offence. It is childâ€™s play for God. Why did He not kill war lords? Why did He not remove the fury of war from their minds? In this way God could have saved humanity from great calamity and horror.”
“When I allow myself to feel all my feelings instead of numbing myself to them, they pass more quickly. I spent my entire life telling everyone I was "OK, damn it." But when you surrender to the [uncomfortable] feelings, there are gifts on the other side: Allowing yourself to feel loneliness forces you to reach out. Letting yourself get angry gives you strength, energy and motivation.”

Source : "Ashley's Secret Life". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.glamour.com. July 9, 2006.
“I have seen such an immense change from the total repression and criminality of homosexuality in my lifetime. It does make me much more buoyant and optimistic about the future. If that change can occur in that time there's hope for many other changes.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills.”
“To fight tyranny and oppression by using tyrannical and oppressive means, to combat a single-minded and ruthless fanaticism by becoming equally fanatical and ruthless, will not further the cause of justice or bring about a meaningful democracy. It can only prolong the cycle of violence.”

Source : Tariq Ali (2003). “The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity”, p.3, Verso
“The expectation on me as a solo artist is very different to the audience's expectation of a Pink Floyd show.”
“I trip walking down the stairs, but I can skate them probably.”

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