"I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants."

-- Norah Jones

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“When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate the misery from which the cry arises.”
“One of the greatest things that ever taught me a super lesson was when I seen a baby come out of my woman's womb. Seeing this war that could end with both lives being lost, or both lives being made, gave me an enlightenment of life itself. It sparked my whole mind to a whole other level of living. And if I never would have seen it, I never would have understood life. I never would have appreciated life.”
“Story is the mother of us all. First we wrap our lives in language and then we act on who we say we are. We proceed from the word into the world and make a world based on our stories.”

Source : Christina Baldwin (2010). “Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story”, p.73, New World Library
“How could she tell him that we come to love those who save us?”
“You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.”
“Music really isnâ€™t supposed to be perfect.Â Itâ€™s all about people relating to each other and doing something thatâ€™s really from the soul.Â It must come from the soul.”
“There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color.”

Source : Major Taylor (1928). “The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World: The Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success Against Great Odds; an Autobiography”
“The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”

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