"I have made a film about jazz that tries to look through jazz to see what it tells us about who we are as a people. I think that jazz is a spectacularly accurate model of democracy and a kind of look into our redemptive future possibilities."

-- Ken Burns

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“That solo on "Lord, I'm Discouraged" in terms of notes it isn't anything like it, but in terms of aesthetic, it's direct rip-off from the "November Rain" solo. In fact, when I did it, I imagined myself walking out of a church, walking out onto a cliff and doing a guitar solo. Slash has always been one of my favorites because the guy uses a lot of melody in his solos.”
“If an apple was magnified to the size of the Earth, then the atoms in the apple would be approximately the size of the original apple.”
“Money buys access; access buys influence.”
“Many of the poets I most admire have a way of embodying their peculiar obsessions via landscape that can sometimes seem magical.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“It has been 20,000 years since man and dog formed their partnership.”
“I am the president of the youth of France.”
“You have to take calculated risks in life.”

Source : Source: www.realclearpolitics.com
“Historically, the minority party in Congress votes against raising the debt limit, forcing the majority party to whip its members into casting politically painful votes in favor.”

Source : "Playing chicken with U.S. economy". www.politico.com. March 17, 2011.

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