"My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended."

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Source : Vernon Jordan (2009). “Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir”, p.30, PublicAffairs

Vernon Jordan

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“A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.”
“Those comfortably padded lunatic asylums which are known, euphemistically, as the stately homes of England.”
“Do you have no sense of self-preservation?”
“She stood upon a continent of ice, which sparkled between sea and sky, endless and dazzling, as though the world kept all its treasure there; a scale which balanced poetry and prayer.”

Source : Carol Ann Duffy (2009). “Mrs. Scrooge: A Christmas Poem”, p.31, Simon and Schuster
“Ive always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.”
“My worst fashion faux pas: probably orange shoes with white pants. I thought I looked spectacular.”
“It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results.”
“With touring, it's like you're in this car and you've got this much fuel. You know that if you drive carefully and take your time and search your way so that you don't take the wrong turn, you'll have exactly enough fuel to go where you're going. You are empowered as you go by your audience.”

Source : "Dead Can Dance". Interview with Ned Raggett, pitchfork.com. August 7, 2012.

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