"I was working for Alan Lomax in the Library of Congress folk song archive, and starting to realize what a wealth of different kinds of music there was in this country that you never heard on the radio."

-- Pete Seeger

#Country Quotes #Song Quotes #Library Quotes

“I think about making a comeback every single day. I went running, I went training, did that for a few days. But my body couldn't handle it.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I live without regrets. There are certain things I have done, mistakes that I made, that I would change, but I don't regret them at all, because I've learnt from them.”
“If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!”
“I am completely honest and truthful when I say I donâ€™t want a gold for myself. I want a gold for the team. You go up there and do it as a collective group and itâ€™s so much more satisfying, I mean you look around and you see the faces and just wow, this was a team effort and we did this together. Itâ€™s incredible and thatâ€™s my dream. I wanna win a gold medal and see the flag go up, hear the national anthem and just know that I did it with my brothers standing next to me.”
“As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.”
“He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.”

Source : FaceBook post by Philip Roth from Jul 27, 2011
“But when General Ziaul Haq introduced the strict blasphemy - 295 A, B, C - of Pakistan's penal code, then from 1986 to today there are hundreds cases that are registered under the protection of blasphemy law. And until today, no case against any minorities, and especially Christians, is proved in the higher court. The lower court would order punishment but the higher court would always acquit people. So it proves that this law is being used as a tool of victimization against minorities and innocent people of Pakistan.”
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. Itâ€™s a relationship between equals.”

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