"Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed."

-- Jim Valvano

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“The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people of the book." There is surely something to that. But it wasn't just the children of rabbis who went to law school. It was the children of garment workers. And their critical advantage in climbing the professional ladder wasn't the intellectual rigor you get from studying the Talmud. It was the practical intelligence and savvy you get from watching your father sell aprons on Hester Street.”
“Though Lexington is not a small town, it sometimes feels like one, with circles of acquaintance overlapping once, then again; the person you meet by chance at the library or the pool may turn out to be the best friend of your down-the-street neighbor. Maybe thats why people are so friendly here, so willing to be unhurried.”
“I love the theater, but if I had to choose, I would choose a film at this time in my life. Something meaty, to sink my teeth into.”
“It's actually quite common for presidents to believe that future generations will render a verdict on their presidencies that is more lasting or definitive than the judgments of their contemporaries. The reason is that although history is certainly "an argument without end" - we're still debating many age-old questions - time does help settle others.”

Source : "Making Presidential History". Live chat, www.slate.com. August 9, 2007.
“Country music is so related to gospel. It seems I could go down that road pretty easily.”
“What is noise to the old order is harmony to the new.”

Source : Jacques Attali (1985). “Noise: The Political Economy of Music”, p.35, Manchester University Press
“I think there are a lot of things that are different and there are a lot of things that are the same.”
“Most of us have all the information we need. What we need is more passion.”

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