"I was moved no end by the work of LaVern Baker."

-- Johnnie Ray

#Bakers Quotes #Ends Quotes #Moved Quotes

“I can start with the idea of taking until you can take off, through the idea that all of my writing foregrounds the idea of how I'm taking from my own life. I'm stealing from my own life in a way, and from the people around me, but in service of getting somewhere else. I'm starting with an autobiographical impulse, to get a better vantage on the circumstances of the life that I happen to be in at the moment and how that life connects to others.”

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“I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.”
“The dugout in the weeds or leaves beneath a backyard willow, the rivulet of a seasonal creek, even the ditch between the front yard and the road-all of these places are entire universes to a young child.”
“A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly.”
“Society's dependence on fossil fuels is jeopardising social and economic progress.”
“Nobody knows the trouble you've seen - and nobody wants to.”
“If anyone's under a spell, Justina, it's me. Your daughter put one on me five years ago, and I haven't broken free of it yet. Oh, and you'll be delighted to know, we've decided to resume our relationship. Don't bother with congratulationsâ€”trust me, your expression is congratulations enough.”
“Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies.”

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