"My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me."

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Source : William Christopher Handy (1947). “Father of the Blues: An Autobiography of W. C. Handy”

William Christopher Handy

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“Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.”

Source : Hugh Blair (1798). “Sentimental Beauties from the Writings of Dr. Blair: Selected with a View to Refine the Taste, Rectify the Judgment, and Mould the Heart to Virtue”, p.247
“Let us impart all the blessings we possess, or ask for ourselves, to the whole family of mankind.”
“The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion.”
“At once I feel that comedy is this amazing sort of transcendent thing, and I'm also open to the fact that maybe it's just an evolutionary hiccup, something that upright apes do in their free time.”
“When I gave up me, I became more. I became a captain, a leader, a better person and I came to understand that life is a team game...And you know what?...I've found most people aren't team players. They don't realize that life is the only game in town. Someone should tell them. It has made all the difference in the world to me.”
“I liked those ladies! They were helpers, and they danced.' These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was a helper, and that I danced.”
“Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.”

Source : "With synergy, differences are celebrated, provided you have the energy" by D. Murali in "The Hindu", July 15, 2005.
“The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.”

Source : "An Exclusive Interview With Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide". Interview with Nicolas Rossier, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2010.

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