"I am writing for myself and strangers. This is the only way that I can do it."

-- Gertrude Stein

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“God does not further our spiritual life in spite of our circumstances, but in and by our circumstances.”
“It was a particularly interesting and exciting time, and the European political and artistic establishment was turned on by the Civil Rights Movement and the artistic revolution that was becoming a part of jazz.”

Source : "A Dialogue with Archie Shepp". Interview with Scott Cashman, www.archieshepp.net. December 10, 1990.
“Circumstances may appear to wreck our lives and Godâ€™s plans, but God is not helpless among the ruins.”
“An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.”
“People like to say don't abort, adopt. But I'm saying don't strip, scholarship.”
“You know, by the time you become the leader of a country, someone else makes all the decisions. ... You may find you can get away with virtual presidents, virtual prime ministers, virtual everything.”
“The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!”
“I must say, I am trying to live my life with a sharpie marker approach. You can't erase the strokes you've made, but each step is much bolder and more deliberate.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dianna Agron from Aug 30, 2012

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