"The country is suffering from musical-chairs syndrome. We all dance around for a bit and then when we try to sit down again, somebody doesn't have a chair. We're running scared; we want ours."

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Source : Cynthia Heimel (1988). “But Enough about You”, Fireside

#Country Quotes #Running Quotes #Musical Quotes

“When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.”
“If someone told me I had to give back, or I'm supposed to give back, or I'm supposed to do these things, I would reject that. My actions are those of valuing and caring.”
“I just play basketball. I'm athletic. Skinny but strong, tall but quick.”
“I'm not a complicated person.”

Source : "Jessie Ware: 'I want to be a private pop star, like Sade or Annie Lennox'". Interview with Sam Richards, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2012.
“Staying with empathy we allow speakers to touch deeper levels of themselves.”
“I have had shoulder injuries in the past, but usually it's from training.”
“Because in order to beat Jimmy, I had to get around the ball a little bit quicker so I wasn't always on defensive and catching the ball on last stride, that I had little more time. Once I was able to get little bit quicker, then it has helped me a lot.”
“Look, when I started out, mainstream culture was Sinatra, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Sound of Music. There was no fitting into it then and of course, there's no fitting into it now.”

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