"I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician."

-- Dave Van Ronk

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“I don't think I'm sharp enough to not prepare and come on set and kill it.”
“America's founding fathers did not intend to take religion out of education. Many of the nation's greatest universities were founded by evangelists and religious leaders; but many of these have lost the founders concept and become secular institutions. Because of this attitude, secular education is stumbling and floundering.”
“I was born in 1991, and Harry Potter came out in 97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.”
“Donâ€™t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.”
“Cats, as you know, are quite impervious to threats.”

Source : Connie Willis (2009). “To Say Nothing of the Dog”, p.197, Bantam
“Musicians talk of nothing but money and jobs. Give me businessmen every time. They really are interested in music and art”
“When I was a swimmer and I would lose a heat in something I was doing whether it backstroke or breaststroke, were two of my most strongest strokes, I would look at how whoever it was that won and beat me and think, "What did they do? What were... What were the qualities that they had that I can incorporate into my swimming to make me better?"”
“For many Sudanese, it's for strength they choose to be Christian rather than Muslim. My mum was a Muslim but she became a Christian later.”

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