"That spirit of mockery characteristic of the guaracha was part of the mambo from the beginning."

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Source : Ned Sublette (2007). “Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo”, p.509, Chicago Review Press

Ned Sublette

#Spirit Quotes #Characteristics Quotes #Mockery Quotes

“We must distinguish judging from guessing.”
“No matter how much lip service those committed to power (psychopaths) may pay to the principle of equality (empaths), they can never approach their fellow human beings on an equal footing; their relationships with others are defined solely in terms of power and weakness. Therefore, they must accumulate as much power as possible, with the aim of becoming invulnerable and proving this invulnerability.”
“Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead Across a void of mystery and dread.”
“In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.”
“John declared that "Christ received not of the fulness at the first," but that he "continued from grace to grace until he received a fulnesss and thus he was called the Son of God, because he received not of the fulness at the first." Thus is it with us all. We must work out our salvation and exaltation by coming to this earth. Man must be born into mortality and live and die that he may continue in his progress toward eternal life and exaltation.”
“The more trust you develop in your body, the more trust you develop in your deeper self.”
“But at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second.”
“Many social critics wag their fingers at what they perceive to be frivolous luxury spending. But that misses the point that consumption norms are local. It's not just the rich who spend more when they get more money. Everyone else does, too. The mansions of the rich may seem over the top to people in the middle, but the same could be said of middle-class houses as seen by most of the planet's seven billion people.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz

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