"Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing."

-- Kevin Eubanks

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“I'm a great fan of Carey Lowell's and I loved Jill Hennessey.”
“I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.”

Source : "W.O.W. : Writers on Writing". Book by Jon Winokur, 1986.
“All existing art was religious until perhaps a hundred years ago. Within that there's obviously been lots of room for manipulation. I think that's because our current religion is capitalism. Capitalism has the functions of patronage, commissions, control of content, bestowing of space, elevation of certain artists over others based on how much they pander to people in power, the determination of value of the work, all of it. Capitalism commissions artwork now, the market.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Great art grabs you, against your will, and then suspends your will. You are ushered into a quiet clearing, free of desire, free of grasping, free of ego, free of the self-contraction. And through that opening or clearing in your own awareness may come flashing higher truths, subtler revelations, profound connections. For a moment you might even touch eternity; who can say otherwise, when time itself is supendend in the clearing that great art creates in your awareness?”
“I am officially Jewish, but Iâ€™m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.”
“Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Donâ€™t make ripples all around you, donâ€™t try to be interesting, keep your distance, be honest, fight the desire to be thought fascinating by the outside world.”
“Actually, I dont hate cats, Im just kind of afraid of them.”
“Unhappiness does not come from the way things are, but from the difference between how things are and how we think they should be”

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