"I just couldn't move. History had me glued to the seat."

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Source : "Before Rosa Parks, A Teenager Defied Segregation On An Alabama Bus". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. March 2, 2015.

Claudette Colvin

“But I believe we have a higher level of mentality within us, but we have to use the power in the right way.”
“I think when you're in the early stages of writing a song, it's important to shut off the part of your brain that tries to edit or criticize. That function comes in handy later, but if you let it in too early, you can trip yourself up.”

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“Laughter heals all wounds, and that's one thing that everybody shares. No matter what you're going through, it makes you forget about your problems. I think the world should keep laughing.”
“When we look at films, we usually see only the action. Yet it is the decision to act that helps us understand how the character's mind works.”
“A husband can commit no greater blunder than to discuss his wife, if she is virtuous, with his mistress; unless it be to mention his mistress, if she is beautiful, to his wife.”
“I find it hard to understand why Scorsese has never called. You know, given the natural menace I bring to the screen.”
“I think through living one's life, one both changes and remains the same. One can see it either way, one can see oneself as being now what one was and one can see oneself as being absolutely different from what one was. It's a trick of thought.”

Source : "New Again: Jasper Johns". Interview with Philip Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 9, 2015.
“Like everyone, I want to make my own "fine art."”

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