"All art comes from other art, and all immigrants come from other places."

-- Jerry Saltz

“I was in George Martin's studio in Amsterdam and he was telling me, 'They come in here and it takes them three days to do a bass line.' Well I'm not from that era.”
“I think both sides [China and United States] should work hard to build a new type of relationship between big powers. The two sides should cooperate with each other for a win-win result in order to benefit people from the two countries and the world.”

Source : "Xi, Obama Vow to Step Up Cooperation". english.cntv.cn. June 08, 2013.
“It's hard for me to say you have to accept that the world is meaningless and the landscape is there before and after. That's not something we learn much in our culture growing up.”
“I was brought up by great parents and great grandparents who told me, 'Never, ever think that you're better than anyone else or that what you do is so important that the world won't miss you once you're gone,' and I kind of translate that into the stardom thing.”

Source : "Gospel Singer Yolanda Adams, 'Day by Day'". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. August 30, 2005.
“To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.”
“You are not responsible for everyone's happiness.”

Source : "Jacob Vargas from Sons of Anarchy: Making the Most of Pain, Chaos, and Love". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I invested. I wanted to cushion the future. Im a financial success!”
“Hospitality, or flinging wide the door to friends and wayfarers alike, was once important, back in a world without motels or safety nets, where a friend might find his castle burnt down or a wayfarer find bandits on his trail.”

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