"The spirit of the drum is something that you feel but cannot put your hands on, It does something to you from the inside out . . . It hits people in so many different ways. But the feeling is one that is satisfying and joyful. It is a feeling that makes you say to yourself, ' I'm glad to be alive today! I'm glad to be part of this world!"

-- Babatunde Olatunji

#Hands Quotes #People Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Beethoven can't really be great because his picture isn't on a bubble gum card.”
“[Slave] trade ... is the most shocking violation of the law of nature, has a direct tendency to diminish ... liberty, and makes every dealer in it a tyrant, from the director of an African company to the petty chapman [peddler].... It is a clear truth, that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own.”

Source : "Argument Against the Writs of Assistance". "Argument Against the Writs of Assistance" by James Otis Jr., 1761.
“But when a snowflake, brave and meek,Lights on a rosy maiden's cheek,It starts-"How warm and soft the day!""'T is summer!" and it melts away.”

Source : Mary Mapes Dodge (1894). “When Life is Young: A Collection of Verse for Boys and Girls”
“From this point on, she whispered, we will either find or lose our souls.”
“We did what our people do all the time, we told ourselves something we did was right and we found a way to justify it, even though we knew it was wrong.”
“You never know, lightning could strike.”
“I got to realizing that I wanted to record, I wanted to experiment. And doing those same old songs the same old way - I said, 'I think it's time for me to have some fun.'”
“We try to get our quick feet and our hands going for the games and we spend a couple of days in the gym.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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