"I think that most New Yorkers would object to calling me a New Yorker. I didn't grow up here."

-- Sloane Crosley

#Growing Up Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Calling Quotes

“While in the course of ages the nucleus of social custom inscribed in law has been subjected to but slight and gradual modifications, the other portion has been largely developed in directions indicated by the interests of the dominant classes, and to the injury of the classes they oppress.”
“There are the horror fans that love the Evil Dead because of the humor, but I’m sure it’s not all of them. Not all horror fans love Evil Dead because of the humor, at least not me.”

Source : "Director Fede Alvarez Talks Remaking a Classic, Using Gallons of Blood, References to the Original, Sam Raimi’s Involvement, & More On the Set of EVIL DEAD". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. January 7, 2013.
“Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again.”
“The band would play on the night off for the local hotel bands and we'd back all the different acts. So I'd been advised by good friends of mine to come back to Hawaii. Oh, I loved Honolulu, playing at a place right on the beach at Waikiki!”
“I'm still totally going out and sleeping on people's floors so I can play a house show and give away music. Of course I would. That's how I started. All that sort of stuff reminds you to stay true to the essence of what art is about.”

Source : "United Nations". Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. July 2, 2014.
“I don't really consider myself a "singer." I am getting more comfortable singing every day, which is great.”
“Every cell in your body is seeking fulfillment through joy, beauty, love and appreciation.”
“The best opinion now is, that there are multitudinous forms which are not sufficiently differentiated to be distinctively either plant or animal, while, as respects ordinary plants and animals, the difficulty of laying down a definition has become far greater than ever before.”

Source : Asa Gray (1880). “Natural Science and Religion”

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