"War is the greatest evil Satan has invented to corrupt our hearts and souls. We should honor our soldiers, but we should never honor war."

-- Dean Hughes

#War Quotes #Heart Quotes #Evil Quotes

“On issues carrying as much emotional freight as race - and there aren't many - a U.S. senator needs to speak with care and consistency. Otherwise, he could find people speaking at his own retirement tribute.”
“The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place.”
“Where the poison wind blows a deadly plague spreading negativity, viciously unto every city.”
“These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind is from the north.”

Source : Clifford D. Simak (2015). “City”, p.9, Open Road Media
“When you see your own desire to be happy, you can't avoid seeing the same desire in others.”
“Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places. I learned about these qualities during my bouts with depression. In that deadly darkness, the faculties I had always depended on collapsed. My intellect was useless; my emotions were dead; my will was impotent; my ego was shattered. But from time to time, deep in the thickets of my inner wilderness, I could sense the presence of something that knew how to stay alive even when the rest of me wanted to die. That something was my tough and tenacious soul.”
“Black music has become a commercial commodity. Live performances are not so accessible as they were previously. It use to be possible to go to the bar on the corner and hear music. It was available for a fifteen cent beer.”

Source : "Dialogue with Archie Shepp". Interview with Scott Cashman, www.detroitartistsworkshop.com.
“I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure.”

Source : "Max Roach, Master of Modern Jazz, Dies at 83" by Peter Keepnews, www.nytimes.com. August 17, 2007.

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