"Every human being is a raindrop. And when enough of the raindrops become clear and coherent they then become the power of the storm."

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Source : "What it Means to be a Human Being". John Trudell's speech in San Francisco, California, www.radio4all.net. March 2001.

John Trudell

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“When I had dinner with a friend or a loved one and one of you pays for the check and the other says, "I owe you next time." I like to think that we're eternally even - that they don't owe me anything or I don't owe them anything if you have a connection with somebody or a love with somebody. I like to think that there's no debt to pay. You love each other and you're happy to pay for dinner every time.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy.”

Source : Robert Burton (1857). “The Anatomy of melancholy”, p.366
“To think that we are disconnected in some way serves the occupation whether it's through indifference or a distancing. It is a colonial approach of making you a subject and them the spectators. That is disturbing and counterproductive. And then suddenly they are surprised or find it alienating that the microcosmic effects of Palestine are happening in the U.S., France, and England, whether it's from the Islamic movements or immigration factors. Keeping a false purity of their countries will harm them eventually.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Mankind is divided into two basic sorts: those who find the unknown future threatening ... and those who find it thrilling. The rupture between those two sides has been responsible for most of the bloodshed in history.”

Source : Robert A. Heinlein, Spider Robinson (2010). “Variable Star”, p.212, Macmillan
“I don't collect art at all. I'm fascinated by art. I receive a lot of presents. My house is full of things, but I am not a collector; it's just that people I work for, and friends, give me a lot of things. There are pictures all over the walls, sculptures, mobiles and paintings. I am embarrassed because I wonder what I should do with them.”
“What are the stories you want people to tell about you?”

Source : "Steven Soderbergh on Quitting Hollywood, Getting the Best Out of J.Lo, and His Love of Girls". Interview with Mary Kaye Schilling, www.vulture.com. August 8, 2014.
“I had a terrible motorcycle accident, in San Francisco as matter of fact. Doing a picture called... oh, this is terrible. It's a very well-known film and I can't remember the name. That's what happens when you get older... I fell off a bridge in San Francisco and was laid up for two years.”

Source : "William Lucking rode many a motorcycle in films". Interview with Peter Hartlaub, www.sfgate.com. November 9, 2008.
“If I don't have fun, it's my own damn fault.”

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