"Precious things lost are transmutable. They refuse oblivion. They simply wait to be rendered into testimonies, into stories and songs."

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Source : Andrew Lam (2005). “Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora”, Heyday

Andrew Lam

#Song Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I come from grunge, and then Brit-pop, scenes where you boast about how little you spent on an outfit. ... Now, it seems you must find The Dress, then The Dress needs to have The Belt, and a complementary but not overly-matching bag must be found which works with not only the correct hosiery, but with something to throw over yourself if you become chilly.”
“I was never afraid of failure after that because, I think, coming that close to death you get kissed. With the years, the actual experience of course fades, but the flavor of it doesn't. I just had a real sense of what choice do I have but to live fully?”
“My advice and wish to every woman in my country and in the world is very simple: Do not be afraid to be yourself, to have your dream, your vision, and to go for it. We can achieve a lot if we are sincerely committed to our goals and work hard to realize them.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“One thing that I noticed is having met some former Taliban is even they, as children, grew up being indoctrinated. They grew up in violence. They grew up in war. They were taught to hate. They were, they grew up in very ignorant cultures where they didn't learn about the outside world.”

Source : "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. January 15, 2010.
“All melodious poets shall be hoarse as street ballads, when once the penetrating keynote of nature and spirit is sounded-the earth-beat, sea-beat, heart-beat, which make the tune to which the sun rolls, and the globule of blood and the sap of the trees.”
“Studies say great harm can be done to a person if the connection between mother and child isnÂ´t there from the start. Love is a basic need/instinct, and people can get quite desperate and become destructive if they donÂ´t have it.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“You'll know what kind of bird I am when I fly over you.”

Source : "Tommy Newsom, Saxophonist, Dies at 78" by Douglas Martin, www.nytimes.com. May 1, 2007.
“The difference between golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.”

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