"I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century."

-- Rick Moody

#Boston Quotes #Historical Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Fear is ugly because it makes you irrational. Fear makes you jump to conclusions. Fear makes you reactionary.”
“... I think the idea of crossing over is the ultimate expression of being ... Maybe it's time to play rock and roll on disco ... maybe it's time to play heavy metal on R & B, things like that. Certainly culminating on things like Aerosmith doing the rap thing with Run DMC, which if they hadn't done that, or if Eddie hadn't played with Michael Jackson, or if I hadn't done "Hot Stuff", people would have said "You can't do that"”
“The spirit of meditation is the combating of self-willed thinking-it is a combat against the weight of one's feelings.”
“When the Founders thought of democracy, they saw democracy in the political sphere - a sphere strictly limited by the Constitution's well-defined and enumerated powers given the federal government. Substituting democratic decision making for what should be private decision making is nothing less than tyranny dressed up.”
“When we got to the step when we'd normally start collaborating, we started having these talks about how it was not worth getting together. Getting together just didn't feel very inspired, and doing it alone did.”

Source : "Hamilton Leithauser Gets By With a Little Help". Interview with Aly Comingore, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 2, 2014.
“Those who expect radical changes in policy and direction are mistaken and lost. The government of the fourth republic will build on what was undertaken by previous governments and will continue with all good things.”

Source : "Tanzania's New President Sworn in". news.bbc.co.uk. December 21, 2005.
“But there is a difference between playing well and hitting the ball well. Hitting the ball well is about thirty percent of it. The rest is being comfortable with the different situations on the course.”
“You can't equate the game we play to a war. Kellen Winslow said he's a soldier. No, he's not. This is not a war...not a good comparison.”

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