"My mother told me I was blessed, and I have always taken her word for it. Being born of - or reincarnated from - royalty is nothing Like being blessed. Royalty is inherited from another human being; blessedness comes from God."

-- Duke Ellington

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“The simple practice of hesitation helps you stop reacting blindly to everything that happens.”

Source : Ma Jaya Bhagavati (2011). “The 11 Karmic Spaces: Choosing Freedom From The Patterns That Bind You”, p.85, BookBaby
“You can get your money and you put it in the bank, or you can put it in the youth. You can put it in our future.”
“(An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation, and the attendance on moods and tempers; the noting of discrepancies between speech and action; a certain reserve of demeanour; and automatic suspicion of sudden favours.”
“The very inclusion of the right to keep and bear arms in the Bill of Rights shows that the framers of the Constitution considered it an individual right.”
“As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.”
“I think maybe we underestimate the country music audience.”
“Nothing else is needed to quiet all your fears, but just this, that GOD IS.”
“Investigation is never complete.”

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