"It's like losing a son because I loved Michael and Michael loved me. But you know, as when people grow up and they make their own decisions and they move forward, there's a distance, and I think that Michael in some cases might have gone too far with some of the things he was doing."

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Source : "Motown's Gordy On Michael Jackson". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. June 27, 2009.

Berry Gordy

#Growing Up Quotes #Distance Quotes #Moving Quotes

“If a person is open to a new world view, it can often mean that he is not firmly rooted in the reality of the old world view; as a lunatic or alienated artist, his own neurotic traits can become magnified as they tremble with the new energy pouring in from the universal source.”
“And suddenly I realize that although I've never thought about being in love with Nick before, all the right ingredients are there. I fancy him. I like him. He's my friend. He makes me laugh. I love being with him. And I start to feel all sort of warm and glowy, and screw the other stuff. Screw the stuff about him having no money, and living in a bedsit, and not being what I thought I wanted. I'm just going to go with this and see where it ends up. I mean, no one says I have to marry the guy, for God's sake.”

Source : Jane Green (2001). “Mr. Maybe”, p.471, Broadway Books
“To imagine that "God moves in mysterious ways" is to put up a smokescreen of mystery behind which fantasy may survive in spite of all the facts.”
“There is only one type of story in the world-your story.”
“If rhyme is a crime, my mic is my co-defendant.”
“For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act.”
“I was hungry and I was looking for a way to better my life. With boxing, I didn't have to make a team. It wasn't like baseball or football. I could just walk in the gym and start doing something that I liked.”
“Good friends, good whiskey, and good lovin', I want to thank you Lord.”

Source : Song: Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'

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