"I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important."

-- Nina Simone

#Freedom Quotes #Years Quotes #Excellence Quotes

“The ongoing conflict between us has caused heavy suffering to both peoples. The future can and must be different. Both our peoples are destined to live together side by side, on this small piece of land. This reality we cannot change.”
“People will say to me, "Well, nobody really believes this stuff." But as a reporter I go out and talk to people who do believe it. And they can talk about it for hours.”
“It's the Marilyn Monroe school of medicine where enough of any drug will cure any disease.”
“Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.”
“The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.”
“We have forgotten what rocks and plants still know - we have forgotten how to be - to be still - to be ourselves - to be where life is here and now”
“We aren't addicted to oil, but our cars are.”
“You gotta learn your body, how clothes fit on you.”

Source : Interview with James Gaddy, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 16, 2011.

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