"The mother-in-laws themselves weren't natural jokes but most comedians used to use that."

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Source : "'Fresh Air' Remembers Hit Songwriter, Pianist And Producer Allen Toussaint". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. November 13, 2015.

Allen Toussaint

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“Consciousness makes the individual careful to maintain his own existence; and if this were not so, there would be no surety for the preservation of the species. From all this it is clear that individuality is not a form of perfection, but rather a limitation; and so to be freed from it is not loss but gain.”
“Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class. At a time when I had not yet grasped the significance of the fact that in my house English was a second language, or that I wore dresses while my brother wore pants, I knew--and I knew it was important to know--that Papa worked hard all day long.”
“I didn't worry about leaving the fast lane - I was just so consumed with my baby that it seemed like the right thing to do. I never felt like I left New York, though. If you've lived in a place and loved it, you never feel like you left it.”

Source : "Sissy Spacek Gets In The Bedroom" By Roger Friedman, www.foxnews.com. November 19, 2001.
“The boat is safer anchored at the port; but thatâ€™s not the aim of boats.”
“What man really fears is not so much extinction, but extinction with insignificance.”

Source : Ernest Becker (1985). “Escape from Evil”, Free Press
“My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was a city taxi driver.”
“The real revolution is the revolution of values”
“I don't get very involved in the L.A. scene. When you do get invited out, you are expected to be on all the time. It's just wearying.”

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