"Woodstock happened in August 1969, long before the Internet and mobile phones made it possible to communicate instantly with anyone, anywhere. It was a time when we werent able to witness world events or the horrors of war live on 24-hour news channels."

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Source : "Commentary: Woodstock, world's biggest family reunion" by Richie Havens, www.cnn.com. August 12, 2009.

Richie Havens

#War Quotes #Phones Quotes #August Quotes

“Success means using your knowledge and experience to satisfy yourself. Significance means using your knowledge and experience to change the lives of others.”
“I did not care what it was all about. All I wanted to know was how to live in it. Maybe if you found out how to live in it you learned from that what is was all about.”
“Getting to meet people that I've admired my entire life, and getting to meet them in such a way where they're coming in to play completely different characters than I had ever seen them do is just wonderful.”
“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.”

Source : "Cracking the Code of Our Physical Universe". Book by Matthew M. Radmanesh (p.269), May, 2006.
“In Hollywood you kind of fail upwards”
“The principal advantage of the non-parental lifestyle is that on Christmas Eve you need not be struck dumb by the three most terrifying words that the government allows to be printed on any product: "Some assembly required."”
“This is your brain on magic.”
“I want to be a Kid Reporter because I would like to meet interesting people, and I also love being in front of the camera! As a Kid Reporter, I would love to learn how to be a better writer and interview people.”

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