"The tax incentives are things the music business can emulate. If I own Yesterday by the Beatles and I go to a bank and try to borrow $10,000 and use that song as collateral, they wouldn't know what to do. They would run me out of the bank. Whereas if we get specialized people who know how to appraise the value of intellectual property like songs, catalogs and master recordings, they know how to put some type of value on it. They have this in Nashville and Los Angeles. New Orleans is just starting to get it."

-- Chris Thomas King

#Running Quotes #Song Quotes #New Orleans Quotes

“The Olympics is about showing what you've done with your life, your dream as an athlete and sharing that with the world.”

Source : Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. August 14, 2013.
“While parents possess the original key to their offspring's experience, teachers have a spare key. They, too, can open or close the minds and hearts of children.”
“The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.”
“There are dark black buttons tattooed on my heart. Iâ€™ll carry them for the rest of my days.”

Source : Carol Rifka Brunt (2012). “Tell the Wolves I'm Home”, p.349, Pan Macmillan
“I think we all have a bunch of different people inside of us, and then for a particular role you bring a certain side of that self of yourself forward to sort of play, but it's always really dimensionalised.”
“Thank you, Morrigan. This is very helpful,â€ I said, already feeling myself warming up. â€œAnd delivered to me entirely without pain.â€ The Morrigan sucker-punched me hard in the face, sending me sprawling in the snow and breaking my nose. â€œYou spoke too soon and with entirely too much sarcasm,â€ she said. â€œWe could have parted with a kiss. Remember that....”

Source : Kevin Hearne (2014). “The Iron Druid Chronicles 6-Book Bundle: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Hunted”, p.817, Del Rey
“It's very nice to be able to be who you are.”
“I think when you are the parents of a gifted athlete, the best thing in the world you can do is to encourage them, in my opinion. My dad didn't push me and I didn't push my children in athletics.”

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