"What we call soul has been around a long time. It comes out of a particular culture that is African in origin, but influenced by 250 years of slavery, as well as other forms of racial oppression."

-- Roy Ayers

#Years Quotes #Long Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Tis strange the miser should his cares employTo gain those riches he can ne'er enjoy;Is it less strange the prodigal should wasteHis wealth to purchase what he ne'er can taste?”
“A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling or teaching or ordering. Rather he seeks to establish a relationship of meaning, of feeling, of observing. We are lonesome animals. We spend all life trying to be less lonesome.”
“I would love to sing with Christina [Aguilera]... she has so much talent... she has an amazing voice.”
“So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes.... TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium.”
“I have to be asked, I guess, but I love the idea of marriage. I think it's beautiful. I'm such a romantic, and I always have been.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The man who sees two or three generations is like one who sits in the conjuror's booth at a fair, and sees the same tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once.”
“I try to love my neighbor as myself but I'm not trying to be a people pleaser. Sometimes that's hard, because my human nature is to want people to be happy with me. But sometimes I feel my convictions are so great that it would be compromising the truth if I didn't do that. So sometimes it's a struggle to say, "This is what I think; this is what I believe, and if you don't agree with me, oh well." The hardest thing for people to accept is the gay-affirming issue. It's hard for people to agree to disagree on that one.”

Source : "One Punk Under God". Interview With Dave Gilson, www.motherjones.com. December 13, 2006.
“If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.”

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