"One of the beauties of working in radio is the way a whole setting can be richly evoked simply by the addition to the track of a little birdsong and a church bell in the distance."

-- Peter Blegvad

#Distance Quotes #Church Bells Quotes #Track Quotes

“One of the things people don't know about exorcism, is that you can't really use exorcism on things that are older than Christianity.”

Source : Interview with Mark Stavish, www.servantsofthelight.org. June 10, 1996.
“By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and new visions of an America beyond traditional racial categories and racial oppression.”

Source : Manning Marable (1995). “Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American Politics”, p.202, Verso
“I can't moan about any of it. I had a great time in the goldfish bowl.”
“I grew up in Winnipeg, in the Canadian midwest, the fifth child. It was a great household to grow up in - I was loved to sweet death.”
“One day as a young man, I was walking down the streets. And a group of Zulu guys was walking behind me closing in on me. And I could hear them talking to one another about how they were going to mug me. (Speaking Zulu). Let's get this white guy. You go to his left, and I'll come up behind him. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't run.So I just spun around real quick and said (speaking Zulu). Yo, guys, why don't we just mug someone together? I'm ready.”
“My shadow serves as the friend I crave”
“Trey Spruance didn't want to tour for ages. And Dean Menta has always been our guitar-roadie during Angel Dust, and I remember him playing fantastically during soundchecks. During each gig, he was watching from the side of the stage, seeing Big Jim play stuff that he could play better.”

Source : "Dangerous Jokers". Nieuwe Revu Magazine, May 17-24, 1995.
“Some of the more fatuous flag-waving Americans are in danger of forgetting that you can't extract gratitude as you would extract a tooth; that unless friendship is freely given, it means nothing and less than nothing.”

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