"What happens when an art form becomes ambiguous, I think, is that the standards are lowered. You can say anything is jazz. So I think it's important to reflect on what made jazz so special."

-- Stefon Harris

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“I am co-counsel and as co-counsel I have the right to represent myself, speak for myself and conduct myself and my trial by myself in my best interests in order of due process.”
“In a given scene I may know nothing more than how it's supposed to end, most of the time not even that. Scenes are improvised. A character does or says something, and with as much spontaneity and schizophrenia as I can muster, another character responds. In this way, everything I write is spontaneous chain reaction and I'm running around playing leapfrog in my brain trying to "be" all my people.”
“I felt tight from the beginning of the match to the end. I couldn't relax.”
“He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.”
“And the wicked thing is, that when we're really upset, we always take it out on the people who are closest and whom we love the most.”

Source : Rosamunde Pilcher (2011). “Winter Solstice”, p.466, Macmillan
“One of the things that's beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It's really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength, it's not a weakness.”

Source : "New Orleans Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 26, 2010.
“It's physically and psychologically exhausting to make a film.”
“Prostitution will always exist in every society, so I believe in a fair trade. Open the doors for women to earn their money without having pimps. The worst thing is to criminalize it, because then you open the doors for pimps, criminals, and trading.”

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