"that's what everybody wants, just a little more money, even the people who have it."

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Source : Nella Larsen (2012). “Passing”, p.19, Courier Corporation

Nella Larsen

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“You are never alone in Afghanistan. You are always in the company of others, usually family. You don't understand yourself really as an individual, you understand yourself as part of something bigger than yourself. Family is so central to your identity, to how you make sense of your world, it is very dramatic, and therefore an amazing source of storytelling, a source of fiction for me.”
“I'd like to show how 'intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members' connects with 'the hatred of mirrors that begins in middle age.”
“To play with a band all of the time, just about nightly, was good for me because I wrote lots of arrangements and I got a lot of my transposition and chords ironed out.”

Source : "'Fresh Air' Remembers Hit Songwriter, Pianist And Producer Allen Toussaint". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 13, 2015.
“Passion is what makes life interesting, what ignites our soul, drives our curiosity, fuels our love and carries our friendship, stimulates our intellect, and pushes our limit.... A passion for life is contagious and uplifting. Passion cuts both ways.... Those that make you feel on top of the world are equally able to turnit upside down.....”
“Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.”
“I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son.”
“I challenged things that needed to be challenged at Purdue.”
“You canâ€™t be a non-conformist if you donâ€™t wear the proper uniform.”

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