"Has anyone ever told you," I said, "that you coalesce reality?" "No. They only say that I'm good in the sack." "They are accurate but limited," I said. "And if you give me their names I'll kill them."

-- Robert B. Parker

#Reality Quotes #Names Quotes #Giving Quotes

“If something is important enough to you that you feel the urge to donate your money or time to it, I think it's best to try to express that form of giving through your career, not just as something you do on the side. If you enjoy your volunteering and charitable activities more than your career, it means your career is in serious need of an upgrade. In my opinion your career should be your best outlet for giving.”
“When I create I don't think in technical or mathematical terms until the idea is formulated Musical composition is formulated in improvisation. Once a pianist like myself sits down and begins to play and start thinking about what I am writing all of a sudden a little tune will emerge, a little spot light and I'll go, "That's interesting."”
“Some cities have fallen into ruin and some are built upon ruins but others contain their own ruins while still growing.”
“I was trying to actively get away from music, I guess. But I recorded a whole bunch of instrumental piano songs.”

Source : Interview with Ryan Schreiber, pitchfork.com. February 13, 2006.
“The rapid growth in many of our suburbs has spawned a booming construction industry eager to hire low wage immigrants who gladly fill these jobs, many of them happy to be paid in cash, free of federal and state taxes.”
“Most of my friends seem to be either dead, extremely deaf or living on the wrong side of Kent.”
“Planet Earth is our shared island, let us join forces to protect it”
“To know a little less and to understand a little more: that, it seems to me, is our greatest need.”

Source : James Ramsey Ullman (1945). “The White Tower”

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