"Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades - haunting."

-- Daniel Breaker

#Midwest Quotes #Haunting Quotes #Eccentric Quotes

“I continue to believe that if children are given the necessary tools to succeed, they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams!”
“...Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World! You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring The bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing. Beauty grown sad with its eternity Made you of us, and of the dim grey sea. Our long ships loose thought-woven sails and wait, For God has bid them share an equal fate; And when at last defeated in His wars, They have gone down under the same white stars, We shall no longer hear the little cry Of our sad hearts, that may not live nor die.”
“Dear youths, I warn you cherish peace divine, And in your hearts lay deep these words of mine.”
“Love alone could waken love.”
“God knows it's a sign of a really sick mind to see grown people, adults with responsibilities, wearing class rings.”
“Tremble with awe, O men! The insults God suffered for the sake of our salvation you too must endure! God is slapped on the face by the basest of slaves (Jn. 18:22). He gives you an example of victory, yet do you refuse to undergo this at the hands of a man of like passions as yourself? You are ashamed of becoming an imitator of God (Eph. 5:1), how then will you reign with Him and share in His glory in the kingdom of heaven if you do not endure that man?”
“The yogi will tell you that you feel and look as young as your spine is elastic.”
“Lahm is the most intelligent player I have ever trained in my career”

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