"I grew up in church. That's how most young African American musicians learn how to perform. You could be six years old and playing organ or drums in front of thousands or hundreds of people."

-- Robert Glasper

#Years Quotes #People Quotes #African American Quotes

“To be a different kind of parent, you don't just need a different parenting philosophy. You need a very different view of what a child actually is.”

Source : Pamela Druckerman (2014). “Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (now with Bébé Day by Day: 100 Keys to French Parenting)”, p.22, Penguin
“I don't think I've found the perfect job for me, but I know what I like, so that's halfway there, right?”
“My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself.”
“There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.”
“It took me six novels before I felt confident of my voice as a writer,”
“Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.”
“I had my chance.' He said it, retiring from a lifetime of wanting. 'I had my chance, and sometimes in life, there are no second chances. You look at what you have, not what you miss, and you move forward.”
“That happy sense of purpose people have when standing up for a principle they haven't really been knocked down for yet.”

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