"Now conquering Rome doth conquered Rome inter, And she the vanquished is, and vanquisher. To show us where she stood there rests alone Tiber; and that too hastens to be gone. Learn, hence what fortune can. Towns glide away; And rivers, which are still in motion, stay."

-- Joachim du Bellay

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“Hulloâ€¦ the wall is a looking-glass!”
“You can fool the eyes and minds of the audience, but you cannot fool their hearts.”
“A white woman has only one handicap to overcome - that of sex. I have two - both sex and race. ... Colored men have only one - that of race. Colored women are the only group in this country who have two heavy handicaps to overcome, that of race as well as that of sex.”
“I once said to a boy, â€˜Youâ€™re a really good kisser,â€™ and he said, â€˜Youâ€™re only as good as the person youâ€™re kissing.' I think itâ€™s the same with the music. If someone [says], â€˜Your music is really provocative,â€™ Iâ€™m only as provocative as the person thatâ€™s listening to it.”
“This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.”
“We lived in a very modest house. My father drove modest cars, we didn't travel, we didn't do any of the things that, were commensurate with the kind of income that he was making. So we got this kind of, double message, which was, y'know, "You work hard and you make as much money as you possibly can, but you don't spend any money." And you see how well I learned that lesson.”

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“Music takes us where words cannot.”
“It's important to show that, while authorizing the demonstrations and promoting diversity of opinion, the Republic can't allow itself to be undermined from within.”

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