"That's the trouble with the suburbs: it's not a city, so you're not anonymous, and it's not a small town, so that people really care about you, but everybody kind of knows each other's business, so you're very judged."

-- Anne-Marie Duff

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“Well, Smoke n' Mirrors has very much a world music flavor and it doesn't park itself in one country. It borrows heavily from the Brazilian angle, which is dear to my heart, and I recorded several albums with that flavor.”

Source : Interview with Baldwin "Smitty" Smith, jazzmonthly.com. October 2006.
“One of those poor fellows that had become a Christian was badgered by his companions; and one of them said, "How do you know that Jesus Christ has forgiven your sins? " The man turned at once and said, "How do you know when you have got sugar in your tea?”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert (p. 17), 1895.
“When I was growing up, my mother only put her foot down once: She said, 'You are going to college.' And that was a lifesaving moment. But she never talked to me about my clothes or hair. So I learned how to parent my kids through her.”
“For the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.”
“In order to have good fried chicken, you should wash and season the bird the morning you're preparing it for dinner. Don't wait and do it right before you start cooking. Throw it in the refrigerator, seasoned, that morning, and give it a chance to soak up all the salt and pepper and goodness.”
“I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang.”
“Dance is very, very old. With Louis XIV at Versailles is where ballet started.”
“As an actor, particularly because I'm - I would call myself a character actor. I change my look, my physical appearance and my body, my hair color, my whatever all the time for a role.”

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