"Philly is a state of mind Iâ€™m always in. The city is truly a character in its own right, and itâ€™s served me well because the people I was exposed to gave me that cultural rootedness."

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M. K. Asante

#Character Quotes #Cities Quotes #People Quotes

“I think most people are not willing to make the tough choices.”
“To us, it is incomprehensible that millions of Christian men killed and tortured each other because Napoleon was ambitious or Alexander was firm, or because England's policy was astute or the Duke of Oldenburg was wronged. We cannot grasp what connection such circumstances have the with the actual fact of slaughter and violence: why because the Duke was wronged, thousands of men from the other side of Europe killed and ruined the people of Smolensk and Moscow and were killed by them.”
“I also could see myself as a stand-up comedian, a fashion designer (for people of all sizes), a hairdresser, an earnest and eventually burnt-out politician, or the owner of a small bistro. But I fear that, without poetry, I would have simply been going through the motions.”
“Humility is probably the most difficult virtue to realize.”

Source : Thomas Yellowtail, Michael Oren Fitzgerald (1994). “Yellowtail, Crow Medicine Man and Sun Dance Chief: An Autobiography”, p.170, University of Oklahoma Press
“We cannot expect that millions are practicing real yoga just because millions of people claim to be doing yoga all over the globe. What has spread all over the world is not yoga. It is not even non-yoga; it is un-yoga.”
“Don't let the vision be shot through with holes, but be damn sure some of your best and brightest are shooting at it -- with bazookas as well as sniper's rifles.”
“A father's calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.”
“I want to advise this people, if the Lord ever does give you an inspiration, for heaven's sake write it down and remember it.”

Source : J. Golden Kimball (2008). “J. Golden Kimball: His Sermons”, p.230, Latter-day Publishing

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