"Do you know why they call a drummer's seat a throne? Because drummers are kings and queens."

--

Ed Thigpen

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“I wish you could arrange your life so as to have a little more leisure. I do not want you to be lazy, but the passive conditions of the mind are quite as valuable as the active conditions.”

Source : Elsa Barker (2011). “Letters from the Afterlife: A Guide to the Other Side”, p.83, Simon and Schuster
“It's bad when you fail morally. It's worse when you don't repent.”
“A world marked by so much injustice, innocent suffering, and cynicism of power cannot be the work of a good God.”
“All political parties, organizations, and all people should abide by the constitution and laws without any exception. They must all act in accordance with the constitution and laws. I see that as a defining feature of modern political system development.”
“Like many air travelers, I am aware that airplanes fly aided by capricious fairies and invisible strings.”
“In truth the prison, unto which we doom Ourselves, no prison is.”
“I find revealing the secrets of magic quite reprehensible.”
“I don't tell many people my last name.”

Source : "Donatella & Allegra". Interview with Merle Ginsberg, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 28, 2007.

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