"A novel makes it possible to understand not just events, but the people who control the events; not only their choices, but also their motives."

-- David Frum

#People Quotes #Choices Quotes #Events Quotes

“Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better.”
“Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.”
“Classical singing - everything had to be homogenous, and it had to just feel like one continuous flow from top to bottom, bottom to top. And in jazz, I felt like, oh, well, I can sing these deep, husky lows if I want and then sing these really, like, tiny, laser highs if I want, as well. And I have - I have no obligation to make it sound like it's just one continuous flow.”

Source : "Jazz Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant Doesn't Want To Sound 'Clean And Pretty'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 1, 2016.
“No captain with all the hindsight in the world can predict how the wicket is going to play”
“I'm not going anywhere. You can print that wherever you want to. I'm here and I'm a Spur for life.”
“I passed out in our front yard. But honey, don't turn out the light, cause I think I'm in the mood for love tonight.”

Source : Song: Don't Turn Out the Light, Album: West Textures
“No character, however upright, is a match for constantly reiterated attacks, however false.”
“Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're still-born.”

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