"Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray."

-- William Wordsworth

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“Sometimes, because of its immediacy, television produces a kind of electronic parable. Berlin, for instance, on the day the Wall was opened. Rostropovich was playing his cello by the Wall that no longer cast a shadow, and a million East Berliners were thronging to the West to shop with an allowance given them by West German banks! At that moment the whole world saw how materialism had lost its awesome historic power and become a shopping list.”
“People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those reasons don't correspond to organizational goals. So it is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.”
“I create a different playlist for each and every [NFL] game. Before the game, to gametime, to warmups, going to the stadium, I have a different playlist that puts me in a different mode.”
“I can play characters who sing, but I don't like singing in a nightclub or something. It's not my metier.”
“I often think . . . that the bookstores that will save civilization are not online, nor on campuses, nor named Borders, Barnes & Noble, Dalton, or Crown. They are the used bookstores, in which, for a couple of hundred dollars, one can still find, with some diligence, the essential books of our culture, from the Bible and Shakespeare to Plato, Augustine, and Pascal.”
“You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.”
“I think booze is a good ritual. I think knocking back a shot of whiskey does calm the nerves and helps a lot.”

Source : "The Honeymooner". Interview with Katherine Cusumano, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 11, 2014.
“Miracles are experiences that take us by surprise.”

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