"I am pleased that I am able to stand here today and say with a pure heart and meaningful heart that I am against the death penalty. There is no purpose that it serves except to further the damage that death has already done."

-- Mamie Till

#Meaningful Quotes #Heart Quotes #Able Quotes

“As soon as I was born, my mom said I was humming 'When the Saints Go Marching In,' or something like that, you know? It's in the family. And in that neighborhood [Treme, in New Orleans], I think everybody in the neighborhood has some type of musical influence, even if they don't play instruments or anything. It's the way they talk to you, the way they say your name - it's all musical.”
“An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open.”
“Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.”
“It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.”
“Money was a much saner goal than adoration. They'll both drive you crazy but if I'm going to blow my brains out for five years, I want something to show for it.”
“I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.”
“Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.”
“Rich people march on Washington every day.”

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