"I think I have to work to write a happy song. I write them carefully; they're simple and they're about when it's fun to walk down the street. You know? Because that's the best thing about when you're happy. It's just one little thing that makes you happy, and you're making friends. The kind of thing I can do is capture this moment."

-- Rickie Lee Jones

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“It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand.”
“Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.”
“Details create the big picture.”
“I really like when critics reveal their subjectivity and their humanity. I prefer it when people say nice things, but if they say not-nice things or things that are critical, I'm open to it and I accept it. I mean, I have to live with it. But I do think there's a dishonesty in not acknowledging that you're a person with an opinion. I think it's almost like a power grab.”

Source : "Charlie Kaufman" by Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. October 22, 2008.
“The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are.”

Source : "What Africa Needs Above All: The Rule of Law" by Dr. Mo Ibrahim, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 19, 2014.
“You need that pride in yourself, as well as a sense, when you are sitting on Page 297 of a book, that the book is going to be read, that somebody is going to care. You can't ever be sure about that, but you need the sense that it's important, that it's not typing; it's writing.”
“The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.”
“Nothing of any importance has ever been accomplished by a pessimist.”

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