"Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me."

-- Toni Cade Bambara

#Writing Quotes #Names Quotes #Community Quotes

“I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition.”
“I love teaching poetry writing. Students come into the class thinking poetry has to be one way, then leave having created pieces that are wholly original, that have - quite literally - never been made before.”

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“Most of all, I believe God has chosen to bless this series. In doing so, he's giving the country and maybe the world, one last, big wake-up call before the events transpire.”
“If I showed you where I live, you would think that I was hiding”

Source : Song: Real Estates, Album: Pilot Talk II, 2010
“But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.”
“It's just a joy to be able to work with a lot of different musicians. When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes.”
“We're going to keep trying to strengthen the American family. To make them more like The Waltons and less like The Simpsons.”
“Jamestown colony, when it was first founded as a socialist venture, dang near failed with everybody dead and dying in the snow,”

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