"It's an incredible dilemma to be an artist of color and to always be in denial about that, saying, 'I'm a choreographer first and then I'm black,' when in fact, that's not the case. I'm black first and then I'm also a choreographer."

-- Donald Byrd

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“With young kids (I have four including the newborn) times passes weirdly for me.”
“When I'm out in the water surfing, it clears my mind and it makes me want to play music and write music, and then when I'm playing a lot of music and touring, I can't wait to get in the water again and surf. So, I'm striving to find that perfect balance, and it's all good.”

Source : Source: www.hamptons.com
“O suns and skies and clouds of June, and flowers of June together. Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather.”

Source : H.H. (Helen Hunt) (1887). “Helen Jackson's Poems”
“Intriguingly, in poll after poll, when Americans are asked what public institutions they most respect, three bodies are always at the top of their list: the Supreme Court, the armed forces, and the Federal Reserve System. All three have one thing in common: they are insulated from the public pressures and operate undemocratically. It would seem that Americans admire these institutions, precisely because they lead rather than follow.”
“We should be focused on making the world a better place, and once we do that, the money will come back and find us.”
“a Yea might turn in to a Nae and vice versa if a sufficient quantity of wordage was applied. In other talk you argument out until you get the answer you want”

Source : "The Mouse that Roared". Book by Leonard Wibberley, p. 5, 1983.
“On dreary night let lusty sunshine fall.”
“Mainly I got to know about the atmosphere in the East Germany and how people felt, because I never experienced it physically. You can't talk, because everywhere there's someone listening in on everything you say, and you might get things wrong and be questioned or they come up and say, "Well, actually, we want you to work for us and if don't, we'll pressure you," and stuff like that. Living in a country like that, how do you get around it and still keep your dignity? I think it's one of the main questions.”

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