"My mother's family came from the British West Indies. And my father's family came from, well, my father's father came from the Montana/South Dakota area. They were Blackfoot Indian."

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Source : "Richie Havens: Face to Face with His Face". Interview With Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. September 26, 2006.

Richie Havens

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #West Quotes

“Your skin's so fair its not fair”
“Solely in the world of languages is the amateur of value. Well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people.”
“I've learned to take time for myself and to treat myself with a great deal of love and respect, because I like me.. I think I'm kind of cool.”
“In some sense the text and the translator are locked in struggle - 'I attacked that sentence, it resisted me, I attacked another, it eluded me' - a struggle in which, curiously, when the translator wins, the text wins too ...”
“Evening bags should be just big enough for my phone, lipstick, house key, and credit card.”

Source : "Fashion Workbook: Laura A. Wasser" by Maggie Bullock, www.elle.com. October 8, 2009.
“I believe that. But I want you to know something â€” when it comes to all this enemies nonsense, Iâ€™m out. I am a neutral country. I am Switzerland. I refuse to be affected by territorial disputes between mythical creatures. Jacob is family. You are . . . well, not exactly the love of my life, because I expect to love you for much longer than that. The love of my existence. I donâ€™t care whoâ€™s a werewolf and whoâ€™s a vampire. If Angela turns out to be a witch, she can join the party, too.”
“There is no cause to worry. The high tide of prosperity will continue.”
“I was taught that I had to 'master' subjects. But who can 'master' beauty, or peace, or joy?”

Source : Kathleen Norris (1997). “The Cloister Walk”, p.80, Penguin

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