"From politics and business to music and food to culture, African-Americans have helped to shape our state's colourful past and its future."

-- Mary Landrieu

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“The best thing on translation was said by Cervantes: translation is the other side of a tapestry.”
“I always write a draft version of the novel in which I try to develop, not the story, not the plot, but the possibilities of the plot. I write without thinking much, trying to overcome all kinds of self-criticism, without stopping, without giving any consideration to the style or structure of the novel, only putting down on paper everything that can be used as raw material, very crude material for later development in the story.”
“An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.”
“Oh! where do fairies hide their heads, When snow lies on the hills, When frost has spoiled their mossy beds, And crystallized their rills?”

Source : Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay”, p.61
“If I say I am not a politician, it is because I did not go to school to do political science. But at the end of the day, I think we are all born politicians. It's practical. All you gotta do is practice.”

Source : "Chrisette Michele: Unifying Music". Singersroom Interview, singersroom.com. June 18, 2007.
“I love the holiday season, almost as much as I love touching myself in front of orphans.”
“An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter as much as his or her logic - probably more. The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say.”
“A trout fisherman is something that defieth understanding.”

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