"The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading and studying of His word. But this, as we have seen, is forbidden him."

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Source : Gerrit Smith (1837). “Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie: Of the State of Mississippi”, p.10

Gerrit Smith

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“I am convinced that we as adults must constantly cling to, affirm, and celebrate with our children those things we love, sunsets, laughter, the taste of a good meal, the warmth of a hickory fire shared by real friends, the joy of discovery and accomplishment, the constant surprises of life.”

Source : Eliot Wigginton (1975). “Moments: The Foxfire Experience”
“True nonattachment is understanding that you are fundamentally attached to everything and, through that understanding, dropping your attachment to the view that you are detached from that which you encounter. At the same time, real nonattachment means not clinging to things or people. It means dropping the idea that if you don't have this or if you can't get that, your life will be a catastrophe.”
“Phil Ramone and Quincy Jones were very close. Phil Ramone was one of the greatest record producers of all time. I don't know if they talk about him enough in the film, but he produced [Frank] Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, all of Billy Joel, Paul McCartney - Phil Ramone was one of the major record engineers and producers.”
“It's not your freedom to choose that makes you free. It's what you choose in that freedom that makes you free.”
“The emotion is the music and the script is the libretto.”
“My girlfriend told me that she was seeing another man. I told her to rub her eyes.”
“Children do not need superhuman, perfect parents. They have always managed with good enough parents: the parents they happened to have.”

Source : Penelope Leach (1989). “Your baby & child: from birth to age five”, Alfred A. Knopf
“I was a prisoner, but I always felt free because I was not frightened So for me real freedom is freedom from fear.”

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