"Time is an enormous, long river, and Iâ€™m standing in it, just as youâ€™re standing in it. My elders are the tributaries, and everything they thought and every struggle they went through and everything they gave their lives to, and every song they created, and every poem that they laid down flows down to me â€“ and if I take the time to ask, and if I take the time to see, and if I take the time to reach out, I can build that bridge between my world and theirs. I can reach down into that river and take out what I need to get through this world"

-- Utah Phillips

#Song Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Bridges Quotes

“I've had quite a life, when you stop and think about it.”
“Chicken, yeah, that's me. I'd rather fight an old rogue-vamp in my underwear, with my bare hands, than deal with relationship problems.”

Source : Faith Hunter (2012). “Raven Cursed: A Jane Yellowrock Novel”, p.114, Penguin
“Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster”
“I'm a jazz musician by education and vocation, but I don't think jazz should [ dictate] what I want to do.”
“My wife is my closest friend. Sure, I'm attracted to her in every way possible, but that's not the answer. Because I've been attracted to other people, and I couldn't stand 'em after a while.”
“Whenever I study a genre of film-making, Steve Spielberg is the first guy I go to. Even Catch Me If You Can, which is a very lightweight kind of thing, if you just look at the economy of the way he designs his shots and works around actors, the craft is amazing.”

Source : Source: film.avclub.com
“To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.”
“I am not talking to anyone in the British media. They are all pricks.”

Source : "Maddest Ashes Stories: Ten of the best tales from England, Australia and the biggest cricketing rivalry" by Gershon Portnoi, www.mirror.co.uk. July 9, 2013.

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