"After every war someone has to tidy up."

-- Wislawa Szymborska

“Maia Sharp is one of America's great singer-songwriters. Her storytelling runs profound and deep while honoring a pop tradition that urges you to sing along and feel good. Maia sings with an angelic voice that's shrouded in stark realism and a healthy dose of cynicism.....it's an exotic cocktail!”
“The first casualty of hitting rock bottom is vanity.”
“Love is a very ancient force, which served its purpose in its day but no longer is essential for the survival of the species.”
“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If it does not come at the last to gladness, then to hell with it.”
“White performances were always dull in comparison to the astonishing expressiveness of Black dancers. Behind the white person's inarticulate body were centuries of condemnation of dancing on religious grounds.”

Source : Jamake Highwater (1992). “Dance: Rituals of Experience”, p.61, Oxford University Press, USA
“My walk is consistently made fun of.”
“For many years now I have listened to the stories of people with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses as their counselor. From them I have learned how to enjoy the minute particulars of life once again, the grace of a hot cup of coffee, the presence of a friend, the blessing of having a new cake of soap or an hour without pain. Such humble experience is the stuff that many of the very best stories are made of. If we think we have no stories it is because we have not paid enough attention to our lives. Most of us live lives that are far richer and more meaningful than we appreciate.”

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