"I dont want to call it a conspiracy to ignore the role of the Blacks, both above and below the Mason-Dixon Line, but it was definitely a tendency that began around 1910"

-- Ed Bearss

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“I grew up listening to a lot of player-piano music in my house and a lot of old Tin Pan Alley songs and American standards. My dad listened to a lot of traditional Irish music and I grew up doing musical theater. So most of the music I was exposed to as a kid was pre-rock n' roll.”
“New Yorkers are predatory about real estate. When they sense softening, they move in for the kill.”
“The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it. [a predisposition to notice the beautiful, in everything.]”
“Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.”
“The most important words in the English language are not 'I love you' but 'it's benign.'”
“A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you're abroad, as you have seen, winds have a mind of their own. Be careful, Charlotte, careful of the wind you choose.”
“The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do.”
“It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.”

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