"I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting."

-- Cassandra Wilson

#Song Quotes #Stories Quotes #Behinds Quotes

“The fastest, cleanest, most joyful way to break out of your own box is by dancing. I'm not talking about doing the stand-and-sway. I'm talking about dancing so deep, so hard, so full of the beat that you are nothing but the dance and the beat and the sweat and the heat.”

Source : Gabrielle Roth Roth (2014). “Connections: The Threads of Intuitive Wisdom”, p.45, BookBaby
“I'm thankful For the blessing And the lessons that I've learned with you By my side”
“I'm mostly self-taught. I didn't learn much in school.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Look, it's my misery that I have to paint this kind of painting, it's your misery that you have to love it, and the price of the misery is thirteen hundred and fifty dollars.”
“Human beings never think for themselves... For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told-and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity... We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.”

Source : "The Lost World". Book by Michael Crichton, 1995.
“You can choose to be a drag and a burden, or an inspiration and encouragement.”
“I'm gonna put a curse on you and all your kids will be born completely naked.”
“Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act -- act in the living Present! Heart within and God overhead.”

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