"Monk was a gentle person, gentle and beautiful, but he was strong as an ox. And if I had ever said something about punching Monk out in front of his face - and I never did - then somebody should have just come and got me and taken me to the madhouse, because Monk could have just picked my little ***** up and thrown me through a wall."

-- Miles Davis

#Beautiful Quotes #Strong Quotes #Wall Quotes

“I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.”
“Honestly, I don't know if I'd want to be an educator. I find teachers to have more responsibility, in a way, than being a parent. You're molding hundreds of minds every year.”

Source : "Talking About Teaching with Eva Amurri Martino". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. June 14, 2012.
“Who are we? That is the big question. And essentially we are just an upright, walking, big brained, super intelligent ape.”

Source : "A dig for humanity's origins". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2008.
“It's really cool to get these guests on the show BoJack Horseman: not just actors, but, "Can I get Jonathan Lethem on my weird talking horse cartoon show to talk about how growing up in Brooklyn, he always dreamed of being a ringtone?"”
“If Congress were to censure, fine or otherwise try to punish a president, it would dramatically alter the balance of power between the branches..”

Source : "Could Clinton escape censure, too?". www.cnn.com. December 31, 1998.
“Magic has always been an element of Witchcraft, but in the Craft its techniques were practiced within a context of community and connection.”
“Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.”

Source : "Biography: Natalie Portman". www.thecinemaholic.com. January 20, 2018.
“The perfect woman has an IQ of 150, wants to make love until 4 in the morning, then turns into a pizza!”

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