"The past in New Orleans cohabits with the present to an extent not even approximated in any other North American city."

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Source : Tom Piazza (2015). “Why New Orleans Matters”, p.9, HarperCollins

Tom Piazza

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“I've always been humble and this even humbled me even more to definitely get a second chance at my career. There are still chapters I'm writing in this legacy.”
“To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before.”
“What have the masses been clamoring for? Jobs and welfare, and they got 'em. They've also got unions and managements like two armies converting the whole economy into a battleground with the customers as victims, except that the victims are also in the army. They think in battle terms by day and like customers at night.”
“If you say in advance there is going to be a main candidate and then that doesn't count later, then that's going to be a highly problematic occurrence in a democracy.”
“Accept ignorance; pay more attention to the question than the answer; never be afraid to go in the opposite direction.”
“I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of.”
“It's such a biblical posture in worship that speaks of reverence. If you look through the Bible, there's a whole host of people who faced up to the glory of God and found themselves facedown in worship. So the album weaves through a theme of reverence, wonder, and mystery in worship, things I feel we really need to grasp more of in our worship expressions. I know that I do!”
“I still am amazed that people would never buy a car if they were told it gets 75 miles to the gallon - they're absolutely clear on what's a scam. But when it comes to their health they will immediately fall for somebody telling them, "Take this pill and you'll live to be a hundred years old." There's something about medicine that allows us to fall for stupid sales pitches more easily.”

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