"Everything in Louisiana is about layers. There are layers of race, layers of class, layers of survival, layers of death, and layers of rebirth. To live with these layers is to be a true Louisianian. This state has a depth that is simultaneously beyond words and yet as natural as breathing. How can a place be both other-worldly and completely pedestrian is beyond me; however, Louisiana manages to do it. Louisiana is spooky that way."

-- Don Lemon

#Breathing Quotes #Class Quotes #Race Quotes

“Impotence is one of the major hazards of cigarette smoking.”
“Your mind was made to know and love God.”
“I went into the house. I put on Jimi Hendrix's 'Red House' at full volume, filled the glass to the brim with rum, without ice, and went back to the terrace. To gaze at the night and the dark sea and the night.”
“Theres my education in computers, right there; this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book.”
“In a way, by being fully committed to the Olympic movement globally, I'm better able to promote women's hockey and talk about women's hockey and put a face to women's hockey, to all the IOC members.”
“Film for me became how I related to everything else.”

Source : "Ain't It Cool's Harry Knowles: The Cash-Strapped King of the Nerds Plots a Comeback" by Hal Espen , Borys Kit, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 28, 2013.
“I will help-but only so much, only so far. It is not that I believe these children are less than my own. It is not that I believe I do not have a responsibility for them. It is just that in a world of haves and have-nots, I do not want to give up too much of what I have. I do not want to diminish the complexity and diversity of my life. Instead, I will choose to spend another seventy-five dollars on myself rather than send another child to school, and I will choose to do this over and over again. I no longer think of myself as a good person. I have adjusted to that.”
“The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.”

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