"Mike Stanton is our preeminent aficionado and raconteur of Rhode Islandâ€™s flamboyantly criminal political follies, and The Prince of Providence is the chronicle of a great American rogue, Mayor Buddy Cianciâ€”a paragon of charisma and corruption."

-- Philip Gourevitch

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“I definitely wanted to pay homage to what he did and use his performance in the first one as a foundation. But, I had to make it my own. I couldn't sit there and try to imitate Michael Clarke Duncan. I think that would have been disastrous. I had to make it my own. I tried to take as many nuances that he had with the character and utilize them as best I could, while creating a character that was unique to me. That's going to happen, no matter what.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The best way to tell somebody how to figure out how to relax the tongue is to just say, well, notice where it is when you aren't doing anything. That's the relaxed tongue. It's not about putting it somewhere. It's about letting it be where it wants to go.”

Source : "For Opera Powerhouse Dolora Zajick, 'Singing Is Connected To The Body'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 25, 2015.
“I just need to figure out how things work.”
“I know of nothing which I would choose to have as the subject of my ambition for life than to be kept faithful to my God till death.”
“Marathons are extraordinarily difficult, but if you've got the training under your belt, and if you can run smart, the races take care of themselves. When you have the enthusiasm and the passion, you end up figuring how to excel.”
“I make collages. I join the shattered world creating a new harmony.”
“As a Member of Congress, I've continued my family's tradition of focusing on education.”
“The meaning of life consists in the fact that it makes no sense to say that life has no meaning.”

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