quotes about Natural Gifts

“At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems - the answer for all the problems of the world - come to a single word. That word is "education."”

“I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my parents. I've always known what is and isn't reality. Even my older brothers' early success 10 years ago didn't change me since there was such an age difference. I was moving about with my own gang, the skinheads, wearing steel-toed army boots and kicking in shop windows.”

“There’s nothing wrong with ordinary. I just prefer to shoot for extraordinary.”

“Our children are better served by speaking not of visitation versus custody, but of parent time.”

“Of course Russia is, let's say element, of American election campaign, was on the agenda to some extent but the influence of that element could have hardly been critical.”

Source : Source: abcnews.go.com

“At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took what in the United States would be a double major in Russian and French, but I have to admit that the pressure of getting through so many books spoiled reading for me.”

“It's sheer torture. I have to be up with the chickens every day and go to work on my body. I hate it, but I do it.”

“My lyrics say I have morals, I have confidence, I have weaknesses, I have strong points, that I am a human being.”

“I've got my whole life. There's a lifetime of experience, a lifetime of experiencing the road and the music and different players. It makes me a richer human being. I have a greater source of information to tap into, a wealth of life.”

Source : Interview with Donna Kimura, www.jazzreview.com. January 29, 2011.

“I’d been listening to men talk since I arrived in New York City. That’s what men like to do. Talk. Profess like experts. When one finally came along who didn’t say much, I listened.”