quotes about Where We Came

“When we use the word domestic [terrorism], we discount its actual impact as political terrorism, which is, of course, political violence meant to impact an audience outside of the immediate victims.”

“Adolescence is like cactus.”

“Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience.”

Source : "Emphyrio" by Jack Vance, (Chapter 9), 1969.

“Every day is magic. It really is. It's exciting and not every day is easy 'cause you have to figure out where are the fun things. But I'm never bored, not for a minute, and I get to continue being a curious soul.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

“A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.”

“It is in the intellectual and emotional response, the conscious and subconscious associations of the artist, that the potential power of painting lies.”

“Man is perishing. That may be, and if it is nothingness that awaits us let us so act that it will be an unjust fate.”

“Duke Ellington's career traces the entire history of jazz. The repertoire associated with him contains the most important elements in the music and provides concrete examples of some of the best ways to present the music in the widest variety of settings-radio, TV, recordings, movies, concert halls, festivals, solo, small ensemble, big band, symphony orchestra, opera, Broadway shows.... You name it, he did it!”

“Although the 'New York Times' annually declares that Broadway is on its deathbed, news of its demise is greatly exaggerated. There's a lot of life yet in the old tart.”

“I feel at some point that the farm state politics will overwhelm the Florida politics.”