"It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
— Charles Darwin
"Black stardom is rough dude. I always say Tom Hanks is an amazing actor and Denzel Washington is a god to his people. If you’re a black ballerina, you represent your race, and you have responsibilities that go beyond your art. How dare you just be excellent???"
— Chris Rock speaking for an article on D’angelo in GQ
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All deeds aren’t equal, and some missteps aren’t offset by a number of efforts. Yes for Paterno there was the number of wins, the assent of education, the lives he molded, and the consistent integrity amend the cesspool of college athletics. But there was also inaction when outrage was required and silence when a brave voice was needed most.
How do you defend a leader after all, even a legendary one that fails to lead.
"— Bryant Gumbel on Paterno
"There are times when it is hard to believe in the future, when we are temporarily just not brave enough. When this happens, concentrate on the present. Cultivate le petit bonheur (the little happiness) until courage returns. Look forward to the beauty of the next moment, the next hour, the promise of a good meal, sleep, a book, a movie, the likelihood that tonight the stars will shine and tomorrow the sun will shine. Sink roots into the present until the strength grows to think about tomorrow."
— Ardis Whitman
"There are thousands and thousands of people out there living lives of quiet, screaming desperation who work long, hard hours, at jobs they hate, to enable them to buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like."
— Nigel Marsh (thank u se young)
"One time Questlove, he was at Prince’s studio, when he accidentally let slip a curse word. Prince demanded he put $20 in the swear jar. ‘I was like, ‘For what?’ He said, ‘You cussed. You can’t cuss in here.’ I said, ‘Motherfucker, do you know how much punishment I went through because of you? You taught me those words!’"
— Questlove speaking to Rolling Stone Magazine
"I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the elements of their lives."
— Paul Simon
"People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent."
— Bob Dylan
"If I ever die of a heart attack, I hope it will be from playing my stereo too loud."
— Anonymous
