Mavis Staples Quotes

I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning.

Mavis Staples

Recitation: by Male by Female

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MorningSingingInspireYouLiftUp

I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift.

Joel Osteen

LifeLiveDayGratefulGiftFind

I just believe if you don't believe in God, then where is your moral barometer? That's just me talking. You can believe what you want to believe.

Steve Harvey

GodMeBelieveTalkingYouMoral

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

Stephen Hawking

ChangePeopleRoadLookNothing

I've worked as grocery store cashier; I've worked at a bank call center and as a Lady Liberty for Liberty Tax Service dancing around with the sign for a while.

Ron Funches

ServiceLadyLibertyTaxDancing

I live in Cullowhee, North Carolina. That's where I teach, at Western Carolina University. That region is where my family has lived for a long time and that region is my landscape.

Ron Rash

FamilyLiveTimeLandscapeLong

Discrimination in virtually every aspect of political, economic, and social life is now perfectly legal if you've been labeled a felon.

Michelle Alexander

LifeLegalPoliticalYouNowSocial

I was used to playing misled youth, rough-and-tumble guys. It was nice to get back to a big-hearted, warm and gentle soul, a guy who is destined for something a lot larger than he ever expected.

Milo Ventimiglia

SoulYouthWarmBackNiceGentle

There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures.

Joshua Bell

HandsSeeingPlaySayNothingMore

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.

Christy Mathewson

VictoryLearnYouDefeatEverything

Arca means 'box' or 'wooden' in very old Spanish. It's a ceremonial container where you store jewelry or valuables, an empty space that can become pregnant with whatever music or meaning I give to it.

Arca

MusicSpaceJewelryMeaningYouBox

Here is what the world looked like in 2000... there were no plug and play solutions for ecommerce/warehouse management and customer service that could scale... which means that we had to employ 40+ engineers. Cloud computing did not exist, which means that we had to have a server farm and several IT people to insure that the site did not go down.

Julie Wainwright

ServicePeopleWorldManagementPlay

It's amazing what a resource modern technology is now for making ballets, and I film my rehearsals almost every day.

Justin Peck

TechnologyDayAmazingEvery DayNow

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