Russ Carnahan Quotes

After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America.

Russ Carnahan

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VisionGreatDepressionCompetition

When I was 17, I taught music; I had 65 students a week, and I did that for a year. So that's pretty regular. But it was great to give the gift of music to people, seeing them learn. It's great to influence young people in a creative way.

Matt Schulze

MusicGreatCreativePeopleGift

I've made it clear for some time if somebody came up with the right offer, I'd consider selling the team. It wasn't a secret in Memphis or, really, around the country.

Michael Heisley

TimeTeamSellingCountryRightUp

I have always had tremendous respect for my sister as an artist, as a woman, and now as a mother.

Solange Knowles

MotherRespectWomanSisterArtist

I was always out wiping around on the farm with three-wheelers and four-wheelers. I loved the speed and the adrenaline rush that followed.

Mike Schultz

LovedSpeedFarmAlwaysOutRush

In France we have a saying, 'Joie de vivre,' which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at your life as something that is to be taken with great pleasure and enjoy it.

Mireille Guiliano

LifeGreatLookingSayingLanguage

For me, the gallery legitimates the art production and helps build collections. I don't think an artist should do everything by himself forever. I did it for years and then slowly built my circle of trust.

JR

ArtTrustMeThinkArtistCircle

I'm not good enough to be playin' much acoustic guitar onstage. Man, you gotta get so right; I mean, the tones, the feel, the sound. Plus, acoustic blues guitar is just that much harder on the fingers.

Johnny Winter

GoodManNot Good EnoughGuitarYou

All fame ever does for you is get attention for the work you really want to do.

Jonathan Frid

WorkAttentionYouFameWantGet

I'd always somehow felt slightly as if I'd been born in the wrong country.

Christopher Hitchens

BornCountryWrongAlwaysBeenFelt

Small acts of decency ripple in ways we could never imagine.

Cory Booker

SmallRippleNeverImagineDecency

When political leaders fail to denounce anti-Semitic violence and slurs, the void is not only demoralizing to the victims, but silence actually enables the wrongdoing. Silence by elected officials in particular conveys approval - or at least acquiescence - and can contribute to a climate of fear and a sense of vulnerability.

Chris Smith

FearSilencePoliticalViolenceFail

'In Country' is about a high school girl's quest for knowledge about her father, who died in Vietnam just before she was born.

Bobbie Ann Mason

FatherGirlKnowledgeSchoolBorn

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