Leah LaBelle Quotes

I grew up seeing my parents perform and sing, and I just always wanted to be singing, too. Music has always been my deepest passion and what I felt most connected to.

Leah LaBelle

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MusicPassionParentsSingingSeeing

I'm afraid that eating in restaurants reflects one's experiences with movies, art galleries, novels, music - that is, characterized by mild amusement but with an overall feeling of stupidity and shame. Better to cook for yourself.

Jim Harrison

MusicArtYourselfStupidityEating

I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.

Jim Lehrer

BusinessPowerThinkMoreDiscourse

I've been in the emergency room for food poisoning.

Jessica St. Clair

FoodEmergencyRoomBeenPoisoning

My first two novels were set in the past, and that freed me up in a lot of ways; it allowed me to find my way into my story and my characters through research.

Jennifer Gilmore

PastMeResearchStoryFindWay

People have always painted me like a pessimist, like somebody who sees the glass half-empty. But I think the fact that I keep showing up and saying, 'No, there must be a way for me to live in this world,' that shows I'm an eternal optimist.

John Grant

LivePeopleMeWorldSayingThink

Silence marks time, saturates and shapes African-American art. Silences structure our music, fill the spaces - point, counterpoint - of rhythm, cadence, phrasing.

John Edgar Wideman

MusicTimeArtSilenceRhythmPoint

A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal dissident, eternally unhappy with how things are and with the state of mankind.

Robert Sheckley

LifeWorldProblemsUnhappyEnjoy

I'm very level-headed and business minded.

Matt Hardy

BusinessVeryMinded

Boy, if you dont have the network and the producers that believe in you, it's too, too much.

Anita Morris

BelieveYouToo MuchBoyMuchToo

People who make no noise are dangerous.

Jean de La Fontaine

PeopleDangerousNoiseMakeWho

The biggest road block to action on genocide and other human rights crimes is ignorance. Most people just don't know that such things are happening, and often, if they have a vague idea they are happening, there is a feeling that there is nothing that can be done to stop these crimes.

John Prendergast

IgnorancePeopleActionRoadStop

The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better.

Shimon Peres

HistoryBelieveBetterBornWhatever

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