Nancy Pearl Quotes
I just said, 'Well, the real people performing miracles every day are librarians,' and we all laughed ourselves off our chairs.
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?
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Parents who wonder where the younger generation is going should remember where it came from.
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At the end of the day, I want the music industry to be larger than what it is today.
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We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed that's all there was.
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The story ends up being a journey of self-discovery.
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Since when has obedience to Christ and His Gospel become optional to Christianity?
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If a man doesn't want you at your worst, then he sure as hell doesn't deserve you at your best.
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Now, one cannot read nonsense with impunity.
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Most people who are on the road are pretty damaged. It's an escapist's life. It's not a life that forces you to look in the mirror at where you're at and what you're doing. It's one where you leave the mirror behind. I think that appeals to something in all of us. On the open road, all of your regrets are out the window.
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As far as piano players are concerned, Oscar Peterson is my very favorite. I also like McCoy Tyner. I think that the big jazz stars, both now and in the past...how shall I say it? These guys are as great as Bach, Beethoven; all of them. People don't know it yet. If jazz survives and is put on a pedestal as an art form, the same as classical music has been through the years, a hundred years from now the kids will know who they were, with that kind of respect.
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The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.
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I like America. I don't want to hurt America.
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If I make a decision it is a possession. I take pride in it, I tend to defend it and not listen to those who question it. If I make sense, then this is more dynamic, and I listen and I can change it. A decision is something you polish. Sensemaking is a direction for the next period.
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I just said, 'Well, the real people performing miracles every day are librarians,' and we all laughed ourselves off our chairs.
