Vuyiswa Xekatwane Quotes & Sayings

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice. — David Baker

Glimpses is dead-on about the high and tight nineties even as it reaches out for the sweet hereafter of the sixties. It longs for something better, and finds it, I guess, as much as anything is ever found anymore. It's a mean, sweet, wry, and disturbing book, in equal portions. — Frederick Barthelme

Poetry, at the best, does us a kind of violence that prose fiction rarely attempts or accomplishes. — Harold Bloom

Love and laughter and fucking make one's life better. Worship is just the passing of time. — James Frey

The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have unequivocal access to quality education and an equal opportunity to pursue his/her dreams. — Ed Markey

I think there's quite a lot of cowardice in music. I don't mind if it goes wrong, I just want to go for it. — Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Technology offers the illusion of companionship without the demands of intimacy, and communication without emotional risk, while actually making people feel lonelier and more overwhelmed.

"A song that became popular on YouTube in 2010, 'Do You Want to Date My Avatar?' ends with the lyrics 'And if you think I'm not the one, log off, log off, and we'll be done.' "

from a review of Alone Together by S. Turkle — Michiko Kakutani

I actually wanted to be a forensic scientist for a while. When I was doing my Standard Grades, three of them were science subjects. The interest in science didn't wear off, but I found other interests. — Emun Elliott

It takes courage to stand up for yourself. I stand in honor, and no longer in fear of speaking out. — Catherine Jane Fisher

When a child is in crisis, parents should have a role and a voice. They should be the first to help, not the last to know. — George W. Bush

Children, daily practice of yoga or sun salutations (surya-namaskara) is very good for health and for spiritual practice. Lack of proper exercise is the cause of many of today's diseases. If we can get somewhere in time on foot, always walk instead of taking a vehicle. It is good exercise. Only if we have to go far should we depend on vehicles. Use a bicycle, whenever possible. This will save money, too. — Mata Amritanandamayi

Always consider the qualifications of anyone who assumes or professes authority, what do they really know? Authorities on spirituality can rarely give a half coherent explanation of what they persuade us to believe they know. They achieve authority by stage management and then exploit audience suggestibility. Same old trick they have pulled for thousands of years. — Peter J. Carroll

Suffering only shows where you are attached. That is why, to those on the path, suffering is grace. — Ram Dass

The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. — Rudy Giuliani