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On the way from the Renaissance to our days we have enriched our experience, but we have lost the concept of a Supreme Complete Entity which used to restrain our passions and our irresponsibility. We have placed too much hope in political and social reforms, only to find out that we were being deprived of our most precious possession: our spiritual life. In the East, it is destroyed by the dealings and machinations of the ruling party. In the West, commercial interests tend to suffocate it. This is the real crisis. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#communism #consumerism #materialism #experience

Don't underestimate the importance of having enough room to work. Grilling is much more relaxing when you are not trying to juggle a whole collection of plates and bowls as you do it. If your grill doesn't have enough workspace - and they almost never do - set up a table right next to your grill. ↗

— Bobby Flay

#bowls #collection #enough #grill #grilling

We would like to get to a point in our society where people really are colorblind and this message would not have to be told anymore. Unfortunately, we're not there yet. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#colorblind #get #like #message #our

I like to jump some rope and swing kettle bells to get my blood pumping. It makes my voice sound better, and it clears my head. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#better #blood #clears #get #head

I've been all over the world. I love New York, I love Paris, San Francisco, so many places. But there's no place like New Orleans. It's got the best food. It's got the best music. It's got the best people. It's got the most fun stuff to do. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#best #food #francisco #fun #fun stuff

It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most. Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#always #back #called #ever #frank

When I did the album for 'When Harry Met Sally,' I found myself out there in front of this big band, which I had no idea how to do, and they wiped the floor with me. It's a very specific skill, and I didn't know how to do it. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#band #big #big band #did #floor

You won't talk to anybody who breaks lyrics down more thoroughly. It's just a complete deconstruction, and when you start to rebuild, nobody has the capacity to do it like me. Which is not to say I'm better, it's just that there's a unique quality to everyone. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#better #breaks #capacity #complete #deconstruction

I sat in at every club in New York City, jamming with musicians, because it felt right - and because it felt right and we were having fun - the people dancing and sipping their drinks in the clubs felt it too and it made them smile. ↗

— Ray Conniff

#city #club #clubs #dancing #drinks

My ideas are always better. We have an understanding in place. ↗

— Larry Wachowski

#better #ideas #place #understanding