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Highlight Reel: 1. On the dynamics of her marriage: "Michelle - the boss - has said that there's a rule in their marriage: She gets to tease, and Barack does not. She is the one who gets to rag him publicly about leaving his socks around and not putting away butter, and he is the one who does not get to rag her publicly about...anything...
...rather do. And you don’t have to be proficient at an instrument to do that.”Previn also discussed his humble beginnings accompanying silent films on the piano. His recounting of one instance in which he unwittingly played a Tiger Rag in conjunction with a scene of Christ’s crucifixion drew much laughter, as did several of his other forthright comments. “I’ve made over 300 CDs,” he said. “That’s too many.”Many of the audience...
...historically shared the same job and community, working and living together, raising one another's children, passing on their trade to the next generation. The community into which they were born would determine whether a child would grow up to become a jeweler, a carpenter, a snake charmer, a rag picker, a midwife, a weaver or a cobbler. Although the caste system was outlawed in India's founding constitution 60 years ago, caste still shapes the lives of millions of people who continue to live in close-knit caste communities throughout the country. Such clans are especially common among India...
...Take that rag...
...people turned to look at me as he shouted those words. I don't know exactly what I was feeling - some mixture of anger and embarrassment - but I knew I wanted to stop and explain to this man the significance of what he dismissed as a "rag." He didn't understand the one thing I cherished most, the thing that I took so much care in making sure I did right - my religion...