Charlie Parker (Yardbird and Bird) Quotes
I kept thinking there's bound to be something else? I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it.
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My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
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My son's a West Point cadet.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
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It's really important to me not to be a snob about age division or about genre or whatever. The story needs to be what the story needs to be.
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My happiest moments of growing up in the Bronx were when my mom would bring home a new sports magazine from the candy store. I would jump out of bed and grab it from her. Then I'd rip the front cover right off and tape it to my bedroom wall.
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Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
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If you are going to make a change, don't go halfway. Make it with conviction and stick with your new idea. Ignore the scoffers. Remember, it is a law of nature that if something is different you're going to be taunted, jeered, and told the world is flat. Let the doubters fall off the edge.
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At the beginning, I experienced writing as a sort of constraint. Starting so young as a writer is pitiable: it's beyond your powers; you have to lay bare things that are very heavy, and you don't have the means for that.
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Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
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If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.
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Every question is a hypothetical question for everyone but the person who asks it.
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Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.
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I started my career with 'Refugee' in Bhuj. Now, it has become a full-fledged city.
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My deceased grandmother on my mom's side was a real fairy godmother, who lived to be 102 and who I always feel is looking after me.
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I don't sense an [Barack] Obama party. I think politics is transactional for him.
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I've dated men my age, younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage.
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I was told when I was little I couldn't have an opinion because you want everyone to buy your record and like you.
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We must reject that most dismal and fatuous notion that education is a preparation for life.
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I kept thinking there's bound to be something else? I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it.
