Charlie Parker (Yardbird and Bird) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Do we really want Washington administrators coming between us and our doctors?
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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My day-to-day look is inspired by comfort, color and just how I'm feeling that day.
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If you don't want to get bored with what you're doing, you have to change.
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The team behind 'The Lego Movie' approached me. They wanted to do something extra special for the Academy Award performance of best song nominee 'Everything is Awesome.' They had seen my earlier version of a Lego Oscar statue, and I was happy to take on the challenge.
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I love the look of full brows that aren't perfectly done - eyebrows on fleek: that's the goal.
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To me, form is not about scoring runs but how you feel about your game. Sometimes the runs are not there, but you know you are batting well, and that is good form for me.
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Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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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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It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.
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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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I think hip-hop is no more misogynistic than America is as a society. I just think hip-hop is a lot more brash, a lot more bold, a lot more loquacious. There are a lot more words that go into a hip-hop song than go into a regular song.
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Parenting classes should be mandatory, whether you are adopting or not, and would include an evaluation of your current physical, mental and financial state as well as how ready you are to take on the rigors of parenthood. Our children are our most precious natural resource, and there is absolutely no other way to parent but to put them first.
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I want to get people to connect to the outdoors.
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If you see the NBA now, a lot of it is in transition. Most people now try to get an easy shot off in six or eight seconds before the defense gets set.
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I picked up my college copy of 'The Great Gatsby' in an attempt to recover from the movie and was interested to find out what I'd underlined. The answer was basically: everything.
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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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I don't think you should limit what you read.
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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I'm a writer; I'm a producer. I've certainly spread myself over a lot of different careers.
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Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born.
