Charlie Parker (Yardbird and Bird) Quotes
I became bitter, hard, cold. I was always on a panic - couldn't buy clothes or a good place to live.
Quotes to Explore
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Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to church, leaving church. Everything the world may bring, there's a song for it to put you in the right frame of mind.
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The more you work and get known for something, sometimes things begin to narrow a bit, and your opportunities get more... specific.
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When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.
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Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing to go far enough in order to get as much of it as you can.
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At one time or another, we have all faced the temptation to disconnect by giving someone the silent treatment. After being married to Joel for more than twenty-one years, I have learned that is not the best way to handle a disagreement.
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I say I have Spanish in me, but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.
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Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.
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We shook up the industry with our landscape-changing deal to acquire Time Warner, the logical next step in our strategy to bring together world-class content with best-in-class distribution which will drive innovation and more choice for consumers.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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One of the strangest aspects of living with certain kinds of memory loss is knowing that the forgetting is happening.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
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I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.
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Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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It's hard to live in a blind and aimless - or dishonest, rather - narrative when somebody in your family is going farther toward - or at least think they are and say they are - their true self.
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Many people when I started didn't believe I was a good fashion photographer, and probably they still think that.
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I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find drama. Add to that a careful composition of landscapes, live photography, the right music and interviews with people, and it becomes a style.
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Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a winner and a loser at the same time.
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I get the lyrics of a tune and interpret them my way.
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I became bitter, hard, cold. I was always on a panic - couldn't buy clothes or a good place to live.
