Kurt Elling Quotes
I think of jazz as being homage through innovation. Don't quote that as a definition, but it comes pretty close.
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I could have gone the route of a lot of these former child actors, but I didn't want that for myself. Like I said, when I was 14 years old, I decided to quit. I didn't ever want to do it again.
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When you're a child, it's easy to see school as the worst thing in the world. It's only later in life you realise what a wonderful time it was. Looking back, I can't believe I even wanted to leave.
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I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
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I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.
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The correct didactic analysis is one that does not in the least differ from the curative treatment. How, indeed, shall the future analyst learn the technique if he does not experience it just exactly as he is to apply it later?
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It's time for some common sense from federal agencies.
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In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework.
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Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
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Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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Jennifer Lawrence is just the coolest girl.
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Making the Hall of Fame, would it be something that's gratifying because of what I've sacrificed? Sure. Baseball has been a big part of our lives. We've sacrificed our bodies. It's the way we made our living.
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I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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It was hard to write or compose... we just had to go back and finish making songs. If we make 20 songs, we'll throw away 10.
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It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no?
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When you love somebody and they die young and you are young, too, it is very hard.
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There's nothing in the Bible that says, 'You must play video games.'
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As I continue to develop my relationship with Him, I have discovered that God is a nice guy.
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When I was a kid, I hated everything. I was really skinny, and I'd have a milkshake with an egg in it. Growing up, I ate, like, five different foods. I was not an adventurous eater. But as soon as I left home, that all changed and from that point on, I've been a pretty enthusiastic eater of new and strange food.
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There are competing studies on how much crime drops or doesn't drop when there are strict rules on gun possession and sale. I don't think there's any question that New York City's very tough laws have reduced violence.
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The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never knows how to use.
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It seems a universal rule in this world that people will always look for victims and scapegoats, does it not? Especially at times of difficulty and tension.
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I think of jazz as being homage through innovation. Don't quote that as a definition, but it comes pretty close.
