Kurt Elling Quotes
You want to be doing your best work whatever field of the arts you're in because your life's going to be over all too soon, and you have to make the most of it.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
Quintilian
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
Felix Dennis
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
Zig Ziglar
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If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
T. J. Miller
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Because Jews were kicked out of every country in Europe at one time or another, and plenty of other places as well, there isn't an ability to identify with a national heritage - you'll never hear a Jew say 'I'm German' or 'I'm Polish,' without saying something about being Jewish as well, and for good reason.
Adam Mansbach
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
Barbara Walters
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
Warren Buffett
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Touring helped me understand where I needed to be better in my music.
Vince Staples
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Enough to using Texas as a political laboratory for testing far-right ideas. Enough to using Texas as a workshop for fattening the wallets of their special interest friends and supporters. And enough of politicians listening only to each other, rather than real Texans.
Wendy Davis
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
Kangana Ranaut
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There are so many stories from the Midwest that should be told. L.A. tells one story, and it's often about itself.
Sam Jaeger
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Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.
Gary Allan
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What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.
Walter Lippmann
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I felt that as long as we were being honest, and that we didn't bend the truth to accomplish another goal, to be entertaining or to be a happy ending, I was confident that we'd be able to tell the story the way it happened.
Ted Demme
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The purpose of Plan Columbia was to deal with the increased cultivation and illegal activity associated with that cultivation concerning narco trafficking in Columbia.
Rand Beers
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I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
Abraham Maslow
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I have been very encouraged by President Obama's call to action on climate change both at his Inauguration and in the State of the Union Address. This is a global imperative. I also welcome President Obama's intention to pursue reductions in nuclear arsenals.
Ban Ki-moon
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No news at 4:30 a.m. is good.
Lady Bird Johnson
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As Christians, we are to be newsboys and not editors of the gospel.
Adrian Rogers
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And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art.
Albrecht Durer
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My bed isn't made, I'm tired, I haven't slept well for two weeks. I haven't been laid in a month. I don't have a girlfriend. I have a warrant for my arrest.
Layne Thomas Staley Alice in Chains
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There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.
Vanessa Kerry
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There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S. American stand-ups make it big in Britain.
John Oliver
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You want to be doing your best work whatever field of the arts you're in because your life's going to be over all too soon, and you have to make the most of it.
Kurt Elling