Don Ellis Quotes
On those long notes behind the trumpet solo, if anyone lets his mind wander for a minute he is dead.
Don Ellis
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Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.
Patricia Richardson
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I'll tell ya, when you open up that can of dab, it's always fresh.
Quavo
Migos
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
Nadia Comaneci
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
Barry Sternlicht
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
Idris Elba
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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I really appreciate gory movies.
David Slade
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Toska - noun /ˈtō-skə/ - Russian word roughly translated as sadness, melancholia, lugubriousness. "No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.
Vladimir Nabokov
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Sneakers are not my thing.
Barry Manilow
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I write songs now I look at my strengths and I start there. In The Walkmen, we'd start with the live stuff.
Hamilton Leithauser
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On those long notes behind the trumpet solo, if anyone lets his mind wander for a minute he is dead.
Don Ellis