Bobby McFerrin Quotes
Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there to entertain; he was all about the music. I kind of do that.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
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The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did not have any nuclear weapons and their decision was not doubted because it was the end of the Cold War, it was also the end of apartheid.
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I have felt that connection and stewardship for Earth for as long as I can remember. And not just for Earth, but the whole universe.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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The devil made me do it.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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How can we educators claim credit for understanding, let alone teaching, the 'global mind' without a single course on the impact of religion on every day life?
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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I have no superstitions. I don't have to have a Sunday outfit. I don't have socks or underwear I have to wear.
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I believe that when things are easy, people stay dormant.
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Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage.
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My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.
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Happiness is the only thing worth fighting for in your life.
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The virtues [moral excellence] therefore are engendered in us neither by nature nor yet in violation of nature; nature gives us the capacity to receive them, and this capacity is brought to maturity by habit.
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The world is a sphere, there is no East or West.
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Until we reach the end of time, we don’t know whether something’s been good or bad; we can only judge the intentions of those who acted.
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Music is so important in a human life. It finds a space inside us that nothing else touches.
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Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there to entertain; he was all about the music. I kind of do that.
