Jason Moran Quotes
The great jazz radio stations have a duty to continue evolving their format just as audiences ask the musicians to evolve. How do you do that with a form of music that has 100 years of recorded history? How do you also keep it contemporary so you don't isolate your listeners? These are major questions.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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I love roles that don't really have a template or a paradigm and force me to create using my own imagination... that really, really turns me on.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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I really like 'Roar' and 'Dark Horse.' 'Dark Horse' I really like, and I feel I would sing that in the bathroom; I would buy that album, and I think Katy Perry's amazing!
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I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
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I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.
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Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of that nation's sovereignty and an affront to the international community.
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I conduct business, not dependent of public sentiment, but according to the rules of fair business.
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It's so easy to look foolish online.
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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
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I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.
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I love getting presents. And awards. I'd do whatever they told me to do.
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We all want to be special, to stand out; there's nothing wrong with this. The irony is that every human being is special to start with, because we're unique to start with. But we then go through some sort of boot camp from the age of zero to about 18 where we learn everything we can about how not to be unique.
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I've had a blessed career, and that has been acknowledged in many ways over the years.
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If something appeals, something appeals. I don't think I'm particularly calculated about it. I know I have an alarm bell that goes off in my head where something feels like it has no creative integrity to it at all, and it's just about making money.
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There is a lot more hard work to do in the future for the well-being of our sisters and brothers, the people of Thailand.
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By the time a kid goes to college, if he's taking math or science, at least he knows, or you hope he knows, some basics. But if you're teaching history in college, you have a lot of damage to undo. You basically have to start over because so much of what a kid has already learned is just wrong.
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The great jazz radio stations have a duty to continue evolving their format just as audiences ask the musicians to evolve. How do you do that with a form of music that has 100 years of recorded history? How do you also keep it contemporary so you don't isolate your listeners? These are major questions.
