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're such imperfect beings. I think that's more often the case than not.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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Some characters think more like me than others; some think more like my dad or someone else. It certainly is made up of my experiences, things I've heard, things I think are funny, things I think are sad. There's sort of a strange, blurry version of yourself in there.
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I like walking in the park... plucking out nose hairs. Those sleeping winos hate that.
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I am surrounded by great people.
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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.
