Matthew Shipp Quotes
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Don't program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable. Time may be passing for our bodies, but because they house our ageless souls, we never need to see ourselves as old and infirm.
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If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.
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I look forward to making tangible and inspirational contributions to the Houston Technology Center's initiatives. HTC is an engine behind Houston's and Texas' continued growth.
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I've always been driven by the concept of equal justice under the law, but only the rich can pay great sums of money for legal assistance and that puts them at an advantage over the poor.
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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
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Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind.
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If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church.
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The most futuristic aspect of the House of the Future was that it was made almost entirely of plastic.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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There's the part of my life that the public and I share together. And there's the part that's mine to keep for myself. And that's mine. For me.
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Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?
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All you need to do to be my friend is like me.
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Sometimes directors may not give you words, you know? They may not talk at all! You've just got to use your radar to figure out how you can get to the center and not lose yourself, but still be directed at the same time.
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For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
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I can't understand Urdu, Bahasa or Russian, but when the Pakistani Faiz, the Indonesian Rendra and the Russian Rosdentvensky declaim, I can feel the living throb of rhythm and music, the warmth and passion of their poetry, as do the hundreds, not a mere roomful, of poetry lovers in the audience.
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I learned from different guys I played with, too. The key was probably three people: The good Lord, the offensive linemen I played with and great fullbacks that could block very well.
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I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay.
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My mother died when I was 12, and right after, my dad died in a car crash. I was 15 and had no family. The court sent me to live with my uncle and aunt in Missouri.
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I think one reason I'm drawn to expansive syntax is that arias are so often exercises in extending language as a means of intensifying feeling.
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The Economist is undoubtedly the smartest weekly newsmagazine in the English language. I always look forward to its quirky year-end double issue.
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I want you to know it was no big deal...those movies showing women screaming in labor are plain bullshit....there's nothing to it...you just push and push and finally the baby pops out...to tell you the truth I don't even rember that much about it except there was a very nice guy standing over me and every time a strong contraction started he gave me a whiff of gas.
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We're most likely to lose our rights when we allow ourselves to be persuaded to deprive others of theirs.
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My characters are never heroic. They are mostly lost and trying to find the right door to open and they end up opening the wrong doors.
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Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.
