Max Roach Quotes
The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument.
Quotes to Explore
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As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end. I thought I would be a teacher, but I didn't really think about it in any practical way.
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I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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When I was sixteen years old, I was sentenced to two years in prison; the Swedish government changed it, so I could go to a boarding school as part of a social programme. I was in this boarding school with some of the richest kids in Sweden.
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An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America's most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision - and lost direction.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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I like being unconventional.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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Along with enough sleep and taking proper supplements, I steam - in my steam shower. I find it's very healing, more than just your typical 'tea and honey.'
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
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Be still prepared for death: and death or life shall thereby be the sweeter.
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It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.
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I tried to live my life really openly and transparently right from the get-go. I think that probably resonated with people.
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Very often I've known people who wouldn't say a word to each other, but they'd go to see movies together and experience life that way.
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The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument.
