John Coltrane Quotes
I first met Miles Davis about 1947 and played a few jobs with him and Sonny Rollins at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. During this period, he was coming into his own, and I could see him extending the boundaries of jazz even further.John Coltrane
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The colonel replied that he didn't care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.
Jackie Robinson -
I love working with people and having them bring something to the table that I couldn't. I think one of my favourite artists to work with has been Kucka. She's Australian, too, and it's great working with her because we kind of have a very similar take on music, and we like a lot of the same stuff. We're not super-precious about ideas.
Flume -
The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
Mao Zedong -
When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
Garrett Hedlund -
Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.
Barbara Kingsolver -
Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
Samuel E. Morison
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I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
Felicity Kendal -
My grandma would say if someone else calls you a hillbilly, you might need to punch them in the nose. But if we call ourselves hillbillies, it's a sort of a term of endearment, something that we have co-opted.
J. D. Vance -
Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
Waris Dirie -
I believe that it's better to have a conviction, believe strongly in something, and then the convictions create a style that reflects your mentality.
Fernando Botero -
The thing about Iceland is that we are trapped there anyway, all of us. We have been trapped there for thousands of years.
Baltasar Kormakur -
It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan.
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
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It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment, but conformity is dangerous - especially for an entity in formation.
Adam Grant -
I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
Maksim Chmerkovskiy -
The physical journey in my films is indicative of the internal journey that my characters take.
Imtiaz Ali -
Intolerance is alien to Hinduism.
Kapil Sibal -
The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
Brown Campbell -
I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.
Dan Rather
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Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.
Saint Ignatius -
When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.
Martha Beck -
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
Mark Twain -
I want to be one of the greatest athletes ever to live, not only in track and field, but in all of general sport.
Usain Bolt -
Art is fun to buy.
Jessica Jackley -
I first met Miles Davis about 1947 and played a few jobs with him and Sonny Rollins at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. During this period, he was coming into his own, and I could see him extending the boundaries of jazz even further.
John Coltrane