John Coltrane Quotes
I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe.

Quotes to Explore
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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I don't do the gym and I don't diet. I'm vegetarian but I don't diet.
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God doesn't know things. He is things.
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I have decided in 2020 to run for president.
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I start the day with either Radio 3 or Radio 4. I don't watch any daytime television at all.
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I have not one shred of anger in my heart against Netanyahu or his wife.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
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When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.
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That's where this exciting bundle of energy and joy named Johnny Olson made his entrance and ultimately did the announcing. I had never seen anything like what I was involved in for the next 15 minutes!
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I used to have 20/20 vision, believe it or not; that's gone because of all the reading I did when I wasn't supposed to, reading in the back of a car, waiting for each street light to go past so I could grab another sentence.
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Britain's passion for Christmas and huge white weddings dates from Victorian times - both were low-key celebrations before Victoria and her PR machine.
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My perspective is the Earth will be here. It just may not be habitable to our life form. We get confused. We think we're the center of everything.
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I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
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Hemingway's minimalism is based on the psychological mechanics of repression. An echo of his approach can be detected in a favorite trope of 1980s minimalists: a pattern of reference to dire secrets and hidden wounds these authors didn't realize they were supposed to have imagined.
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Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
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I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
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He suffered from paralysis by analysis.
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I'm kind of a Luddite myself. I've got a bunch of typewriters at home. I'm a big fan of old technology.
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All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.
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It's a weird combination that makes a great picture. It's a complete mystery to me.
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I acted out a lot. I was very nerdy. I was very isolated, which I made up for by kind of talking and trying to entertain people and get them to like me, so I did theatre and improv in high school and college, but always as a hobby.
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I think the main thing a musician would like to do is give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe.