John Lurie Quotes
What I believe to be jazz is constructed and improvised music which is in the air right now. But I don't think that's most people's definition of jazz, you know? We don't know what we're talking about, because we don't know the definition.
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Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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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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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo program of going to the Moon was quite a goal.
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Jack Benny: Where's that big glass star I told you to pack away last Christmas?
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A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
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'The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all these more important undertakings where mind struggles with mind.'
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I'm definitely someone who enjoys life and wakes up with a ball of energy.
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I've always had a bazillion songs in my archive, but I want to play people stuff they know. Now that I have two albums' worth of material, that gives me freedom to compose a set that's more well-balanced and build a show rather than just a recital of some songs.
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What I believe to be jazz is constructed and improvised music which is in the air right now. But I don't think that's most people's definition of jazz, you know? We don't know what we're talking about, because we don't know the definition.
