John Philip Sousa Quotes
Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.
Quotes to Explore
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I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
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'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.
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I've got bowlegs, so if I do a midcalf look, I look bandy.
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I don't care much about hardware. Nintendo games are some of the best games in the world, and from a more graphical standpoint, the Wii can't do what a PS3 or 360 can do.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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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 think that T.V. shows are more like working at a home. You know you're going to the same place every day, working with the same people, the same cast and crew. You're in a dressing room instead of a trailer, so I think that that's more of a normal sort of lifestyle.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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I always try to keep one very feminine quality to my style.
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
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The crown must constantly earn citizens' appreciation, respect and trust.
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I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
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I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
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Your life goes on, and then your life goes on plus 'Star Wars.' It's just been an incredible time.
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It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
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We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.
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I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.
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I feel that being comfortable - being yourself - when you walk into an audition room is a really important thing. I think being able to own every aspect of your life is only going to make you be more comfortable in front of a table of people you don't know.
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Nowadays I imagine people find freer and more accepting venues in blogs, on Tumblr and Instagram and Facebook, in the riot of shouting that trails in the wake of every news story. So there's always the pandemonium of the Internet, if you need to get your lunatic opinions out in public. I find most of that stuff a little insane-making and my preference is to encounter personal essays in the relatively sedate and stable universe of print, in literary quarterlies, magazines and books. But I'm sure you can find plenty of good stuff in lonely outposts all across the World Wide Web.
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Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.
