John Philip Sousa Quotes
Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.
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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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When I was 13, I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew BASIC programming, self-taught on the family's Commodore 64. One of my crowning accomplishments was writing a silly little program that showed a crudely-drawn Space Shuttle lifting off in a cloud of pixelated smoke.
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You have to go out there and do your best and help the team win.
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You can often tell the difference between a singer that grows up in the church and one that just can sing. There's a connection to love and support and care. You feel good when you hear it. You feel the people have so much conviction in what they're singing. They believe it, so you believe it.
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I'm trying to illuminate how perilously narrow we draw the concepts of masculinity and sexuality in our male culture - particularly in black male culture - and to help people to see that there's room enough for everyone.
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Making money is a happiness. And that's a great incentive. Making other people happy is a super-happiness.
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Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.
