George Duke Quotes
I work with many jazz artists as Miles Davis, Laughlin, etc.. One of the things all these artists had in common is that they had no fear.
Quotes to Explore
-
Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
-
I feel like the reason people feel like they know me is because I'm giving you myself in the music. There's where the connection comes from; you can't Twitter that.
-
It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
-
Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
-
I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
-
I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
-
Whenever I have tried to write for other people, that's when my writing has failed, when nobody wanted to read it or buy it. But it's only when I've been able to write a story that makes me excited, only then have other people wanted to read it.
-
I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance.
Nastassja Kinski -
I think that there's a tendency for actors who play strong women to have them take on all the worst characteristics of men, to become cold and detached and hardened.
-
If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.
-
Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'
-
I find that with any good run on a show with good writers, they put something on paper, and you put something back on film, and that affects what they put on the paper the next time.
-
At the age of 18, I made up my mind to never have another bad day in my life. I dove into a endless sea of gratitude from which I've never emerged.
-
If acting doesn't work out, I'm probably going to be a professional chef.
-
Glamour comes from within. My beauty regime begins with my personality.
-
A lot of camps and summer programs for kids seem to have discovered that among the most valuable things they offer is what they don't offer. No Wi-Fi. No grades. No hovering parents or risk managers or parents who parent like risk managers.
-
As long as I am still interested and curious, I enjoy getting up in the morning, but I can't say I have a happy smile on my face 24/7.
-
When I land in a country and they ask for 'occupation,' I always just put 'artist.' I think that covers all of it.
-
I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
-
People in professional kitchens may love what they do, but sometimes it's just something that puts food on the table.
-
No one, however powerful and successful, can function as an adult if his parents are not satisfied with him.
-
God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist.
-
Often we women are risk averse. I needed the push. Now, more than ever, young women need more seasoned women to provide that encouragement, to take a risk, to go for it. Once a glass ceiling is broken, it stays broken.
-
I work with many jazz artists as Miles Davis, Laughlin, etc.. One of the things all these artists had in common is that they had no fear.
