Paul Desmond Quotes
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There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
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I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.
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Most high-level models that I've ever met are actually well-travelled; they're cultured, and no guy laying a cheesy line on them is actually going to impact their world.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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Nothing escapes God's knowledge. This is proved by the witness of the Scriptures and the analogy of the sun, which, although created, yet by its light or heat enters into all things.
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I can't touch Simon anymore.
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What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of the mightiest empires of ancient times. Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome! The four successive, universal powers of the past. What and where are they?
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We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.
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The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking.
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There aren't always, especially in low-income communities, the arts and the dance and the drama and the things that can really show a kid, 'Look, even if I'm three years behind in math, there's something I'm good at that can help me be successful in life.'
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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I was looking to explore the theme of good and evil, so what better inspiration than the comics? I'd developed a relationship with DC and Warner Bros. when I donated a sculpture of Catwoman to the 'We Can Be Heroes' campaign a few years ago. That's what started it.
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If you work out 20 minutes a day in some way, you're going to see changes.
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'Watchmen' is like the music you feel is written just for you. 'That's my song, no one else gets that but me.' That's why the fan base is so rabid, because they feel personal about it.
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There's something about the shape that a poem takes in my mind before I write it that has to do with suddenness.
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I never want to hurt anyone on the ice. That's not the type of player I am.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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Israelis are wrong in not looking for a change in the relationship with the United States that would put it more in perspective - that we are the great power, they are the minor power. I don't think there are a great many American parents who will want to sacrifice their soldiers and children so Israel can maintain the West Bank. When that becomes clear, I think Israel's days are numbered as an ally that is never questioned or criticized.
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'Au Lecteur' To the Reader
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Ransom thought her girly tendencies the funniest thing ever, constantly teased her over them, but the last time he'd opened his big mouth, she'd gotten her own back by pointing out that his long black hair sure did look well conditioned.
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I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.
