Paul Desmond Quotes
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There was a time when rival teams used a shift against me. They would put the second baseman on the shortstop's side of the bag, move the shortstop into the hole to his right, and have the third baseman hug the foul line. The idea was to build an infield wall against a known right-handed pull hitter.
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As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.
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Mix sheer hypocrisy with mediocrity, You play it safe every time.
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People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.
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But make not more business necessary than is so; and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.
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The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the books of honor razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd
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We have to finesse people. We've had different people step forward each week. More than one person chips in.
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When an ensemble is really tight or playing as one, it's a transcendental experience. It is spiritual. It goes beyond the ensemble. Ray and I and Robby and Jim were pretty tight, musically and spiritually.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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The problem with motor neurone disease is they don't know when it starts. People go into hospital having fallen but get wrapped up and sent away, unless they're seen by an incredibly astute doctor. It is only when several things begin to go wrong that it'll be diagnosed.
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People spend their careers trying to figure out what makes a hit single. But I learned a long time ago that you can't anticipate what people want, because it's always going to change.
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And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.
