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 say this often, THINK. There is something in life called common sense. Webster's says common sense is sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts. Perhaps this is why in 1776, Thomas Paine used these words as a title for the most famous pamphlet ever written.
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“I lie and am lied to, but the result of my lie is mental leaps, memory, knowledge.”
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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When I go away from you The world beats dead Like a slackened drum.
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To be justified means more than to be declared "not guilty." It actually means to be declared righteous before God. It means God has imputed or charged the guilt of our sin to His Son, Jesus Christ, and has imputed or credited Christ's righteousness to us.
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It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo.
