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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Don't be discouraged by writer's block. Writer's block just means you need to listen to other music.
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I couldn't hit an elephant's ass with a bull fiddle.
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And you know, ... it is pretty much a rallying cry for everything we do. I mean, we may turn those guitars up -- and play hard and loud -- but in the end, we're all about taking country music and setting it on stun. That's what we do, and that's what this song is about.
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I realize that every time we discuss a job placement and look at a list of both male and female candidates, there's a question that comes up pretty much all the time for the woman: 'Will she know how to assert herself?' It's not meant to be malicious. It's more, 'Will she manage to take leadership of the team you want to entrust to her?'
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It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo.
