Paul Desmond Quotes
I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
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The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.
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I always say I write my own novels and the characters don't take control of me, but in fact, I look at the characters in the early stages and I think, 'What is he or she like,' and they slowly come together and they become the person they are.
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Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it's all in your head?
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You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
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I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.
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A 'Friends' shoot night could extend well into the small hours of the morning.
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Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.
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If you talk to any actor, they'll tell you that working is the best thing.
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As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.
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I listen to a lot of choral stuff at home, but I'm also liking Labrinth, Emeli Sande, Tom Odell and Wretch 32.
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The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks.
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My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.
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I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about.
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I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale.
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A physicist looks for causes; that does not necessarily imply that there are causes everywhere. A man may look for gold without assuming that there is gold everywhere; if he finds gold, well and good, if he doesn't he's had bad luck. The same is true when the physicists look for causes.
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African American students have less access to algebra and more access to seclusion and restraint than do their white peers. The significant disparity in educational resources has caused this problem of disparate discipline and disparate academic outcomes.
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It's hard for women who make a lot of money and make decisions all day long, then they have to come home and be 'Stupid Sally.' Men need respect, and they need to know that they can lead in the relationship, so even if they don't make the most money they need to be able to call the shots.
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There's a reason women are pregnant for nine months; by the end, you're ready to have this baby.
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There are so many cliches associated with mental health - such as the 'fine line between lunacy and genius' - which are, on the whole, a load of rubbish.
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My face lends itself to austere characters, and unless they're two-dimensional, I will do them. Any actor will tell you that an interesting villain is much more interesting to play.
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On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions.
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When I was a kid my father would read Neil Simon plays with me when I was going to bed, as bedtime stories. All of these old plays like The Odd Couple and Lost in Yonkers - funny but corny plays about Jewish New Yorkers in the mid-20th century.
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I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.
