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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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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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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We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.
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I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.
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Get every candidate to wear a NASCAR racing suit when they go debate; this way we can see how their sponsors really are.
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There's a process teams go through to put themselves in a competitive place. And when they get to that position, I felt like if they want me to coach that team, I'd have to listen to them, because of my connections in New York and my connections as a Knick.
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I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, 'sociologist.'
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My problem isn't death but old age. I fret about my lack of balance, my buckling knee, my difficulty standing up and sitting down.
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I don't have to get myself pumped up or calm myself down. As we get into the later rounds of a tournament and there is more at stake, I have even more adrenaline. If we make the finals, it's just an extra opportunity to win a tournament at my age. That doesn't come along that often.
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I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.
