Paul Horn Quotes
It's funny to find there are still people around who think if a musician has schooling, it automatically makes him a lesser jazz player. But you don't learn jazz in school.
Quotes to Explore
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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I'm not a control freak.
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Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.
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The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.
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My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back.
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I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.
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I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time. It wasn't until 1980 - I think I was 12 years old - that I thought, 'Wow that's what I want to do. I want to be on the Olympic team.'
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Bringing an end to mass government surveillance needs to be a central pillar of returning to the principles we have put in jeopardy in the early 21st century.
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My features I take from my father, but my spirit, my industry and perseverance I get from my Indian mother.
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At a time when we are dealing with unpredictable suppliers of energy abroad and higher gas costs at home, the decision to increase domestic energy exploration is integral to a balanced, common sense energy policy.
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I made bad decisions. That being said - the question is, does the public care about that?
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Should you be a teenager blessed with uncommon good looks, document this state of affairs by the taking of photographs. It is the only way anyone will ever believe you in years to come.
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I feel like I can be a frontman; I feel like I have good songs.
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There is nothing with which it is so dangerous to take liberties as liberty itself.
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The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
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It was football I enjoyed most. When I moved to L.A. to become a stand-up comedian, I thought it might be a good comedy hook to also be the punter for USFL club The L.A. Express, so I started practicing for the tryouts. Luckily, my stand-up took off, and I didn't need to do it.
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Online is another way for all of us to reach people.
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Patrimonial capitalism's legacy is that many people see reform as a euphemism for corruption and self-dealing.
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I love technology, and I love new gadgets. I can no longer figure out how to use any of them, but I love them.
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Most decisions are not binary, and there are usually better answers waiting to be found if you do the analysis and involve the right people.
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The government can spy on people using their mobile phones while they're with their wives and husbands.
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The hardest thing in leadership is managing your own psychology, and yet it's also the least talked about.
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For a while there, I was a stringer. The expression comes from the old habit of stringing together the column inches that you had written. They'd measure it and pay you 10 cents an inch for your printed copy.
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It's funny to find there are still people around who think if a musician has schooling, it automatically makes him a lesser jazz player. But you don't learn jazz in school.
