Esperanza Spalding Quotes

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.

Esperanza Spalding

• Fear
• Responsibility
• Practice
• Jazz Musician

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• I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.

  

  Viktor E. Frankl
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• One of the most important things you can do in your life is to learn to pull back the curtain of fear so you can see it for what it really is - the enemy blowing a lot of smoke and pushing your buttons.

  

  Victoria Osteen
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• I'll drive down the street, and I'll practice improv. I will sit there at a red light and see two guys talking to each other, and I will just start playing both characters. I can't hear them, but I can see their mouths moving, so I'll just put words in their mouths.

  

  J. B. Smoove
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• I was given the opportunity to run a business, but on that very same day, I understood that it comes with a lot of responsibility, and responsibility comes at a price.

  

  Ofra Strauss
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• Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their careers. They all wanted to be the guy under the microscope late in the game or late in the match. So you just take on that know-how that that's part of your responsibility, and you learn that's what makes it exciting. That's what makes it fun!

  

  Wayne Gretzky
  • Fun
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• You guys know the way I play. And what's so ironic is, KG is the same way. I'm looking at him in practice and going, 'Wow, I'm always that guy,' you know?

  

  Latrell Sprewell
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• A tremendous social responsibility comes with being a successful public performer.

  

  A. Bartlett Giamatti
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• My biggest point to everybody is you have a responsibility to build your own network.

  

  Dana Perino
  • You
  • Responsibility
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• Right now I'm reading every fashion magazine I can find. As a shoe designer, I feel it's my responsibility to learn as much as I can about the business, past and present.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Business
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• You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Fear
  • Stop
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• I feel very honoured and humbled to have people think, 'If Yuna can break through, then why can't we?' It takes a lot of work, but I tell people to just have that focus. Always be humble and a learner, practice and do research.

  

  Yuna
  • People
  • Work
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• There's no reason why fiscal responsibility is a Democrat or a Republican point of view. It ought to be all of our points of view.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Why
  • Responsibility
  • View

• Knowledge of birth control is essentially moral. Its general, though prudent, practice must lead to a higher individuality and ultimately to a cleaner race.

  

  Margaret Sanger
  • Knowledge
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  • Practice

• A lot of people would say 'sexy' is about the body. But to me, 'sexy' is a woman with confidence. I admire women who have very little fear.

  

  Allegra Versace
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• On the one hand we publicly pronounce the equality of all peoples; on the other hand, in our immigration laws, we embrace in practice these very theories we abhor and verbally condemn.

  

  Emanuel Celler
  • Hand
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• When I sing for myself, I sing in a more free, athletic way. When I face an audience, there is always some fear that makes me put the brakes on a bit.

  

  Andrea Bocelli
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• Psychology is a big part of sport that some people do not realise. But it is a skill you have to practice.

  

  Jade Jones
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  • Practice
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• It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility.

  

  David Gower
  • Up
  • Question
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• Don't believe a teaching just because you've heard it from a man who's supposed to be holy, or because it's contained in a book supposed to be holy, or because all your friends and neighbors believe it. But whatever you've observed and analyzed for yourself and found to be reasonable and good, then accept that and put it into practice.

  

  Gautama Buddha
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• One thing I'd like to do is angel investing in small companies. That's what's exciting, and if you are lucky to have a bit of money, you can take those risks.

  

  Nick D'Aloisio
  • Risk
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• We can start with housing, the sturdiest of footholds for economic mobility. A national affordable housing program would be an anti-poverty effort, human capital investment, community improvement plan, and public health initiative all rolled into one.

  

  Matthew Desmond
  • Community
  • Health
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• Mark my words, history will remember President Zardari as one of the greatest and most successful leaders the country has ever seen.

  

  Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
  • Country
  • Remember
  • History

• I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.

  

  Esperanza Spalding
  • Fear
  • Responsibility
  • Practice