Esperanza Spalding Quotes

I don't watch TV, I don't spend time on the Internet, and I don't party much. I don't text very much, either.

Esperanza Spalding

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• The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Beautiful
  • Unity
  • Essence

• Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.

  

  R. Buckminster Fuller
  • Think
  • Alone
  • Thought

• I do believe there are leaders who are like lightning and they come along and they lead. The Lincolns of the world, the Alexander the Greats, they do exist. They have existed.

  

  Oliver Stone
  • World
  • Believe
  • Lead

• We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Money
  • Political
  • Free

• My grandma passed away from cancer, and actually, when I was 18, I had an experience with melanoma – it's in the family. I had that experience where everything comes into perspective. It's the weirdest thing, 'cause you're like, 'It will never happen to me,' and when it does, it's like, 'OK, wow.'

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Family
  • Experience
  • Me

• Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • History
  • Peace
  • Happiness

• I love working back home, but it is a small country, and we do get tired of watching each other.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Country
  • Home
  • Tired

• Guys in slavery sang praises to the Lord to deliver them from bondage.

  

  Isaac Hayes
  • Slavery
  • Lord
  • Bondage

• I'm usually bikini-ready all year round.

  

  Candice Swanepoel
  • Year
  • Round

• In New York, the former lack of real competition allowed taxis to extract excessive charges, regardless of the poor service.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Real
  • Service
  • Competition

• The truth is I'm not actually an expert programmer! I really don't consider myself to be an expert at anything. For me, it's more about having a well-rounded and broad horizon. I think that's where a lot of the more interesting things come from - mashing up completely disparate aspects of life to create something new and original.

  

  Aaron Koblin
  • Life
  • Up
  • Truth

• Panamanian boxing is unique - it's very musical. It's almost like a dance. It has a lot to do with being in the Caribbean and with salsa. When you see a Panamanian boxer, there's a style. There's a playfulness in the way you throw the punches.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • Style
  • Dance
  • Unique

• I grew up backstage and on movie sets, and I thought they were the most magical places on Earth.

  

  Zosia Mamet
  • Up
  • Movie
  • Earth

• I had internal bleeding with blood clots on the brain. I was completely blind and deaf. I had a heart attack and a stroke.

  

  Vanity
  • Heart
  • Brain
  • Blind

• It took five days to drive to Los Angeles by myself. I listened to Abbey Road for six hours at a time and watched the desert open up before me again and again. I saw the sun set and rise at the Grand Canyon, and I sang out over the cliffs, picked up tumble weeds along the way and threw them in the back of my car.

  

  Madi Diaz
  • Up
  • Time
  • Myself

• Businessmen need to understand the challenges of society and contribute to solving them.

  

  Victor Pinchuk
  • Society
  • Challenges
  • Need

• For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete.

  

  Lafcadio Hearn
  • Knowledge
  • Education
  • Study

• I have literally been working in music just about my entire life.

  

  Eddie Trunk
  • Life
  • Music
  • Working

• The truth is, Hillary Clinton's ideas create more income inequality. Why? Because bigger government creates crony capitalism. When you have a 70,000 page tax code, you've got to be very wealthy, very powerful, very well connected to dig your way through that tax code.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Why
  • Truth
  • Government

• The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Politics
  • Safety
  • Aim

• Know your target audience. Always keep them at the forefront of your mind. Understand their lifestyle and what they are looking for. Gather their feedback and use it to tailor your approach. The voice of the consumer is an essential input into the development of any fashion business or blog.

  

  Imran Amed
  • Mind
  • Business
  • Fashion

• As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship.

  

  Arthur C. Brooks
  • Political
  • Party
  • Independent

• I don't watch TV, I don't spend time on the Internet, and I don't party much. I don't text very much, either.

  

  Esperanza Spalding
  • Party
  • Internet
  • Watch TV