Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
Jazz is really about the human experience. It’s about the ability of human beings to take the worst of circumstances and struggles and turn it into something creative and constructive. That’s something that’s built into the fiber of every human being. And I think that’s why people can respond to it. They feel the freedom in it. And the attributes of jazz are also admirable. It’s about dialogue. It’s about sharing. And teamwork. It’s in the moment, and it's nonjudgmental.
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It's interesting to know how much you are worth.
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If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.
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People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.
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The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.
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Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. Acting is what I want to do.
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When the whole world reads your books, is there any other happiness for a writer? I am happy that my books are read in 57 languages. But I am focused on Istanbul not because of Istanbul but because of humanity. Everyone is the same in the end.
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Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
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A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
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You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.
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All fighters run. The constant motion prepares you for being in the ring. And running strengthens your legs. Punching power comes from your lower body.
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In the case of the cashew, someone, somewhere, a long time ago determined that it had to be roasted. The cashew was once nicknamed the blister nut, because if you try to eat it raw from the tree, your mouth pays the price. The cashew is not a nut, however; it's a seed.
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It never became an obsession for me to score at all costs. I've always said that I'm not a big scorer, I'm a worker.
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You ain't gonna sell two copies if you press a double album.
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In the state of Wisconsin it's mandated that teachers in the social sciences and hard sciences have to start giving environmental education by the first grade, through high school.
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I'm paying more taxes inside my company and personally than I'll ever receive from Congress.
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I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.
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I don't think business news is just for old white men with money.
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My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
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Hail, hail rock and roll; deliver me from the days of old. Long live rock and roll; the beat of the drums, loud and bold. Rock, rock, rock and roll; the feelin' is there, body and soul.
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If the seventies were bulbous, and the eighties sharp, the nineties were nothing but bogus.
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The worst thing is to be born sighted but to lack vision.
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Jazz is really about the human experience. It’s about the ability of human beings to take the worst of circumstances and struggles and turn it into something creative and constructive. That’s something that’s built into the fiber of every human being. And I think that’s why people can respond to it. They feel the freedom in it. And the attributes of jazz are also admirable. It’s about dialogue. It’s about sharing. And teamwork. It’s in the moment, and it's nonjudgmental.
