W. C. Sellar Quotes
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Life in California is beautiful.
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I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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On a Friday night in 1983, I was in a taxi in New York riding home from dinner with friends. A drunk driver ran a red light and hit the cab, and I was thrown toward the glass partition. I tried to duck, but my face hit the glass, and the impact fractured my cheekbone, my eye socket, my collarbone and several ribs.
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When I got '227' and broke out from the rest of the cast, I became a workaholic, and I was very lonely.
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Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives.
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Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters were enumerated by theologians, adds that the third was of Crete, the son of Saturn, and that his tomb is shown in that island.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I wasn't naturally drawn to fashion when I was younger but with my work I'm so exposed to what's out there that I'm hoping my style has become a little more sophisticated.
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I'm confident and really optimistic.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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The more brutal it gets in the working world, the more appealing the prospect of having someone at home creating a sanctuary becomes. Increasingly couples, particularly with children, are making that tough choice, with one or other partner electing to embrace domestic duties while the other brings home the cash.
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What I like about limousines is they have tinted windows, so no-one can see if you're snogging in the back seat.
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For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in issues of social justice, political freedom, and civil rights.
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I loved Ray from 'The Princess and the Frog.' He was my guy. There was no Ray before me, so there's a level of satisfaction there.
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Selfless action is a source of strength.
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History is not what you think. It is what you can remember.
