Sun Ra Quotes
The music is not part of this planet in a sense that the spirit of it is about happiness. Most musicians play earth things about what they know, but I found out that they are mostly unhappy and frustrated, and that creeps over into their music.
Quotes to Explore
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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I always focused on being an actor. I did stand-up briefly, but I also did a lot of dramatic work. But since I've been on 'The Daily Show,' people think I'm a comedian. That's not how I see myself.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend.
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I was the first to advocate the Web. But I am very troubled by this thing that every kid must have a laptop computer. The kids are totally in the computer age. There's a whole new brain operation that's being moulded by the computer.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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Overwhelmed by the miraculous potentialities of the machine, our human greed has interfered with the biological cycle of human companionship which keeps the life of a community healthy.
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I think Sydney has so much natural beauty; it's just a beautiful city.
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Unfortunately, in the race to the most douchebaggery, Silicon Valley is fast in gaining on Hollywood. That race is neck and neck.
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I grew up outside of Boston in a town called Manchester by the Sea, and we spent our summers in Nantucket.
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'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.
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If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off.
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The biggest breakthroughs in consciousness occur when things are difficult; when we have a choice to fall to the worst of ourselves or rise to the best of ourselves.
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I always grew up with, 'Question authority.'
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Life is constantly supporting us and giving us gifts. It's a matter of opening ourselves to that.
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My point is that you cannot force social change at a speed that it cannot go. Social change is evolutionary, not revolutionary. Deep social change takes time. And slowly the culture is changing. The MTV generation is far more tolerant, and that tolerance is growing.
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Pride is the emotional reward of achievement. It is not a vice to be overcome but a virtue to be attained.
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The operation of the imagination in life is more significant than its operation in or in relation to works of art... in life what is important is the truth as it is, while in arts and letters what is important is truth as we see it.
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What I have learned, above all, is to keep marching forward because the best news is that since chance does play a role, one important factor in success is under our control: the number of at bats, the number of chances taken, the number of opportunities seized.
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You can have a great script, and it can be a great show, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't take the public's interest.
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No single crisis shapes a generation; but a succession of events, each one bringing its shaping blows to bear.
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Through one all are known, through one all are also seen.
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The music is not part of this planet in a sense that the spirit of it is about happiness. Most musicians play earth things about what they know, but I found out that they are mostly unhappy and frustrated, and that creeps over into their music.
