Norman Granz Quotes
I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.
Quotes to Explore
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New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who can come to witness first-hand what a vibrant multicultural democracy looks like.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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A woman going out with a younger man feels like the last taboo.
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Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
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I think that T.V. shows are more like working at a home. You know you're going to the same place every day, working with the same people, the same cast and crew. You're in a dressing room instead of a trailer, so I think that that's more of a normal sort of lifestyle.
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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My sister and I had resolved never to become teachers because the job seemed to demand so much. My mother always seemed to be working. Our dining room table was cluttered with papers waiting to be read and graded.
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'Smart', in American usage, is slicker and sharper than 'intelligent'; faster off the mark and quicker on its feet than deep thought.
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Not that I want everything right now; but I do want everything.
Nastassja Kinski -
I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
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The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family.
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I enjoy stories about thin women - I read them frequently. I enjoy them; I root for those characters, but I always feel like there are enough of them out there and there are enough of them in the spotlight.
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It was definitely some tough moments throughout my life, but I kind of stayed focused and came through the other end of the tunnel.
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It was sort of his 'Brando' moment - his very 'method' moment. He just absorbed it and continued on.
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I am not an 'unplug' person. I like being plugged in.
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I had no particular image of Chicago in mind when I wrote 'My Kind of Town.' All I wanted to do was write a song in praise of Chicago, and that's what I did.
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Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.
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The little man on the wedding cake.
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I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
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I was an extra in a Tia Carrere music video.
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I used to think that eighty was a very old age. Now I am ninety. I do not think this any more. As long as you are able to admire and to love, you are young.
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Any extreme political creed brought only darkness in the long run; it lit up nothing. The best politics were those of caution, tolerance and moderation, Angus maintained, but such politics were, alas, also very dull, and certainly moved nobody to poetry.
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I seem to long for community and mistrust it in equal measure, and so I spend most of my days carefully constructing various communities in stories and seeing if they fly.
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I allowed artists to play for as long as they felt they could justifiably continue to create.
