Miles Davis Quotes
It's not the note you play that's the wrong note - it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
Quotes to Explore
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When people who love the ocean come together, they can achieve extraordinary things.
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The main threat to the future of Europe is not those who want to come here to live but our own political, economic, and intellectual elites bent on transforming Europe against the clear will of the European people.
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My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.
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I think you just have to accept the fact that no one lives forever, and eventually things are going to come to an end, whether it's a TV show or life.
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One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
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If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.
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My body believes a famine is imminent and has begun stocking up on provisions. These supplies are being stored around my waistline. I've tried explaining to my stomach that this is entirely unnecessary: I've never once, not even when I was in college and more broke than the E.U., done any actual starving.
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If I would have won that Olympic gold medal, I would have gotten a job somewhere coaching at a university, and I would be totally content with my life.
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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
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An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
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You're in the public eye and you just hope that people don't come up and interrupt you while your in the middle of a meal or a conversation or something like that.
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Before a shoot, I'll watch what I eat. During the shoot, I watch what I eat. Afterwards, the first thing I do is go have a steak and French fries.
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To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
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It's funny that I got to do 'On the Road' because the thing that had the biggest impact on me growing up was reading books. I was very inspired by the book and this spirit of Dean Moriarty and how envious we all are of somebody who can be that carefree.
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I'd grown up doing children's theater there, and I always imagined myself being artistic director of a children's theater company.
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I gave up the notion of writing the life of Joan of Arc, as I found that there was absolutely no new material to be gleaned on her history - in fact, she had been thrashed out.
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When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You're got to write from deep inside.
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I've always wanted to be Batman, but I don't naturally tend towards Batman. I tend towards Robin, but I did get to play Superman.
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You definitely have to play real games and, through trial and error, get a feel for the game.
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If you want to take what I've learned and use it to your advantage, just listen and you won't have to go through it.
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I'm going to take care of myself because that's what I need to take care of.
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It's not the note you play that's the wrong note - it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.
