Miles Davis Quotes
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
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I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.
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I knew I would get offers to play the villain after 'Kick,' and I had already decided to reject all of them.
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The nature of an ensemble means when you're a supporting character and not the lead character, you get little tidbits here and there, but you're usually there to provide bits of comic relief and little bits of action or something.
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Silence is ever speaking; it is the perennial flow of language.
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I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.
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Bolivia is not yet a country of equals.
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Multiplicity was a movie that tested really well. People seeing the movie really liked it, but then the studio couldn't market it. We opened on a weekend with nine other films.
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I don't feel as if I have to force anything. I just have to play my game.
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When I say I hate nostalgia, I hate things set in the recent past where everything is shiny and new.
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'Torches' opened a lot of doors. Ultimately, it turned into an experience to be reckoned with.
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Garth Fundis is a song guy. He is in it for the right reasons; he's about the music. He doesn't ever try to talk you into recording something that you shouldn't. He gets it.
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So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success, and my desire is to widen my field even if I risk failure.
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If you gave me an hour in the day between '09 and '14, I could have told you exactly where I was and what I was doing.
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Ethically, I think pretty much every code of ethics for doctors suggests that they should not be in an interrogation room, particularly if there's anything coercive or abusive going on.
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Da'esh and Assad are not separate problems.
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If I didn't start singing in the cabarets and on my albums, I could have never even tried something like 'Capone.'
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What's become a big theme in my music is my dad as a narrative character. I never had the opportunity to understand our relationship in a more adult capacity. The unknown is great material for any creative outlet.
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Every picture I make, every experience of my private life, every lesson I learn are the keys to my future. And I have faith in it.
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It must never be forgotten that the purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous is to sober up alcoholics. There is no religious or spiritual requirement for membership. No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them.
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In music, silence is more important than sound.
