Wynton Marsalis Quotes
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For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.
Ildar Abdrazakov -
I have great stories. I am going to write a book.
Carlene Carter -
I don't look at myself as suffering.
A. J. Langer -
The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
Victor Hugo -
On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
Daniel Barenboim -
Four hundred is a lot. When I was young, I remember Kapil Dev getting it, and it was quite a big thing. An Indian had taken it. I feel honoured and proud that God has given me a chance to reach 400 wickets. It's a big thing for me; I don't know about others.
Harbhajan Singh
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There have never been so many women in the music industry, but they're doing ballads and pop. Where's the new Joan Jetts and the Wanda Jacksons and the Debbie Harrys, all these strong women? I wanna be the woman that rocks.
Imelda May -
It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.
Quintilian -
All emotions are the ore from which poetry may be sifted.
T. E. Hulme -
I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about..
Arthur C. Clarke -
You cut your life down for spite!
Arthur Miller -
I've seen 'Pride and Prejudice' about 4,000 times. I'm not joking: I know every single line.
Claire Foy
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It's certainly my honor to be able to, hopefully, change the world a tiny bit, one mind at a time.
Jodi Picoult -
We bought an apartment building and were going to live off the rent money. We rented to people who were on welfare and a lot of times they couldn't pay the rent. We wouldn't throw them out so we lost the building.
Dick York -
Today, writers want to impress other writers.
Paulo Coelho -
There's a thing about film composing and conducting in my family.
David Newman -
I just think in order for someone to understand my game, they have to watch me more than once, because I'm not going to do anything that's extra flashy or freakishly athletic.
Jeremy Lin -
The iPod wasn't the first MP3 player. Nor were the iPhone and iPad the first in their categories. The real reason for the success of these devices - the true unsung hero at Apple - is the iTunes software and iTunes Store. Because Apple provided them, it wasn't just selling hardware.
Daniel Lyons
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Pressure to me now has become almost part of my life. It doesn't really affect me anymore. People talk about me being under pressure or having pressure of having to come in and be this great player that everyone expects me to be right away. It doesn't really faze me. It's become second nature now. It's almost like it would be weird not to have it.
Reggie Bush -
Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
Karl Marx -
I was a bartender at a Pizzeria Uno's for nine years. The people I worked with were amazing, but it was quite possibly the most miserable time of my life.
Bobby Moynihan -
Trumpet players are just belligerant, and cocky, and you know, just hard-headed.
Wynton Marsalis