Cecil Taylor (Cecil Percival Taylor) Quotes
Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, "who's that at the piano?"
Cecil Taylor
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My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.
Rafael Nadal
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My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie.
Quentin Tarantino
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
Otto von Bismarck
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If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
Victoria Osteen
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I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey.
Mackenzie Phillips
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In London, before I set out, I had paid one shilling; another was now demanded, so that upon the whole, from London to Richmond, the passage in the stage costs just two shillings.
Karl Philipp Moritz
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It's one thing to say, 'I don't like what you said to me and I find it rude and offensive,' but the moment you threaten violence in return, you've taken it to another level, where you lose whatever credibility you had.
Salman Rushdie
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The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here.
Kabir Bedi
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Wealth is not a pizza, where if I have too many slices you have to eat the Domino's box.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I really love writing, but I am very easily distracted: my two cats fighting, a rainbow, a TV show... I have to use every trick to keep myself at the computer.
K. A. Applegate
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I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.
Garry Trudeau
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The best way to learn is live, in person, cooking, feeling, smelling and tasting, but TV is the second-best thing to that; it's a halfway facsimile.
Ted Allen
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When people sing together, community is created. Together we rejoice, we celebrate, we mourn and we comfort each other. Through music, we reach each others hearts and souls. Music allows us to find a connection.
Peter Yarrow
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Writing and directing, to me, was the logical evolution from my life as an actor: going from telling someone else's story to actually creating my own. Perhaps one day I will do all three: write, direct, and act in the same production. That might get a little hectic, though.
Tamzin Merchant
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Possibly I am difficult to live with, but I don't bring my work home much. I'm either busy or not busy. And I don't work from home. I have an office here which has a white wall. No view. I did try working in a room with a view but it was too interesting. Too distracting.
Jack Dee
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Sometimes new voices have the most spectacular vision. It is uncluttered and organic.
Karan Johar
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Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, "who's that at the piano?"
Cecil Taylor
