Ornette Coleman Quotes
I don't really live like a musician myself. I think music is just something that I do, but I'd like to be doing lots of other things. I like to cure all kinds of illness.
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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I think that we are trying to put data communications, telecommunications and media communications together and be the No. 1 player there.
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Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
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Another occupation might have been better.
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The business part of it can be very vexing. You always have to keep certain metrics and everything. Because all I can do is make a good show.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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I have to make little movies. I have to sit and film.
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We can only learn to love by loving.
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Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
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You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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The Garden of Wonders project encompasses the knowledge that Be Open has accumulated over the years of work on different continents and different spheres.
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Life can be a lot broader... when you realize one simple thing: And that is that everything around us that we call life was made up by people who were no smarter than you. And you can build your own life that other people can live in. So build a life. Don't live one. Build one. Find your opportunity, and always be sexy.
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I'm not a DJ - I don't know how to scratch or mix records, but I know how to party, and I know music. I grew up in Philly; it's a very musical city. My house was full of music.
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I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.
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I don't really live like a musician myself. I think music is just something that I do, but I'd like to be doing lots of other things. I like to cure all kinds of illness.
