Ornette Coleman Quotes
Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.
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I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.
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To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
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Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.
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In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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I will always be the way I was a couple years ago before anything happened. And that's to my parents' credit, my amazing parents who have been around me my whole life and raised me right. I'm very happy with what has happened so far.
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I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.
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I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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I live in New York and got a call from my agent saying there was this new role on 'Mad Men,' it might be recurring and they're seeing people tomorrow. I said, 'OK, this is one of those things where you hedge your bets, use your miles and get on a plane.' I flew out Tuesday morning and got the job on a Wednesday.
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Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
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I remember a period where my publisher said to me, 'Look, your historical work is selling much better than your contemporary work, so please give us more historicals.'
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We owe it to each other - and to our children and grandchildren - to leave our planet in a better state than when we found it.
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You are within God. God is within you.
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Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.
