Wayne Gerard Trotman Quotes
For most people, art is only valuable if other people say it is; and artists are only worthwhile if they are either rich and famous, or dead.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a form of music like jazz, that should be - or you'd think should be - all about liberation and improvisation and everything.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.
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Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in people's minds with emotion.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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I'm the only gay person my parents know.
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I enjoy money.
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The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
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So, to reward him for his run (As it was baking hot, And he was over twenty stone), The King proceeded, half in fun, To knight him on the spot.
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Playing in New York, there's a lot of pressure, but me and some Europeans like the pressure.
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The word, and the concept of feminism, was a gift because it gave me a sense of identity and a way of defining how I wished to live my life.
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When I ride the subway back and forth, sometimes I look at the other passengers and wonder if any of them are children who have been adopted or parents who have adopted.
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I don't think it's safe to allow anybody from the Middle East into this country.
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I can be manipulated only so many times Before even 'I love you' starts to sound like a lie.
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Love is who we are, and when we deviate from that love we're deviating from our ultimate, essential, eternal reality.
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I always dreamed, when I started writing music, to find a way of immersing yourself in it.
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As much as we can, we want to prevent people from having to think about how to keep and share their stuff.
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The arts are the salt of the earth; as salt relates to food, the arts relate to technology.
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For most people, art is only valuable if other people say it is; and artists are only worthwhile if they are either rich and famous, or dead.
