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Jazz should be much less about stress on technical exhibitionism and much more on emotional content.

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• Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Me
  • Fame
  • Deal

• People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • People
  • Religion
  • Name

• From early morning to late at night, it's such an interesting life, and I'm healthy and free, and that's not so easy with a family.

  

  Olav Thon
  • Life
  • Family
  • Night

• At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • Age
  • Cool
  • Voice

• I've covered the White House and been yelled at by presidents.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • House
  • White
  • White House

• I think that, as a white person stepping into doing any sort of anti-systematic-racism type of work, asking yourself, 'What is your intention?' needs to happen on a consistent basis. Check yourself. Check yourself. Check yourself, like, constantly.

  

  Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
  • Work
  • Think
  • Yourself

• It used to be that you had to come to Silicon Valley, walk up Sand Hill Road, network with individuals. That's now being completely changed and turned on its head by the whole ICO thing.

  

  Balaji S. Srinivasan
  • Up
  • Road
  • Walk

• One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Children
  • Why
  • Still

• There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.

  

  Abraham Verghese
  • Feeling
  • Moments
  • Teacher

• If I feel that I'm not able to do my best work - whether that's my own fault or as a result of an editorial situation - then I need to stop doing it. I would rather not do something than do it badly or ineffectively. It's the only way I can live with myself and do right by the fans in the long haul.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Work
  • Long
  • Live

• Among all the 'awards' that I have hitherto collected, I consider the title of 'patita' or 'fallen woman' to be the highest. This is an achievement of my long-struggling life as a writer and as a woman.

  

  Taslima Nasrin
  • Life
  • Long
  • Woman

• It's called 'I Wanna Thank You,' and I'm encouraging everybody out there to blog, Tweet, Facebook, anything about it. Let's sign a petition. The petition is called 'Busta Rhymes Make 'I Wanna Thank You' Your First Single.'

  

  Q-Tip
  • You
  • Single
  • Encouraging

• In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as service in the regular army, although to be perfectly honest, I was unable to fulfill my entire obligation because I was taking acting classes and they said I could skip my last year.

  

  Larry David
  • Long
  • Service
  • Army

• Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Know
  • Distance
  • Loyal

• I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.

  

  Pat Metheny
  • Change
  • Creativity
  • Jazz

• While the Internet is important for us, India is also necessary for the Internet with its 1.2 billion population.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Important
  • Internet
  • India

• Manouri is a Greek ewes' milk cheese that's light in colour and texture. It's fresh and milky, and goes well with other subtle flavours.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Light
  • Greek
  • Cheese

• All fighters run. The constant motion prepares you for being in the ring. And running strengthens your legs. Punching power comes from your lower body.

  

  Laila Ali
  • Power
  • Running
  • Body

• In the case of the cashew, someone, somewhere, a long time ago determined that it had to be roasted. The cashew was once nicknamed the blister nut, because if you try to eat it raw from the tree, your mouth pays the price. The cashew is not a nut, however; it's a seed.

  

  Kate Christensen
  • Time
  • Long
  • Tree

• I'm living the dream, man.

  

  Rich Eisen
  • Dream
  • Living

• I don't let a poem go into the world unless I feel that I've transformed the experience in some way. Even poems I've written in the past that appear very personal often are fictions of the personal, which nevertheless reveal concerns of mine. I've always thought of my first-person speaker as an amalgam of selves, maybe of other people's experiences as well.

  

  Stephen Dunn
  • World
  • Past
  • Concern

• They memorize everything and learn... nothing.

  

  Esther M. Friesner
  • Learn
  • Memorize

• I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening to jazz... a beautiful chaos.

  

  Josephine de La Baume
  • Beautiful
  • Listening
  • Chaos

• Jazz should be much less about stress on technical exhibitionism and much more on emotional content.

  

  Booker Little
  • Jazz
  • Content
  • Exhibitionism