Wadada Leo Smith Quotes
I'm an optimist. I have always been, and I will continue to be. So I believe there's always a possibility of transforming or changing or doing something different.Wadada Leo Smith
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I was raised in Topanga Canyon. It's an eclectic community up in the Santa Monica mountains. A lot of musicians lived there - Joni Mitchell, Neil Young - as well as artists and craftspeople.
Inara George -
I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love dressing up and playing.
Talulah Riley -
I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
Ramez Naam -
Clearly I am a very strong, top-of-the-line, always-rising-to-it personage.
Lark Voorhies -
There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period.
Ted Nugent -
I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region.
Yitzhak Rabin
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
Nat King Cole -
There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
Ted Koppel -
If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
Natalie Goldberg -
In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
Taya Kyle -
For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
Yuliya Snigir -
I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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I would say my career is in a very good place. I'm in a place of a lot of hope for what's next. I see something great, but I'm not quite there.
Fortune Feimster -
My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.
Q'orianka Kilcher -
I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
Kate Walsh -
The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
Wallace Stevens -
You want to help gay kids, you have to reach them in middle school and high school, when they're being bullied.
Dan Savage -
With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
Vin Diesel
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When such acting powerhouses take note of your work and express their appreciation, it is an overwhelming feeling. I could not believe it when Rishi ji tweeted. Then Amitji and Rekha ma'am sent handwritten letters, which I have read more than fifty times. 'Dangal' is a very special film for me, and these are my lifetime treasure.
Fatima Sana Shaikh -
I am a person whose father had no religion but who went to the nuns for a couple of years. And I think I'm the same: On one hand, I pray; on the other hand, I don't believe. I am constantly between the two.
Anjelica Huston -
Well the thing is that the New York of 1846 to 1862 was very different from downtown New York now. Really nothing from that period still exists in New York.
Martin Scorsese -
All the different styles I've played have really helped me as a guitarist and helped me develop my own way of playing.
Tommy Bolin -
From the very depth of my being, I challenge the right of any man or any group of men, in business or in government, to tell a fellow human being that he or she is expendable.
Jimmy Reid -
I'm an optimist. I have always been, and I will continue to be. So I believe there's always a possibility of transforming or changing or doing something different.
Wadada Leo Smith