Wadada Leo Smith Quotes
I always felt of myself as a composer, performer, improviser. I've never called myself a jazz man. I make art.Wadada Leo Smith
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There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.
Laura Esquivel -
My own journey in becoming a poet began with memory - with the need to record and hold on to what was being lost. One of my earliest poems, 'Give and Take,' was about my Aunt Sugar, how I was losing her to her memory loss.
Natasha Trethewey -
When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.
Carla Gugino -
All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of nothing. I think that's where I learned a lot about being emotional.
Jacob Batalon -
Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
Carine Roitfeld -
You can't tag me as a regional actress.
Yami Gautam
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I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone.
Mamata Banerjee -
On some level, I think we want our reading self to represent our best self.
Gabrielle Zevin -
A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.
J. J. Watt -
Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?
Queen Rania of Jordan -
I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
Francesca Annis -
A lot of fighters come from Brazil. We've been doing this for long, long years.
Rafael dos Anjos
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
Wayne Gretzky -
Dance should mean something to you.
Damian Woetzel -
Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's the cultural construction of masculinity.
Jackson Katz -
My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
Mandy Patinkin -
It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods.
Jack Kilby -
I'm a soccer mom. I'm T-ball, soccer, karate, homework, keeping them on their schedules. I love being the snack mom, when I get to bring the cut oranges. I have one of those coolers with wheels. I'm at every game, every practice, sitting on my blanket. I love it.
Pamela Anderson
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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
Barney Frank -
What if a kid goes to school after seeing Kill Bill and starts slicing up other kids? You know, I'll take that chance! Violent films don't turn children into violent people. They may turn them into violent filmmakers but that's another matter altogether.
Quentin Tarantino -
I am a basketball player, and I would like to focus my energy on basketball. The other things, I would rather not do. It is not something I am greatly interested in, but I know it is my responsibility.
Yao Ming -
One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that.
Ira Glass -
It is the useless things that make life worth living and that make life dangerous too: wine, love, art, beauty. Without them life is safe, but not worth bothering with.
Stephen Fry -
I always felt of myself as a composer, performer, improviser. I've never called myself a jazz man. I make art.
Wadada Leo Smith