Edwin Lefevre Quotes
The beauty of doing business with a crook is that he always forgives you for catching him, so long as you don't stop doing business with him.
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Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
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A holiday vacation can mean sampling all kinds of new cuisine - whether it's Uncle Joe's award-winning chili or the exotic flavors of Nepal. If your little ones are fussy, be sure to ease mealtime hassles by bringing along a supply of the familiar foods they're accustomed to rejecting at home.
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Relationships ending are painful, and you can choose to carry that, or you can choose to reframe it.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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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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The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
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If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God.
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It doesn't matter what country or what political system you are from. Space brings you together.
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My plays have been strange from the beginning, and they never got unstrange.
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Being halfway through my life, I think we start feeling less invincible and we start thinking more about the important things.
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It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more wretched occupation than trying to make the English laugh.
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I read that when cats are cuddling and kneading you, and you think it's cute, they're really just checking your vitals for weak spots.
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I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.'
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Women are just so much tougher and more patient than men are - their capacity for empathy blows me away. And their capacity to deal with stress for long periods of time is also kind of awe inspiring.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?
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I was walking around legally blind. Now I have 20-20 vision. I can't believe I spent so many years blurry, but I think that coincides with how I was feeling. Now I notice if people are watching me, but I also smile right back if someone waves, which helps.
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If you listen to a language for 15 minutes, you know the rhythm and song.
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It's unfortunate that sometimes the personal things affect the business.
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As a business owner or manager, you know that hiring the wrong person is the most costly mistake you can make.
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The beauty of doing business with a crook is that he always forgives you for catching him, so long as you don't stop doing business with him.
