Elvin Jones Quotes
I can see forms and shapes in my mind when I solo, just as a painter can see forms and shapes when he starts painting. And I can see different colors.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.
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As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences.
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I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.
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When you're on a movie set and you are hopefully making a comedy, everyone's stifling their laughter. You're looking at the crew guys, hoping someone is making that face like, and not like, this is not working out, man.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter.
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All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.
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Men get laid, but women get screwed.
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That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.
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When I started out in the industry I was 14 and a beanpole, but over the last few years I've grown. For the most part I feel pretty OK with how I look. I know I'm different from the typical Hollywood ideal of what is beautiful. But quite frankly I don't think that's attainable, and I'm happy to represent something different.
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We have to prove to the disinherited majority of the world that ecology and conservation will not work against their interest but will bring an improvement in their lives.
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I'm not a good dancer, but I try. I don't really have the moves.
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Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.
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My instinct is to write under the cloak of an opaque historical setting.
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God knows, we don't want prayer.
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When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
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No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.
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I'm like an eight year old with the dressing-up box. I have the luxury of being able to change on a whim.
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I do have a few little tattoos, but they were mostly done to cover scars because I'm so fair.
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I am an optimist. I believe the future is bright. I think people who see life painted in dark colors are the ones who do not take ownership.
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The most beautiful colors laid on at random, give less pleasure than a black-and-white drawing.
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I can see forms and shapes in my mind when I solo, just as a painter can see forms and shapes when he starts painting. And I can see different colors.
