Wayne Shorter Quotes
Dealing with the unknown, the unexpected, is a reflection for me musically of what's happening in the world, because people are learning how to dialog with each other without any past strategy or any kind of formula from the past.
Quotes to Explore
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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If you're a thinking person, the liver is interesting, but nothing is more intriguing than the brain.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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Europe can be saved.
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Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.
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Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
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It is not productive to see things in simple black and white, and talk in either anti-nuclear or pro-nuclear terms.
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However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.
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I loved DreamWorks and Pixar, and I still love kids' films.
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I like to travel by myself.
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I love the idea of bringing my work to the general public, not just people who go to gallery openings.
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I've heard that almost all the people crowding around the big art openings barely look at the work on display and are just there to hobnob. Nothing wrong with that, except that none of them ever come back to look at the art - but they will tell everyone, and actually believe, that they have seen the exhibition.
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People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
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The Center for American Progress rates Maryland as the best state in the nation for women. I couldn't agree more.
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Seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert him from laying violent hands upon the ship.
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Dealing with the unknown, the unexpected, is a reflection for me musically of what's happening in the world, because people are learning how to dialog with each other without any past strategy or any kind of formula from the past.
