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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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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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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Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.
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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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Bush is no conservative.
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What is perhaps more worthy of note than how many tsunami dead we've seen, however, is how many other recent dead we have not seen.
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A recurrent theme of this book is that luck plays a large role in every story of success; it is almost always easy to identify a small change in the story that would have turned a remarkable achievement into a mediocre outcome.
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I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing.
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I have met a lot of top chefs around the world during my travels. Each one of them has said 'Ratatouille' is their favorite movie and the only movie that truly captures what they do.
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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.
