Wayne Shorter Quotes
The arts can open the door to the imagination, pushing the envelope of how peace can be created. It takes courage to take this kind of risk, and courage is what we all need to create a better world.
Quotes to Explore
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
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I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
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I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov -
So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
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One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.
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My mother's parents died when I was quite young, so I would like to be able to go back and know those people as an adult.
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The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.'
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In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.
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I am an artist who works with Lego.
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I worked at a hospital parking cars and getting folks in and out of the hospital as they would come in for their appointments.
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I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.
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Our past is who we are, and death is one of our experiences. I lost my husband a long time ago, but it's always yesterday.
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Maybe I'm misjudging people, but I feel like a lot of people still have an image of me in a bonnet at nine years old.
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We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone.
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Of course killing people is 'wrong', but I think history shows that sometimes it serves the greater good.
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Black men, Indian men, and gay men have all have something in common: They do not provide an economic security blanket for women.
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The arts can open the door to the imagination, pushing the envelope of how peace can be created. It takes courage to take this kind of risk, and courage is what we all need to create a better world.
