Glenn Miller Quotes
By giving the public a rich and full melody, distinctly arranged and well played, all the time creating new tone colors and patterns, I feel we have a better chance of being successful. I want a kick to my band, but I don't want the rhythm to hog the spotlight.
Quotes to Explore
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One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
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Many of the wars we see around the world start as domestic conflicts that are fueled by external forces and powers. My view is that we can help peace if we help communities transform from the inside, on their own terms.
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The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man.
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I can't relate to skinny, perfectly sculptured, tanned men singing about gold chains and Ferraris because I'm not that way.
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I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.
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I think about terrorism in terms of popcorn. You can't tell which kernels are popcorn and which are not, but you assume you'll always have some kernels that are going to pop.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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Urban residents, most of them middle class, have a much better sense of their environmental rights, and they're willing to take to the streets.
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At the end of October 4 in 1957, when I was coming back from sea duty in the South Pacific, Sputnik went up. I realized that humans would be right behind robot aircraft or spacecraft even though I really had no plans of being in aviation or a professional aviator and certainly not in the military.
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You don't pass up roles that give you the opportunity to stretch and to grow.
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I cannot believe I became some kind of hero. I'm just a common Korean woman.
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I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.
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The best thing about the iPhone is this that tells me where I am all the time. There's never a need to feel lost anymore.
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What we need is a system of thought - you might even call it a religion - that can bind humans together. A system that would fit the Republic of Chad as well as the United States: a system that would supply our idealistic young people with something to believe in.
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Classical music only really came into my life in 1969. I wish I had heard classical music and church music when I was a teenager or even as a child.
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If I don't die in a plane crash or something, this country has a rare opportunity to watch a great talent grow.
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The consumption of petroleum should be conserved. We need to adopt some austerity measures. The people should cooperate with us.
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Capitalism attacks and destroys all the finer sentiments of the human heart; it ruthlessly sweeps away old traditions and ideas opposed to its progress, and it exploits and corrupts those things once held sacred.
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I'm very proud to be British, and my brand is British.
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All of world's eyes are trained on the Games. So winning at that stage is heroic. It is a different feeling altogether and cannot be explained in words.
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In the 21st century when few of us stay in the same job all our lives, I would like to think there was flexibility so teachers could become social workers, or foster carers become teachers.
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I don't know about making a passionate love story, even if it's appealing for an audience to see a husband and wife make love on the screen.
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By giving the public a rich and full melody, distinctly arranged and well played, all the time creating new tone colors and patterns, I feel we have a better chance of being successful. I want a kick to my band, but I don't want the rhythm to hog the spotlight.
