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.

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• One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • Happiness
  • Self
  • Open

• 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.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • World
  • Help
  • Peace

• I can't relate to skinny, perfectly sculptured, tanned men singing about gold chains and Ferraris because I'm not that way.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Men
  • Singing
  • Gold

• 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.

  

  Ian Lustick
  • Think
  • You
  • Terrorism

• Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.

  

  Camryn Manheim
  • World
  • Energy
  • Positive

• You don't pass up roles that give you the opportunity to stretch and to grow.

  

  Salli Richardson
  • Up
  • You
  • Opportunity

• I cannot believe I became some kind of hero. I'm just a common Korean woman.

  

  Yi So-Yeon
  • Believe
  • Woman
  • Hero

• I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Music
  • Nature
  • Dance

• 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.

  

  Gary Shteyngart
  • Time
  • Lost
  • iPhone

• 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.

  

  Abraham Maslow
  • People
  • Believe
  • Together

• 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.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Life
  • Music
  • Wish

• If I don't die in a plane crash or something, this country has a rare opportunity to watch a great talent grow.

  

  Eddie Murphy
  • Great
  • Country
  • Opportunity

• The consumption of petroleum should be conserved. We need to adopt some austerity measures. The people should cooperate with us.

  

  Veerappa Moily
  • People
  • Need
  • Consumption

• 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.

  

  Daniel De Leon
  • Heart
  • Ideas
  • Progress

• You are not just, "This is the way I play it every night." You are constantly finding new ways in, new attacks, "I want to try it this way. Maybe this scene is affecting that scene. I want to attack this scene differently."

  

  Kevin Spacey
  • Trying
  • Want
  • Night

• People face difficulties, no matter who you are. I faced difficulties with a lot of things. I face opposition every day, but I didn't kill myself and now, thank God, I'm here.

  

  Nicki Minaj
  • People
  • God
  • Difficulty

• 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.

  

  Wayne Shorter
  • People
  • World
  • Past

• Why should all life be work, when we all can borrow. Let's think only of today, and not worry about tomorrow.

  

  Zelda Fitzgerald
  • Life
  • Work
  • Why

• In primary school, every day and especially on Fridays, I was supposed to say, 'I am Turkish, and I am righteous and hardworking,' But all those things did not actually turn us into Turks. This system is somehow creating fake personalities.

  

  Osman Baydemir
  • School
  • Fake
  • Creating

• Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?'.

  

  Steve Jobs
  • Boy
  • Older People
  • What is it

• What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in English, but simply every book - a key part of our planet's cultural legacy.

  

  Aaron Swartz
  • Important
  • Book
  • English

• 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.

  

  Glenn Miller
  • Chance
  • Successful
  • Being