Gerry Mulligan Quotes
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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The art of love is who you share it with.
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My goal is to get outs as soon as I can. Strikeouts aren't that big a deal to me.
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Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.
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Cricket is not like a government job where retirement age is fixed at A cricketer can retire at 30 or 60; it's up to the player.
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All such action would cease if those powerful elemental forces were to cease stirring within us.
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With sturdy shoulders, space stands opposing all its weight to nothingness. Where space is, there is being.
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Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.
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Can you love or guide someone without any kind of expectation?
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Theirs is the present who can praise the past.
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Why should the railroad employees be parceled out among a score of different organizations? They are all employed in the same service. Their interests are mutual. They ought to be able to act together as one. But they divide according to craft and calling, and if you were to propose today to unite them that they might actually do something to advance their collective and individual interests as workers, you would be opposed by every grand officer of these organizations.
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To say that it is without pace, point, focus, interest, drama, wit or originality is to say simply that it does not happen to be my cup of tea.
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What is the universe? The universe is a symphony of vibrating strings...we are nothing but melodies. We are nothing but cosmic music played out on vibrating strings and membranes.
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We're a blue-collar band. That's how we like to think of ourselves. We come from humble beginnings and still have this attitude of really loving to meet people, shake their hands, and talk with them.
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Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.
