Jesse Kramer Quotes
I don't believe in setlists unless it's with a band I haven't played with before or a situation like that … I've never used a set list. I expect my band, or people playing music with me, to know what the songs are if I start going to the eighth note. They need to know that.
Quotes to Explore
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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I do not want to be a long-term CEO.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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Economics has paid a terrible price for its dalliances with the Keynesian and neoclassical theories.
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When I was young, 'Scarface' was my favorite film. Al Pacino is my hero. I want to work with him.
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What I wear is constantly evolving. I am really big on comfortable clothes. I love soft, loose-fitting clothing that has some edge or something new/fresh to it.
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I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.
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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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Producers want to put their music behind revivals but I don't think that's a good trend for the theater at all.
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I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.
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The scene was attempted a second time, up on top of the fort, and cameras didn't even roll. Michael, though he wasn't admitting it, wasn't sure how to shoot the scene.
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Bathrooms are, on a square foot basis, the most expensive room in the house to renovate. If you want to test your heart's fitness, try shopping for simple bathroom faucets. Add in the cost of the required valves, mixers and trims, and you may need reviving when you see the tally!
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English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be.
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I do understand how hate eats at the soul and how to purge yourself of hate.
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You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.
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My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.
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Music is my contribution to life. I have my heart in it.
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The terror of failure can make you feel like a failure. So a bunch of people think you're not very good at your thing. How much do you invest in what they say? How much do you care? Failure is not putting yourself on the line.
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When I arrived in America, I experienced serious culture shock. For someone with a religious upbringing, the 1960s were an extremely difficult time. Even though religion was a big part of the civil rights and peace movements, in my college religion was treated as irrelevant, hopelessly stodgy, and behind the times.
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I don't believe in setlists unless it's with a band I haven't played with before or a situation like that … I've never used a set list. I expect my band, or people playing music with me, to know what the songs are if I start going to the eighth note. They need to know that.
