Pat Metheny Quotes
People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.
Quotes to Explore
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.
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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.
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I always appreciate people's opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why I'm writing and what I want to do with it. Shutting out the voices is difficult but it's been good for me.
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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The mandate we have as Jews is for the story of the Exodus from Egypt to be retold every generation.
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It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.
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When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.
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Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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It's come to the point where you have people saying it's our Christian duty to embrace the homosexual movement. This is absurd.
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I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn't walked a day in my shoes.
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As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
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There's been a gap between perception and reality, the perception being that California is on the cutting edge of gun safety legislation when, in fact, there are a number of areas where we have fallen behind.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.
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I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in love with them, and have never regretted it.
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And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting.
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Your life story is a novel; and people, though they love novels wound between two yellow paper covers, are oddly suspicious of those which come to them in living vellum.
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Word of mouth now has a unprecedented influence because it spreads so far and so fast.
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People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.
