Lee Konitz Quotes
We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out.
Lee Konitz
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
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Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate.
Rand Paul
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Christianity, Judaism and Islam all share a gospel, loosely, and it's important that we all realize that.
Dan Brown
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My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.
Adam Carolla
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There was no Groundlings or Upright Citizens Brigade where I was from. Looking back on it, I was trying to do sketch comedy in my stand-up, which is still kind of what I am doing now. To go full-circle here, it's kind of like one-man sketch.
Dana Carvey
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I've fallen down crevasses, been bitten by snakes, been knocked unconscious, had various limbs broken and once, a heavy camera came plunging down which very nearly decapitated me.
Bear Grylls
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I think the Bush Administration was bound and determined on regime change, and we will be paying the price of that for some time to come.
Valerie Plame
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In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough. What's important now are the characteristics of the brain's right hemisphere: artistry, empathy, inventiveness, big-picture thinking.
Dan Pink
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I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.
Karin Slaughter
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The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far, his hematocrit will fall.
Malcolm Gladwell
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I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work.
Verne Troyer
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Microsoft is engaging in unlawful predatory practices that go well beyond the scope of fair competition.
Orrin Hatch
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Our constitution should be inspired by the philosophy of the Koran with principles that are set in stone and not open to the whims of individual judges, as is the case now. In particular, the constitution should protect every citizen's basic human rights regardless of their sex, status or sect. Everyone should be equal before the law.
Basmah bint Saud
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Democracy is like a totalitarian.
Ted Yoho
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The best decision I ever made, period, was to get into the music business.
Ja Rule
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I come from Wall Street, and you'll never see me do a PowerPoint because I'm all about Excel spreadsheets. If it's not in the numbers, I don't care how strategic it is; it doesn't play out.
Safra A. Catz
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Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone around us.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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Maybe I need to make a change, or maybe it's living here in New York or using social media or working in media and entertainment, but I feel like I'm constantly trying to maintain this sense of, 'Why do I do what I do?'
Tavi Gevinson
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I'm not actually teaching any more, but I am writing pieces for schools all the time, and for kids.
Peter Maxwell Davies
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My mom and dad always tried to make Christmas special for us. We were poor, but it's funny because we had no idea.
Johnny Mathis
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Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.
J. Michael Straczynski
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Anything that has to do with rock seems to be on the decline. There's not a lot of rock stations or MTV anymore, you just go on Youtube.
Travis Barker
Blink-182
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One blames politicians, not for inconsistency but for obstinacy. They are the interpreters, not the masters, of our fate. It is their job, in fact, to register the fact accompli.
John Maynard Keynes
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We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out.
Lee Konitz
