Lionel Hampton Quotes
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I've fallen victim to worrying about what everybody thinks. It's never going to be that everyone is happy. You just gotta know what you like and go with it.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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The term 'personal ambition' immediately puts me off. It feels like finding a sliver of onion in my ice cream. There's nothing wrong with a sliver of onion, but I don't want it in my ice cream.
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Dance should mean something to you.
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It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.
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There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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I'm just going to go with it for as long as it lasts.
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So many good fortunes have come my way, and I'm trying to pay it forward by helping to raise money to complete 'Bulbul: Song Of The Nightingale,' a documentary that brings attention to the social and human injustices suffered by the Banchara tribe in India.
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There are a lot of people who can slide on talent their whole lives; they're just naturally gifted. I've never considered myself one of those people. I enjoy outworking the opposition.
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Charlie Finley has soured my stomach for baseball.
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Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar. (Walk, there is no path, the path is made by walking.)
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I've gone down several paths. I started school as an engineer, but underneath it all, I knew I wanted to use instruments, not build them.
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It's always exciting to see different cities I love, and go on tour buses. It's so much fun to travel. My favorite part is being able to perform live in front of all these amazing people; being able to connect with them and seeing their reaction makes me feel very special.
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I like Manchester - I've played it many times. The people have a lot of chein, a lot of heart, and the audiences are very receptive.
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It's not something you can find. There's a moment you arrive at --- there's no words for it. A bunch of people come together at this place where a note hits your heart and your brain tells your finger where to go. It's an otherworldly thing, like when a painter gets the right combination of colors together.
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Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.
