Louis Armstrong Quotes
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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You have two alternatives. One: you can put your life on hold and wait for the phone to ring. Two: you run ahead as if your life depended on it.
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I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.
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If you're going to do something that's going to cause offence to people, you're always going to get a reaction.
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At the age of 16, my father's father dropped dead of a heart attack. And I think it changed the course of his life, and he became fascinated with death. He then became a medical doctor and obviously fought death tooth and nail for his patients.
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I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained.
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Music has to change. I don't want to stay the same forever.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zone of peace and prosperity in the world which is the necessary foundation for a stable international system in which our leadership could be fruitfully exercised.
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I do what I can do to help my defense.
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You just sort of let them go for a while, but it was time to have something done to my teeth. I'm glad. It's going to be good. Tom Cruise has braces now, too. I'm right in style.
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It's good just to laugh sometimes, and if it comes out of some truth, it's even stronger.
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Don't order one for the road, because the road is already laid out.
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They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, and everybody thinks they're next on the list. The president comes along, and he's got his six-guns strapped on, and people think he's going to save them.
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I've always been a dreamer.
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If the people in Britain knew the nature and disposition of the New England people as well as we do they would not find so many friends in England as I suppose they do.
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I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European.
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When we make the show, we are always talking about how the show is really in between what we make and what the viewer thinks of it.
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New York's home. It's everything I'd want it to be. It's the most inspiring city I've ever been to, and I haven't been everywhere in the world, but I've been to quite a few places.
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I had a period of unemployment for about nine months after my first big break, and it's the greatest lesson I ever could have learned, never to believe you're home and dry.
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Bring the brothers home, and sisters home now. Legalize marijuana and take all that money and invest it in teachers and in education. You will see a transformation in America.
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Cruisin' down the street in my six-fo' jockin' da bitches slappin da hoes
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I tell ya, my wife's a lousy cook. After dinner, I don't brush my teeth. I count them.
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I warm up at home. I hit the stage, I'm ready, whether it's rehearsal or anything.
