Branford Marsalis Quotes
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If I was involved with the NFL, I'd seriously consider adopting some of the rules used in Canada. I've heard, unofficially, of course, some NFL club owners have talked about adding a feature or two. The NFL went for the two-point conversion. Professional sport is entertainment, and the CFL, I believe, is ahead of the NFL in that regard.
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The first two pictures I did, I played a young student in prep school. When I did Lifeguard, everyone was saying, You're so Southern California. It was a surprise to me.
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It's too bad I'm not a flirt. When I'm on the sets, I'm too busy working on my scenes to look at the ladies.
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I've been influenced by some of the greatest designers. Charles Eames. And Bruno Munari in the '50s in Italy - when they had to retool the industry of war into an industry to help society. In a way, I'm influenced by designers that were there at a radical time of change.
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After doing a juice cleanse, I'm motivated to eat healthier and not emotionally. Cleansing is like my meditation. It makes me stop, focus and think about what I'm putting into my body. I'm making a commitment to my health and hitting the reset button.
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I have never planned to have babies by a certain age.
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Acting was something that I grew up just doing. I certainly never thought about it.
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If you have a solution to immigration, it is possible to come home and defend it.
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The sense of one's past is so strong and forms our sense of self so strongly, it will always fascinate, elude and confuse me.
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You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.
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I used to sculpt a bit as a kid.
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I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well.
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My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious.
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I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.
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My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.
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On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.
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Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.
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People don't want to hear about it if you're frustrated with your big career break.
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If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claims to perform that service are imperious.
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The fans have always been die-hard and awesome. That's why we do a lot of the things we do.
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We become adolescents when the words that adults exchange with one another become intelligible to us.
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I had a stunt double for 'The Bronze.' She's literally the most amazing human being I've ever seen. She's NCAA women's gymnastics champion. She was incredible. I would poke her thighs, and my nail would break because it was like poking a rock.
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A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using 15,000 watts of power and 18 different pieces of electronic equipment to say that.
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I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.
