Branford Marsalis Quotes

I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a little foothold, a little tiny foothold, and then the rest will take care of itself.

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• There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.

  

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• I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.

  

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• The cause of our difficulties in southeast Asia is not a deficiency of power but an excess of the wrong kind of power which results in a feeling of impotence when it fails to achieve its desired ends.

  

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• When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.

  

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• There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.

  

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• It's so fascinating to think about how each snowflake is completely individual - there are millions and millions of them, but each one is so unique.

  

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• Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.

  

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• Toronto was a great place to work, a fun place to work. People were so hockey-oriented, hockey-minded, without being too critical. In Montreal, they got downright nasty sometimes.

  

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• Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.

  

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• Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.

  

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• Look at Michelle Pfeiffer: My God, she's 50 years old, but she is still so sexy. If I were into women, I would be totally into her.

  

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• You can listen to silence, Reuven. I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and dimension all its own.

  

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• To isolate the revolutionary ideologues and their killers we must gain the trust of the majority of Muslims. This can only happen if they are treated as equal citizens, not just in theory, and have access to decent education and jobs.

  

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• I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a little foothold, a little tiny foothold, and then the rest will take care of itself.

  

  Branford Marsalis
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