Marian McPartland Quotes
That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, falls into place. I don't know if that's true, but I do it.
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The world is too violent right now.
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
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The deeper the blue becomes, the more strongly it calls man towards the infinite, awakening in him a desire for the pure and, finally, for the supernatural... The brighter it becomes, the more it loses its sound, until it turns into silent stillness and becomes white.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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I have always said that I want to finish my career with the Dolphins and this put me closer to that goal. I have been fortunate to break many personal records, but my overiding goal is to win a Super Bowl here in Miami.
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It's a sin to be tired.
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If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
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It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.
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People think money is life and your life is over if you lose it.
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What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?
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I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more.
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When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.
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My parents don't have any showbusiness links. They are so far away from it.
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You want somebody who's capable of being diverse in the characters they play, and you want a big name that's going to bring attention to the filmmakers and to the project.
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My own dream is that we discover that the NSA has been secretly keeping files on members of the National Rifle Association.
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I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.
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John Williams is, without question, talented. He writes very good scores and very good melodies and all that.
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I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play.
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It's big for us because we know the other teams are right around us for the playoffs. (But) we are not approaching games like that. We are just trying to win the game. We don't feel like we need to settle for the eighth or seventh seed, we feel like we can get as high as we want to.
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I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
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That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, falls into place. I don't know if that's true, but I do it.
