Duke Ellington Quotes
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't like talking to celebrities.
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With about a dozen assorted ongoing conflicts in the news every day, and with the stories becoming more horrific, the level of sadness becomes unbearable. And what becomes of our planet when that sadness becomes apathy? Because we feel helpless. And we turn our heads and turn the page.
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One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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It's a courageous thing to do something that doesn't have rules or limits.
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I'm a big fan of community, and I think independence is over-rated.
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I am what we call a 'karma yogi' in Sanskrit. A karma yogi is somebody who believes in data. I collect a lot of data.
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The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and solve them.
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I'm learning every day.
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I used to be six foot four. Now that I'm old, I slouch. So, I'm six foot three.
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We must have a clear head and a clear-cut stand to confidently boycott those trains of thoughts that attempt to Westernise China, separate China and bring chaos to China.
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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It is my policy to deepen the Japan-U.S. alliance and to deepen security and economic relations as well as personal exchanges.
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I thought, If I'm so afraid of a bikini, there's something wrong. And so I had to get back into one!
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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During events like the World Cup and the Olympics, I tend to get really wrapped up in my own experience to stay focused, but it's like a bubble. I don't see much outside my own perspective.
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A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.
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For me, the making of exhibitions has always had to do with dialogue: a concentrated, in-depth, focused dialogue with artists, who keep teaching me that exhibitions should always invent new rules for the game.
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I dream of you too, Mariam jo. I miss you. I miss the sound of your voice, your laughter. I miss reading to you, and all the times we fished together. Do you remember all the times we fished together? You were a good daughter, Mariam jo, and I cannot ever think of you without feeling shame and regret. -Jalil's letter
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When my daughter was born, I said: 'I feel like I know what I've been waiting my whole life to be.'
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It is curious how an age of public self-revelation, and of the use of psychological jargon, should also be an age when self-examination is rarely practised.
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We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.
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By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.
