Duke Ellington Quotes
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Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
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I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies.
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I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
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I was grateful to have two weeks to shoot this one scene in Harry Potter. It's a big, big scene, but they have to deliver. And they have high expectations.
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I think everybody goes through things in their life where they're like, 'This does not make any sense,' or 'I don't understand why this is happening,' but that's part of the journey of faith.
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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The mind is the effect, not the cause.
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Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.
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You need to prepare the child you have for the world that exists.
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When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.
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Trends come and go, and style evolves. It's important to have pieces of jewelry that are timeless and look chic despite ever-changing fashions.
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
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You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
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I'm on my version of the protein diet, but there ain't no protein in it. It's a Krispy Kreme doughnut between two Cinnabons. And you soak it overnight in Red Bull. Then you chase it with a Snickers.
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Success is the best revenge. I always feel women should answer back either with their sarcasm or success.
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I actually was a musician in college, a composer and singer, and really intended to be the second coming of Leonard Bernstein when I got out.
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There are people who don't respond to color. That's what painting is. It's color.
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Freedom is not merely a word or an abstract theory, but the most effective instrument for advancing the welfare of man.
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My focus is 100 percent on my day job, on the state of Arizona.
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From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.
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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing).
