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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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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When you laugh at something, you don’t fear it anymore.
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One must never forget that life is unfair. But sometimes, with a bit of luck, this works in your favour.