Duke Ellington Quotes
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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I would love to do some theater.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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The climate has been changing since there was a climate.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again.
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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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I can't understand why someone wouldn't have a degree of sympathy for people that had to flee their country, travel to try and find their home somewhere, and nobody wants them. How could you not be a little bit sympathetic?
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Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.
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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.
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At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.
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What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.
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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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The biggest problem almost all comics face is not piracy or demographics or any of that nonsense: it's obscurity.
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The odd things that people say to you are so much more hilarious than what you can come up with.
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If the White House could do more to tell parents that getting children reading is their business too, we'd see a big difference. Hollywood and the NBA or NFL could step in, too. In England they have an event called Book Day, where every child receives a pound to use at any bookstore.
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Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.
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Fighting is pure chaos, and to be a good fighter you simply have to be prepared mentally and physically to handle that chaos.
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If it sounds good, it IS good.
