Ahmad Jamal Quotes
Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play.
Quotes to Explore
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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Politics has got too personal, too nasty, in Britain, as it has in America.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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I think anybody would have to be with out common sense to think there weren't aliens. There are billions of planets, and I am convinced Earth is not the only one that's inhabited. It would be quite an ego trip to think that. I think about it all the time.
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It's rare that I turn down a photo or autograph, because these are the people that support me, so why not support them. I love it and I invite it. I love what I do and the whole 'celebrity' life and all that.
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I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
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Domestic goddesses have infiltrated everybody's lives and raised the bar way too high.
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A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
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If I'm doing something in fashion, I will try to respect the 'laws' of the business, but I will try to keep my integrity and my respect for the designers and for my readers.
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My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.
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The best description of the Old Testament that I heard was that it starts out as mythology, then it becomes legend, then it becomes history. In the mythological period - there is a distinct mythological period in the Old Testament, where the time spans are impossible and really just imagined.
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My mom was an artist, and she had this amazing ability to transform everything into something beautiful.
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The so-called evils are evils only in relation to a certain thing, and that which is evil in relation to a certain existing thing, either includes the non-existence of that thing or the non-existence of some of its good conditions.
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'It’s so dreadfully easy - killing people… And you begin to feel that it doesn’t matter… That it’s only you that matters! It’s dangerous - that.'
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I have met people on the subway who have told me the most profound stories, and I am convinced we all have something to teach each other if we just slow down long enough to hear the message.
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To be interested in short stories, you have to be interested in fiction as an art form.
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If you look at Victorian England, being a soldier was considered a noble profession.
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One of the ways that you reveal character is by getting a character into a situation and seeing what they do.
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In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other.
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I want to thank my mom, Brenda Rose. My heart, the reason I play the way I play, just everything. Just knowing the days I don't feel right, going to practice, having a hard time, I think about her when she had to wake me up, go to work and make sure I was all right. Those were hard days.
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Part of growing up is realizing you learn to love so many people. It's about forming those relationships and finding what will last forever.
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My retail partners, they are my brand ambassadors. They're the ones who are selling the shoes to women.
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The roses, the lovely notes, the dining and dancing are all welcome and splendid. But when the Godiva is gone, the gift of real love is having someone who'll go the distance with you. Someone who, when the wedding day limo breaks down, is willing to share a seat on the bus.
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Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play.
