Al Jarreau Quotes
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Can you imagine being Leonardo Da Vinci in the 1400s trying to describe his ideas for machines that would allow humans to fly to the average person of his time? This is hundreds of years before the invention of electricity, the internal combustion engine, and many other things we take for granted today.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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When I'm in a place like Iceland, I allow myself to take a little more time to divert off onto other paths creatively for a while and see what comes to me.
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Do not resist a new idea. Be quietly receptive. Go along with it, even unwillingly at first. Sooner or later, it will reveal itself as your ally.
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Justice is revenge.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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Urfa chillies are a Turkish variety that are mild on heat but big on aroma. They're sweet, smoky, a lovely dark red, and go with just about anything.
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The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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There are times that you have a plot in your head, but then you find that the characters don't want to do that. When you're looking at the story from the outside, you can create whatever twists and turns you want. But when you're writing, you're inside the characters' heads, and you see that they may be motivated to do something different.
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It used to be that you needed a $500-million-a-year company in order to reach a worldwide audience of consumers. Now, all you need is a Steam account. That changes a whole bunch of stuff. It's kind of a boring 'gee, information processing changes a stuff' story, but it's going to have an impact on every single company.
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Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
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You know when someone's over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can't believe it.
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The thing about all my food is that everything is a remembered flavor. Maybe it's something I had as a child or maybe it's something I had in Milan, but I want it to taste better than you ever thought.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.
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Each gig is brilliant and fun. When it becomes a routine, we'll take a break. There's no point in doing it if you don't enjoy it.
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One of the high points of my career was winning the Grammy for 'I Will Survive.'
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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I like to work for a while, and then do nothing for some period.
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Most of the people I know in bands, all they are concerned about is getting to do the next record.
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I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.
