Ken Burns Quotes
Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say jazz) what Einstein is to physics.Ken Burns
Quotes to Explore
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
E. B. White -
I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
Forest Whitaker -
I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.
Oscar Pistorius -
There's nothing unnatural in creation.
Wadada Leo Smith -
I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
Walter Martin -
I would describe my sound as classic Motown.
La'Porsha Renae
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
Karen Mills -
I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
Harlan Coben -
I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
Kat Dennings -
Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.
R. Lee Ermey -
Thank God for the potholes on memory lane.
Randy Newman -
The real challenge that we face in our communications with others is to condition our hearts to have Christlike feelings for all of Heavenly Father's children. When we develop this concern for the condition of others, we then will communicate with them as the Savior would.
L. Lionel Kendrick
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
Barbara Smith -
The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.
Randeep Hooda -
Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
Carlene Carter -
Ultimately, the reason we have a Constitution, the reason we have separation of powers, the reason we have the Fourteenth Amendment is to provide the courts with the opportunity to override the will of the people when the will of the people discriminates against a segment of our society.
Ted Olson -
I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
Fiona Apple
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Writing a memoir is such a private, personal experience that it's intimidating to think of adapting it for television.
Caitlin Doughty -
There are very few people that I deal with from a business side that it's just strictly a one-sided business relationship. I think that's important.
David Nail -
L'homme est une passion inutile.
Jean-Paul Sartre -
You can't let challenges argue you out of doing what you know is the right thing.
Danny Meyer -
If you put a real leaf and a silk leaf side by side, you'll see something of the difference between Homer's poetry and anyone else's. There seem to be real leaves still alive in the 'Iliad,' real animals, real people, real light attending everything.
Alice Oswald -
Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say jazz) what Einstein is to physics.
Ken Burns