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Steve Lacy Quotes

Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: July 23, 1934 - June 4, 2004

Topics

Wine New Jazz Only Like Older

I still love comic books. When you have a kid, that's an excuse to keep reading all the comic books.

Love Reading You Kid Keep Still

For me, running against the Poles and Czechs would be like running against high school kids. And I hate all this gung-ho, run-for-the-red-white-and-blue attitude that the AAU spouts. If that's important to some people, fine, more power to 'em. But, damn it, I wish they'd leave me alone to do what I want to do - run against the best.

Steve Prefontaine

Attitude Power Alone Best Hate Me

It's pretty well known that the CIA has been installing friendly dictators around the world for years.

World Years Pretty Friendly Well

I told myself when I was broke and homeless that my biggest goal was just to have a house. That goal was achieved. I'm just really, really lucky.

Myself Homeless House Goal Lucky

The more you play, the more you feel part of the squad, and then, in turn, you end up playing better. I think it's a psychological gap as well - if you don't think you're a first-team player, then you won't be.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

Think End Better Feel You Play

Fiction writing and journalism, in my experience, are really excellent training grounds for each other.

Experience Training Writing Fiction

I can't be all things to everyone.

Everyone Things All Things

I'm not really a good reader. What I mean is, I think I'm not one of those people who can read a story and analyze it just like that.

Donald Ray Pollock

Good People Story Think Mean Just

Only a jerk would talk politics on Mother's Day.

Mother Day Politics Talk Jerk Would

It would seem that some black people want to say that when you, as a black, become successful, you cease to be black. That's ridiculous.

Clarence Thomas

People Black You Say Want Become

Sometimes I'll write a tweet that I'll just be like, 'Why do I have to say this to all of these people?' It's like writing a Facebook status: it's the same. I view tweeting as like writing a Facebook status. Remember when we used to write statuses?

People Writing View Remember Say

Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature, and we are but too willing to ease ourselves of it, or at least to lighten it as much as we can.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Nature Gratitude Burden Ease Willing

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