Sonny Rollins Quotes

I've played with all of the heavyweights in the modern jazz, progressive jazz movement. I've been fortunate enough to play with them, a who's who. All of those guys, I've been fortunate enough to have performed with.

Sonny Rollins

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EnoughPlayJazzMovementModern

We continue to fight for good jobs that pay well and jobs that last. Helping to get folks back to work is about helping them to regain their dignity and pride. That's what families care about.

Jodi Rell

WorkGoodFightPrideCareBack

I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

Mia Hamm

SacrificeI AmTeamChampionBecause

When we look back at the Mayans or ancient Egypt, we look at their art.

Robert Wilson

ArtLookBackEgyptAncient

Iran did not talk to the United States for 35 years. And now we are talking. And I believe these talks are useful. But they haven't produced the intended results. We have not seen an end to the hostility that has been exhibited in the United States against Iran. And I believe it is important that we see some of that.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

BelieveEndTalkingResultsTalk

Writers are the lunatic fringe of publishing.

Judith Rossner

FringeLunaticPublishingWriters

Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you lose your privacy.

Colin Wilson

FunPeopleFamousYouLosePrivacy

I don't do crazy things - I just don't.

Aretha Franklin

CrazyThingsJustCrazy Things

It is with unwelcome frequency that I find myself the deciding vote.

Arlen Specter

MyselfFindVoteFrequencyUnwelcome

Everything rational and sensible abandons me when I try to throw out photographs. Time and time again, I hold one over a wastebasket, and then find it impossible to release my fingers and let the picture drop and disappear.

Susan Orlean

TimeMeImpossiblePictureFindTry

Life is so great every day. I am telling things every day.

Nina Hagen

LifeGreatDayI AmEvery DayEvery

As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was to come later for many of us.

Kenneth Noland

TimeBeginningEarlyMoreRealize

I'd never have left Hawkwind if I hadn't been fired.

Lemmy

NeverFiredLeftBeen

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