Jon Batiste Quotes

Jazz has a tradition that has enriched the culture in America. The intellectualism of it does nothing but make you think on a higher level and make you a better person if you engage in the music and let it do what it does when it is played at its highest level.

Jon Batiste

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The Fed's organization reflects a long-standing desire in American history to ensure that power over our nation's monetary policy and financial system is not concentrated in a few hands, whether in Washington or in high finance or in any single group or constituency.

Jerome Powell

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I'm a fisherman who likes to observe and tell yarns, and so I told stories about things that I knew about.

John D. Voelker

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Pilates is phenomenal.

Andre Ward

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I enjoy a four-seasonal climate and wide-open spaces, so being on an island 2,500 miles into the South Pacific made me feel a little claustrophobic.

Matthew Fox

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My cousin, Rip Torn, persuaded me not to change my name. You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success.

Sissy Spacek

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Both my parents were very supportive of me in whatever I wanted to do.

Simon Van Booy

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Putting pressure on grand juries to indict in my view is un-American. A grand jury should be allowed to be fair and impartial. They shouldn't have people yelling and screaming.

Rudy Giuliani

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Hell lies at the bottom of the human heart.

Ross MacDonald

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In drama school, they do these big shows and period dramas, and I felt that none of those shows were representing me as a person, and I knew I wouldn't be cast in any of those when I left school. I decided to write my own one-woman show, and that was called 'Chewing Gum Dreams.'

Michaela Coel

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When you turn on your radio, you don't always want to hear about someone shootin' some person. Even if that's the lifestyle they live, people don't always want to hear it.

Missy Elliott

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Growing up, I felt like I couldn't talk about certain things until I had the outlets to do so. Once you're able to be honest and say things as they are, it removes this crazy stigma and fear around it.

Miles Heizer

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The bar is so low in rap - mediocrity is king!

Jay Electronica

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