Douglas Kennedy Quotes

If there is an abiding theme in 'The Pursuit of Happiness,' it is the idea that you come into the world already shaped by other people's past histories.

Douglas Kennedy

Recitation: by Male by Female

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HappinessPastPeopleWorldYou

I started playing music around 13 or 14, played jazz in high school, and played other stuff in college. After college, I tried to make it as a musician. I lived in a big squalid house full of dudes outside of Boston. We were all musicians. We built this studio in the basement and played there all hours of the day.

Jesse Andrews

MusicDaySchoolCollegeHigh School

Our strong suit is what we do, and our audience.

Jerry Garcia

StrongAudienceSuitOurStrong Suit

I think there's no sacrifice too great for family, whether it's career, singing, whatever.

Anita Baker

FamilyGreatSacrificeSingingThink

When a violent minority that crosses color lines comes to believe that killing those you know or do not know is a reasonable solution to problems, we are in need of another vision.

Stanley Crouch

VisionBelieveColorProblemsYou

Asteroids are deep-space bodies orbiting the Sun, not the Earth, and traveling to one would mean sending humans into solar orbit for the very first time. Facing those challenges of radiation, navigation and life support on a months-long trip millions of miles from home would be a perfect learning journey before a Mars trip.

Rusty Schweickart

LifeLearningHomeJourneyTimeSun

It's always interesting to see how we're able to, with craftsmanship... to bring these cool sustainable materials, cool metals, into the House of Marley and keeping that sustainable movement as well.

Rohan Marley

CoolInterestingHouseMovementSee

Managers are under pressure and maybe don't want to take a chance on a young player.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

ChancePressureYoungWantTake

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

Matsuo Basho

NatureFlowersTempleSoundBell

Being 16 is such a great age because I'm still really young, and I'll still have a lot of chances. But the Olympics only come every four years, so you don't want to waste an opportunity.

Mirai Nagasu

AgeOpportunityGreatYouYoung

People don't want to listen to a celebrity tweeting about their charities and shows. That's why comedy writers do well - we put out little funny ideas.

Mindy Kaling

FunnyPeopleIdeasComedyWantWhy

America has always understood this principle of the economy - that everyone can benefit when everyone competes.

Julia Gillard

AmericaEconomyAlwaysEveryone

People think our work is monumental because it's art, but human beings do much bigger things: they build giant airports, highways for thousands of miles, much, much bigger than what we create.

Christo

WorkArtPeopleThinkCreateBuild

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