Chick Corea Quotes

I get interested in the various ways that music is being done in the culture, and some of it I like thoroughly enough to want to learn about it. The way I have been successful at doing that is to become part of it.

Chick Corea

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MusicCultureLearnDoingEnough

I have days when I say, 'I'm going to have five chocolate chip cookies today.' I'll have a salad every day but every week I have a cheat day.

Melissa Etheridge

TodayDayChocolateWeekEvery Day

It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.

John Henry Newman

NeverDifficultUpResentmentSeen

I'm passionate about people. I've spent my life in advocacy. People matter - whether or not we agree on the issue, people matter.

Ann Marie Buerkle

LifePeopleMy LifePassionateAgree

I try to work in the mornings. Usually, I write in my pajamas and slowly assemble myself. I don't get organized and sit down and get dressed. I do the laundry. I drift in and out of writing.

Sue Miller

WorkMyselfWritingDownLaundry

I judged entertainers who worked county fairs at age 55 because they had to. Now I get it.

Sinbad

AgeNowBecauseGetWhoJudged

Nothing is eternally stable, and even Kansas isn't really in Kansas anymore. The earth is in a constant state of flux.

Simon Winchester

EarthNothingKansasEvenState

You know that saying, bad things don't happen to good people? That's a lie.

Tori Amos

GoodLiePeopleSayingGood People

When we are busy at work and busy at home, an hour's walking every day becomes a real luxury. If done alone, the walk injects a period of meditation into the day, and if done in company, it allows space for some really good conversation.

Tom Hodgkinson

WorkGoodHomeAloneWalkDay

I didn't want to be an electrical engineer. But I did want to go to college. And they said they'd help me pay for it if I'd major in electrical engineering.

Mary Lou Jepsen

CollegeMeEngineeringHelpGoSaid

Nobody understood how to use television for his own purposes better than Nixon, despite his poor showing against John F. Kennedy in the televised presidential debate.

Michael Korda

BetterTelevisionDebateNobodyPoor

Like every comedian, if I heard a joke that I thought would work, I used it.

Milton Berle

WorkThoughtJokeUsedWouldLike

Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.

Diego Luna

ProcessYouKnowPersonalEverything

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