Archie Shepp Quotes

Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative, is threatened.

Archie Shepp

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The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as an industry with a pure commercial base.

Ann Macbeth

ArtFinancialResourcesAlwaysPure

I don't think malls are going to go away. People still need somewhere to go, but they do have to evolve.

Angela Ahrendts

PeopleThinkGoNeedEvolveGoing

Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights. It is founded on the natural equality of mankind. It is the cornerstone of the Christian religion. It is the first element of all lawful government upon earth.

John Quincy Adams

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America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.

Steve Buyer

AmericaVeteransMoreYearsThan

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

Steve Jobs

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My mom, Emilie, always taught me to think hard about marriage.

Alyson Hannigan

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Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.

Stevie Wonder

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There are certainly more people in the business world who would score high in the psychopathic dimension than in the general population. You'll find them in any organization where, by the nature of one's position, you have power and control over other people and the opportunity to get something.

Robert D. Hare

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Marriage was never a dream or an ambition for me. I thank my real mother for the fact that - unlike my sitcom mother - she never put any pressure on me or my sister to marry.

Miranda Hart

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If the U.S. doesn't have an export credit agency, which is what the Export-Import Bank is, then we can't compete with other countries that do. Every other country in the world that competes in aerospace has an export credit agency.

Dennis Muilenburg

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During the summer, Screen Gems launched the New Monkees, which miserably failed I understand. I never saw it.

Davy Jones

SummerNewUnderstandNeverGems

I'm self-deprecating - I spend a lot of time telling myself that things are OK, as opposed to having to tell myself to get over things.

Courtney Barnett

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