Archie Shepp Quotes

So, I was just a young guy, maybe with an idea, and Cecil Taylor, himself a rebel, would take a chance on a guy like me. It turned out to be a very symbiotic partnership. I learned a lot from him.

Archie Shepp

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My knee injury was something serious. To go six months before I could even jog is pretty serious.

Jimmy Graham

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Something I should have achieved quite easily took me a long time to get around to.

Jim Morris

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I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of playing football.

John Cale

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The coffee's good in Italy. It's good in Spain. It's good in Istanbul. The coffee's not so good in America.

Joey Kramer

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I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

John Wooden

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But I didn't even see God in the show as being very spiritual, I see him or her, it, as being something that is just relevant and very important in her life.

Amber Tamblyn

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Ninety percent of my roles, I've had to fight for. It's only a really small percentage of people who get handed roles.

Ruth Negga

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When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play.

Martin Yan

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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.

Moliere

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I suppose 'My Hollywood' is only as politically meaningful as it is deeply inside the least powerful of its characters. I wanted it to reveal scenes of subtle exploitation, odd instances of accidental power and challenges to decency specific to its time, but also impulses of generosity that transcend our particular era's messes.

Mona Simpson

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I have lots of ambitions. I'd love to do theatre. I'd like to be in 'Tea With Mussolini 2;' I'd like to touch Meryl Streep - which would involve being with her in some exotic location. I have lots of fantastical dreams.

Miranda Hart

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The president has a right to discuss his national security policies with the public. But that should be done in the light of day without endangering our sources or methods. The public has no need to know details about intelligence assets or special operations units. Such disclosures endanger those who protect us.

Peter T. King

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