Anthony Braxton Quotes

I thank the Creator of the universe to have discovered the discipline of music was the greatest gift that I could have been given, the possibility to be a student working in the world.

Anthony Braxton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: June 4, 1945

Topics

MusicDisciplineWorldGiftUniverse

When I settled to writing seriously, which would be in my 30s, I did expect to be published eventually, but my aspirations weren't very high. A published book and a few appreciative readers was my idea of heaven.

Jo Beverley

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Being on the run, having to change the way that you do business, being unable to plan in a safe and secure environment, always looking over your shoulder, knowing that some day somebody's going to knock on your door and it's going to be your last.

John Abizaid

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I've shown I have the ability to reduce spending, I've shown I have the ability to reduce onerous regulations, and I've shown that I have the ability to fight for and restore our privacy and our personal freedoms.

Matt Rosendale

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Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart.

Steve Irwin

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I think that reading is always active. As a writer, you can only go so far; the reader meets you halfway, bringing his or her own experience to bear on everything you've written. What I mean is that it is not only the writer's memory that filters experience, but the reader's as well.

Ruth Reichl

ExperienceMemoryReadingThinkYou

We didn't get to see a lot of movies in my house growing up, so the first time I got to go to the movies - I think it was 'E.T.' - I was like, 'Oh my God, somebody else gets my imagination!'

Matt Bomer

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Most of India's 300 odd news channels are making losses and are dependent on dubious cross holding, black money and dodgy private equity investors, both foreign and Indian.

Mohammad Hamid Ansari

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So okay, the world through my eyes, what is that world? Well, I see a lot of dirty stuff, and I see a lot of dumb stuff.

Lisa Hanawalt

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Data indicate that taxpayers may be paying their public servants more than a little too much.

Jason Chaffetz

DataToo MuchMoreLittleMayThan

Politics is the most important of the civil activities and has its own field of action, which is not that of religion.

Pope Francis

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When I talk about taking bold actions in the world, few things are bolder than creating the 'Huffington Post' from scratch and reinventing the newspaper business.

Peter Diamandis

BusinessWorldBoldCreatingTalk

As athletes, we sit and think, when international media or whoever make judgments or statements about Jamaica, 'Why aren't members of our federation coming out and speaking up for us?'

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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