Wynton Marsalis Quotes

Swing is extreme coordination. It's a maintaining balance, equilibrium. It's about executing very difficult rhythms with a panache and a feeling in the context of very strict time. So, everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.

Wynton Marsalis

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TimeBalanceYouFeelingSwingWay

The rejection I received when I was young for being a homosexual... that's nothing compared to the number you do on yourself when you've been taught that you are not a human like other people.

John Grant

YourselfPeopleRejectionYouYoung

The tendency in comedy is to have a character who's stupid get more stupid, because you're trying to top yourself and not just repeat.

Matt Groening

CharacterYourselfStupidComedyYou

The use of these techniques against these terrorists made us safer. It really did work.

Michael Hayden

WorkAgainstUsMadeDidReally

I had the great fortune to work with John Houseman at Juilliard.

Stephen Henderson

WorkGreatFortuneJuilliardHad

Whereas what man can learn about the world through his senses and through the intellect which relies upon sense-observation may be called 'anthropology,' what the spiritual man within us can know may be called 'anthroposophy.'

Rudolf Steiner

ManSpiritualWorldLearnKnowMay

Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave the name.

Russell M. Nelson

ParentsNameSometimesRealMayWho

The challenge of directing and interviewing helped me with confidence, and I learnt so much. If I hadn't had the brain hemorrhage, I might never have done it.

Maryam D'Abo

ConfidenceChallengeMeBrainDone

Politics remained archaically unchanged in 1999. America was economically strong but morally complacent. It was a year of evil in many ways - another great year for cartooning.

Michael Ramirez

GreatPoliticsEvilStrongYear

My ambition comes from my passion: finding what I love and then expanding on that.

Miranda Kerr

LovePassionAmbitionFindingThen

I'm prepared to take risks. And every movie that I do is a risk. No one knows what the movie is going out turn out like.

Jason Statham

RisksRiskTurnOutTakeGoing

I don't want to do transformations on people for the sake of a visual. I want to do it because it makes sense.

Jonathan Van Ness

PeopleWantVisualBecauseSense

When I was younger, I didn't understand how a mother could put her son on a plane and just say, you know, 'Here you go, I'll see you later.' And she never followed, she never came.

Jose Antonio Vargas

MotherSonYouGoKnowUnderstand

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