Wynton Marsalis Quotes

Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try some different approaches.

Wynton Marsalis

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MusicWorryYouSayTryOthers

I have seen too many screenwriters of promise become formula addicts and slaves to stop watch structure. Spend that time watching movies, reading screenplays, reading plays, and most importantly - write from your gut.

John Fusco

TimeReadingStopMoviesBecomeGut

If there were some recipe that would make all of our children really sane and civic-minded and hugely intelligent, I think we'd probably all do it. But I don't know that there is a recipe for creating that.

Amanda Peet

ChildrenThinkCreatingKnowRecipe

I'm such a Southern girl.

Solange Knowles

GirlSouthern

I don't deviate - once you get validated for being you, I don't know why you would deviate. I stick to my gut and my taste.

Russ

YouKnowWhyTasteGutStick

In 1918, Germany suffered the ghastly consequences of defeat; France suffered those of victory, the price of which was to divide and embitter French politics and culture and lead to its defeat in 1940.

Michael Korda

CulturePoliticsVictoryConsequences

I told my parents I was going to be a doctor and then a lawyer, but I never believed it and never tried.

Dinaw Mengestu

ParentsDoctorLawyerNeverGoing

On Halloween, don't you know back when you were little, your mom tells you don't eat any candy until she checks it? I used to be so tempted to eat my candy on the way to other people's houses. That used to be such a tease.

Derrick Rose

PeopleMomYouBackKnowWay

What I hope my writing reflects... is a sense of the connections between all human beings... and a different perspective on the true nature of courage. For me, those are things worth exploring and writing about.

Chris Crutcher

NatureHopeCouragePerspectiveMe

I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.

Chili Davis

AlwaysLeadUsedOffRookieBeen

The fun of the game is right now. A lot of people don't really realize that. They think you have to get to the top to start having fun, and it's not. It's the journey getting to the top where everything is always great. I'm on the 'Ferris Bueller' thing where I look around every once in a while so I don't miss it.

Christian Kane

JourneyGreatFunPeopleStartGame

Answers are what we are trying to get at; search is a process by which you may be able to get answers, but it's not the end goal. It's a mechanism.

Conrad Wolfram

ProcessEndSearchTryingYouGoal

Mark Zuckerberg is a genius. Not in the Asperger's, autistic way depicted in the very fictional movie 'The Social' Network, the cognitive genius of exceptional ability. That's a modern definition that reduces the original meaning.

Antonio Garcia Martinez

GeniusMeaningWayAbilityModern

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