Wynton Marsalis Quotes

There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs.

Wynton Marsalis

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StepPeopleGenerationRiskLine

We didn't lose a game at home for two years. What are we missing? We have the product on the field. We're exciting.

Megan Rapinoe

HomeGameLoseProductTwoMissing

Every breakthrough business idea begins with solving a common problem. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity. I discovered a big one when I took apart an IBM PC. I made two interesting discoveries: The components were all manufactured by other companies, and the system that retailed for $3,000 cost about $600 in parts.

Michael Dell

BusinessOpportunityProblemCost

If I'm going to talk about an issue, I better know what it's about viscerally.

Amanda Hearst

BetterKnowTalkGoingAboutIssue

There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace.

Rita Mae Brown

CreativePeopleEmbraceDifficult

When I was in high school, people would ask me what I wanted to do, and I would always say I wanted to 'lead marches and give speeches.'

Michael Tubbs

SchoolPeopleMeHigh SchoolSay

I honestly think that's one of the greatest motivators of art - the fear of not making great art.

Jason McCoy

FearGreatArtThinkGreatest

It's nice if people ask to use your song. You have to make a decision as an artist how you feel about that.

Jared Leto

DecisionPeopleSongYouArtistAsk

Obviously, in marketing, the best tool is to show the autobiography in fiction. It's inevitable how that happens, but it's generic. Say I've written a story where my sister dies. 'Well, did your sister die?' No, she did not. But people use those straws to grasp at the difference between reality and fiction.

Dinaw Mengestu

BestPeopleSisterStoryReality

My parents grew up during the space race, and I think they imagined the future would be us living on moon bases and everyone has rocket shoes.

Brian K. Vaughan

FutureShoesSpaceParentsMoon

If government half a century ago had provided us with all our dinners and breakfasts, it would be the practice of our orators today to assume the impossibility of our providing for ourselves.

Auberon Herbert

TodayGovernmentPracticeHalfUs

Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.

Mario Puzo

PoliticsFinanceGunKnowingPull

I prefer to express myself physically, or non-verbally. I prefer just to react without having a lot of dialogue.

Marisa Tomei

MyselfReactDialogueWithoutJust

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