Wynton Marsalis Quotes

If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not - you are not smiling about it.

Wynton Marsalis

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CulturePainAmericanSmilingYou

There's been resistance to every new technology that's ever been introduced. When books came out hundreds of years ago, there were complaints that it would destroy the oral tradition. Some of those fears were justified, but it didn't stop the rise of the written word. And books have proven to be incredibly useful.

Jeremy Stoppelman

TechnologyTraditionRiseStopNew

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

John Dryden

FoolTiredMeEagleWingsNow

Being in Hollywood is like being in the Christian right these days.

Rupert Everett

ChristianHollywoodRightDaysBeing

I have always hated fancy dress parties.

Mary Beard

DressAlwaysFancyHatedParties

The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

HappinessHumanityDiscoveryNew

The state knows best how to protect resources.

Joni Ernst

BestProtectResourcesKnowsState

My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body.

Claire Bloom

FaceBodyAlwaysFortuneBeen

'Star Wars' is very black and white, and honestly, I like it that way. But fantastical settings like that work best when the characters within them feel real. Real people have conflicts and make mistakes and get it wrong sometimes.

Claudia Gray

WorkBlack And WhiteBestMistakes

I ended my journey with 'Balika'... on a good note, but I've been hearing that I threw tantrums on the set and had an attitude problem.

Pratyusha Banerjee

GoodAttitudeJourneyProblemBeen

I wasn't that wild about that. I told them basically if they were really going to want to bring back heavy metal to a program on MTV, then they are really going to have to get in touch with what real heavy metal is.

Phil Anselmo

BackWantTouchWildHeavy Metal

The biggest compliment I can ever get as an actor is to have someone say, 'We didn't recognize you.'

Tim Daly

SomeoneYouI CanSayCompliment

They've said I'm gay, they've said everyone is gay. I personally don't believe in doing huge lawsuits about that stuff. Tom does. That's what he wants to do, that's what he's going to do. You do not tell Tom what to do. He is a force to be reckoned with.

Nicole Kidman

BelieveDoingYouGaySaidTell

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