Wynton Marsalis Quotes

I grew up in the South, in New Orleans, where guys torture you all the time. So I didn't really grow up on the self-esteem campaign. When you were lousy at something, they told you you were lousy, and they told you how to fix it.

Wynton Marsalis

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I do one accent - my own. I can make it louder or quieter. That is the sum total of my vocal range. I thought I could do an American accent until I tried it in front of an American - the expression of horror is still burnt onto my retinas.

John Oliver

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I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.

Jeanne Moreau

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You realize that the first Bryan Ferry album was pretty good although at the time it seemed a bit cheesy.

Robyn Hitchcock

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Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

Lou Holtz

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Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure.

David Viscott

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It's not very fashionable, but I love life, and I believe that things disappear and reappear and nothing ever solidifies, no matter how middle-class, housebroken, staid, and solitary someone's life seems to be. That, I think, is what I'm writing about.

Colum McCann

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They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.

Audie Murphy

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One of the most beautiful sights is when the rim of the Earth is bright on one side, and you see this defined line of the atmosphere. You see how close and thin it is. We've got to be careful. We've got to take care of this planet.

Peggy Whitson

BeautifulCareTake CareYouEarth

Usually, you don't have commitment promises in a friendship. Usually, it just grows.

Sheila Heti

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In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

Noam Chomsky

FreedomGreatSocietyFreeSpeech

It's extremely hard work keeping fresh.

Norm Crosby

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My mother, when I told her I was going into the jewelry business said, 'Kenneth, don't tell anyone.'

Kenneth Jay Lane

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