Kurt Elling Quotes

You work very hard on the lyrics. Getting them to fit the contours of improvised melodies.

Kurt Elling

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Violence in Mexico has its origins in the lack of development and corruption.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

CorruptionViolenceDevelopmentLack

I had a happy marriage and a nice wife. I accomplished everything you can. What more can you want?

Max Schmeling

MarriageWifeHappyYouNiceWant

'Blood Feast' is my favorite of Lewis' films. When we shot 'Serial Mom,' and I showed them the infamous tongue scene, one of the female crew members said, 'I hate when a guy does that.'

John Waters

HateMomTongueSaidBloodGuy

Some eco groups suggest that as many as 73 million sharks are killed globally every year. Hammerheads, blue sharks, mako sharks - they're disappearing, and they ain't coming back.

Stephen Rodrick

BlueYearBackSharksComingSome

Africa offers the highest return on investment in the world.

Mo Ibrahim

WorldInvestmentAfricaReturn

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

Plutarch

FriendshipChangeFriendShadowNeed

We need to make sure that the Voyager probes carrying a record of human civilization speeding beyond our solar system remain an introduction to the world that sent them and not an epitaph for a civilization that caused its own ruin.

Priyamvada Natarajan

WorldCivilizationIntroductionSolar

I would rather be at Reggae Sunsplash, which happens once a year, than doing some horrible Brady Bunch reunion.

Susan Olsen

DoingYearReunionReggaeHorrible

I care about working on interesting problems, and Shopify is this gift that keeps on giving for working on interesting problems with amazing people.

Tobias Lutke

PeopleAmazingGiftProblemsCare

The question of bread for myself is a material question, but the question of bread for my neighbor is a spiritual question.

Nikolai Berdyaev

MyselfSpiritualNeighborBread

To me, we are the most beautiful creatures in the whole world. Black people. And I mean that in every sense.

Nina Simone

BeautifulPeopleMeWorldBlack

Honesty, vulnerability, pain - these are things that always supersede the trends of the day.

No I.D.

HonestyDayPainTrendsAlways

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