Gretchen Parlato Quotes

Ultimately, I think there's this umbrella term of jazz, and what's cool about not just what's happening with my music but this general sense of what's happening with this generation of musicians, is it's a very broad term, and we can incorporate all types of music, and we can be influenced and inspired by all kinds of sounds.

Gretchen Parlato

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To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

FamilyLivePeopleSocietyWishWho

It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard.

John Legend

MusicBestYouWorking HardHard

I have been commissioned to write an autobiography and I would be grateful to any of your readers who could tell me what I was doing between 1960 and 1974.

Jeffrey Bernard

GratefulMeDoingBe GratefulWrite

One time, I fought 90 fights in 90 days in 90 different places around the world. I didn't even know who I was: about 45 or 50 in, they just kept pushing me, and that's when I really get into a lot of trouble.

Roddy Piper

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High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up even where socialization is different, and so does crime and delinquency.

Rodney Stark

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Most reputable scientists agree that climate change is real and that the effects are likely to be bad. But nobody can say for sure exactly what 'bad' means. The safest and most equitable way out of this horrific mess is simple: cut fossil-fuel emissions.

Michael Specter

ChangeSimpleBadNobodySayWay

There is no presence of American infidels in the city of Baghdad.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

CityAmericanPresenceBaghdad

Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.

Bob Uecker

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I am not a hoodlum. I'm a community organizer.

Bobby Seale

CommunityI AmOrganizerAm

I would love to do an all Laura Nyro show.

Alison Elliott

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The valiant never taste of death but once.

William Shakespeare

DeathNeverTasteOnceValiant

People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.

Princess Diana

DayJobManPeopleMeBetter

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