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Duke Ellington Quotes

My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: April 29, 1899 - May 24, 1974

Topics

Leadership Attitude Enough Never

I think the biggest problem in the world is that we have a generation of young people, and maybe two, who don't think it's going to get any better.

People World Think Generation Better

I have very little patience with children.

Patience Children Little Very

I had a nice life. It had its challenges like anybody's life, I guess.

Lorelei Linklater

Life Challenges Nice Like Anybody

I just love doing sitcoms. I'd be in them till I was gray if they'd have me.

Love Me Doing Gray Just Them

Before I got into politics, I wanted to be a missionary to people in the Middle East. I thought it would be better to speak with them in their own language.

Politics People Speak Thought Better

Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults.

Children Responsibility Happy Parents

There is no reason inherent in the real resources available to us why we cannot move rapidly within the next two or three years to a state of genuine full employment.

William Vickrey

Three Genuine Why Reason Resources

Being able to provoke a different point of view to the standard current ideological or political perspective as played out in conventional newspaper or radio reportage is what a public intellectual does. But it's not merely about being oppositional, because that's too negative.

Perspective Negative View Political

Politicians are just Daily Mail journalists writ large, aren't they? They're always telling us what's going to happen, and we know they don't know!

Daily Know Mail Always Politicians

There's something about having a badge that just makes you feel so official.

Feel You Something Just Badge About

Shape and color are my two strong things. And by doing this, drawing plants has always led me into my paintings and my sculptures.

Ellsworth Kelly

Me Plants Color Strong Drawing Two

So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things.

Life New Things My Life Doing New

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