Duke Ellington Quotes

On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.

Duke Ellington

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifePeopleBibleUnderstandMore

People are really interested in economic security.

Jim Gray

PeopleSecurityEconomicInterested

There's an enormous amount of obliviousness: a desire among young gentrifiers to see only the city they want to see.

Jess Row

CityDesireYoungWantSeeOnly

Two of my aunts are Catholic sisters.

Ann Dowd

TwoCatholicSistersAunts

The honor of being able to play Maura is transformative. I'm 70 years old. I should be in a reading room, reading Dickens or something.

Jeffrey Tambor

ReadingHonorPlayOldYearsRoom

I saw B.B. King in concert one time where he had this guy that would bring him out a glass of water and towel to wipe his forehead with.

Johnny Van Zant

TimeWaterKingGlassHimOut

I can't stand interpretation. I think it's one of the great scourges of the theater. I just think, 'Don't get in the way of the play.'

Douglas Hodge

GreatThinkStandPlayWayGet

I don't give a toss about being remembered after my death.

Christopher Moore

DeathRememberedBeingGiveAfter

I knew style and content went hand in hand.

Boy George

StyleHandContentKnew

As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties.

Arthur Henderson

PeaceStepEqualityFirst StepFirst

I like to sing the songs people love, like 'Impossible Dream.'

Brian Stokes Mitchell

LovePeopleImpossibleDreamSing

I looked, and saw that Bob had entirely lost his left ear, and a large piece from his left cheek. His right eye was a little discoloured, and the blood flowed profusely from his wounds.

Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

EyeLostBloodRightLittleLeft

It's because I work in ethics, and, more specifically, applied ethics, that I think it's important that if you have things to say that you think are right and you think could make the world a better place, it's important that many people read about them.

Peter Singer

WorkEthicsPeopleWorldBetterYou

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