Charlie Haden Quotes

One of the things my mom used to do - I don't know why she chose me, but she chose me out of her six children to take to the African-American church that was in the town that we lived in Springfield, Missouri. And we would go to the church, and we would sit in the back row, and we would listen to all of the spirituals in the hymns.

Charlie Haden

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When there were cases of Ebola in the States, I respected that people wanted to address concerns and take some sort of action, but the focus turned completely to the U.S. At one point, we started to wonder, Where is the Ebola epidemic happening? The States - or West Africa?

Joanne Liu

FocusPeopleActionWonderAfrica

My compulsion to always be working has become less strong and my current business is purely down to this enormous alimony. If I wasn't doing this I'd be making documentaries about wildlife and other subjects that interest me.

John Cleese

BusinessMeStrongDoingDown

I go to churches to pray, but I don't go to mass.

Andrea Corr

GoPrayChurchesMass

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking.

John Maynard Keynes

WordsThoughtsWildLittleOught

Personally, I think life offers us the opportunity to take chances and make changes all the time.

Jean Smart

LifeOpportunityTimeThinkChanges

There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.

Toni Morrison

NothingWhyMoreDifficultHandle

Some of my finest memories are from my time at the University of Texas. College baseball, I love it.

Roger Clemens

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Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.

Rudolf Nureyev

YouFallBackRunInspirationOut

Ice skating is very difficult. It takes a lot of discipline and a lot of hard work. It's fun, but you are there on the ice every morning freezing and trying to do these moves and these tricks.

Michelle Trachtenberg

WorkHard WorkMorningDiscipline

They always use the word 'insult' with me, but I don't hurt anybody. I wouldn't be sitting here if I did. I make fun of everybody and exaggerate all our insecurities.

Don Rickles

FunMeHurtSittingInsultAlways

I am just trying to live for my kids. It is all about my kids now. I love them endlessly.

Dolores O'Riordan

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I started on the clarinet. I was going to a music school - my mother took me - and the guy said, 'What do you want to play?' I said the drums, and my mother said, 'No, you don't. You don't want to play the drums.' So I said, 'Maybe the trumpet would be cool.' And my mother said, 'I don't think so.' And then the clarinet was handed to me.

Christopher Guest

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