Cecil Taylor Quotes

You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.

Cecil Taylor

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MusicYouSurrenderWhateverMust

'Don't Look Back' is my first YA contemporary mystery/thriller. It's been described as 'Black Swan' meets 'Pretty Little Liars'.

Jennifer Armentrout

BlackLookBackFirstLiarsSwan

Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer.

John O. Brennan

GreatExperienceCareerFortuneWell

There have been so many false things written about me by people who don't know me.

Michael Cimino

PeopleMeKnowFalseThingsBeen

I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation.

Siegfried Sassoon

ChangePurposeWarImpossibleDone

If you take into account prisoners, a large majority of African American men in some urban areas, like Chicago, have been labeled felons for life. These men are part of a growing undercaste - not class, caste - a group of people who are permanently relegated, by law, to an inferior second-class status.

Michelle Alexander

LifeMenPeopleLawAmericanYou

I am such a vacation girl. I have little places that I go to frequently! If I am not too busy on a weekend, I try to go someplace like Mexico or Manzanillo or something like that.

LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

GirlVacationI AmBusyWeekendGo

I've been doing stand-up since '89.

Judah Friedlander

DoingBeenSinceStand-Up

Honestly, what can really be said about 'the Jewish people' as a whole? Is it not a lamentable stereotype to make large generalizations about all Jews, and to presume they all share the same political commitments?

Judith Butler

PeoplePoliticalSaidSameJewish

I am convinced that tough villains help make a comedy sparkle because they provide a contrast to the funny guys.

Jay Chandrasekhar

FunnyI AmToughSparkleHelpGuys

What makes the Stones' arrogance so divine is that we all believe that long ago and far away they weren't rich and famous but poor and struggling, just like us.

Jon Landau

BelieveRichArroganceFamousLong

Our studio is kind of built into our home, so it's a place you can ramble, and we can do a pretty good recording here. The band is really comfortable her.

Chris Frantz

GoodHomeYouPlaceKindBand

I didn't start acting until after undergrad!

Conrad Ricamora

StartActingAfterUntil

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