Cecil Taylor Quotes

I've always tried to be a poet more than anything else. I mean, professional musicians die.

Cecil Taylor

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MusiciansDieProfessionalMoreMean

People think of fortune cookies as being Chinese, but in essence, they are fundamentally American.

Jennifer Lee

PeopleThinkAmericanCookiesBeing

I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the better! If I'm presented with a fast horse or a fast boat, I still get that shiver of excitement and I cannot resist. Luckily I never seem to have any accidents, and thank God for that.

Andrea Bocelli

LoveGodRideThank GodBoatBetter

I have had the good fortune of being able to sing with many of the finest voices in the world, and for someone who loves voices as I do, this is an enormous privilege.

Andrea Bocelli

GoodWorldSomeonePrivilegeFortune

It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.

Robert Motherwell

ArtDeepMayNecessityExamination

Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing and feel the quiet holiness of that time that's set apart to celebrate love, friendship, and God's gift of the Christ child.

Amy Grant

FriendshipLoveGodFaithTimeTree

There is that potential of the expats coming back to the Philippines. But sadly they are no opportunities, no incentive for them to come back home. Successive governments have, in fact, been training them to export them rather than working on the economy to welcome them home.

Miguel Syjuco

HomeTrainingWelcomeOpportunities

My brain kind of rolls pretty fast when I'm conscious. It's constantly looking for stuff to do. Like if I'm in my house and I'm hanging out, I tend to be listening to music whilst watching a film whilst sending e-mails.

Dominic Monaghan

MusicBrainListeningLookingHouse

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

Arthur Schopenhauer

BoredomSituationOutsideDepend

My site has the whole thing - blogs, information, video interviews.

William Shatner

InformationWholeInterviewsVideo

Allen Iverson is, like, my all-time hero.

Pusha T

HeroLikeAllenAll-Time

You can't imagine how hard I am on myself. Nothing pummels me like my own doubts, the feeling of how far I still have to go.

Nicole Krauss

MyselfI AmMeYouFeelingNothing

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

Richard C. Armitage

PrideAlwaysDownfallWhichBit

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