Cecile McLorin Salvant Quotes

Thelonious Monk was one of the musicians I most connected with early on. I'm a huge Betty Carter fan, and the way that Abbey Lincoln and Shirley Horn grew immensely from the time they were young is so inspirational.

Cecile McLorin Salvant

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The pen and the written word hold a great deal of power.

Andy Biersack

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The documented incidences of voter fraud are very rare, yet throughout the country, forces have mobilized in over 30 states to stop it. These efforts are very partisan.

John Lewis

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For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story.

Jeffery Deaver

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I always knew I wanted to make movies since I was around eleven. I never thought of it as wanting to do straight-up comedy. Even now, I don't see things in terms of genre.

Jeff Baena

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I had a friend that was really passionate about yoga, and she let me come with her to a couple of her classes - I just got really into it. The more you practise, the better you get. It's an hour when I'm not thinking about anything except breathing.

Stella Maxwell

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I had a high school girlfriend whose mother gave us theater tickets, so I saw the second night performance of 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' My girl and I could not get up during intermission, we were so stunned. To this day it's the only thing I've seen on stage that's 100 percent real and 100 percent poetic simultaneously.

Mike Nichols

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A modern hero is very ambiguous. I went through some very rough times in Czechoslovakia - the occupation by the Germans at the end of the war. We had people going against their tanks with brooms. Are they nuts, or are they heroes?

Milos Forman

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I like the course, the history - everything about St. Andrews.

Louis Oosthuizen

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I love doing television.

Jason Ritter

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Personally, I've never been popular, so I'm not surprised that professionally I'm a bit out of step, too.

Jason Robert Brown

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Empirical evidence collected and analyzed by political scientists demonstrates that judicial pensions are the most important factor in a Justice's decision to retire, far more important than the party of the President or which political party has control of the Senate.

David Stras

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If I'm ever having a good time, I'll write about it so I'll remember it.

Brantley Gilbert

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