Cecil Taylor Quotes

Someone once asked me if I was gay. I said, 'Do you think a three-letter word defines the complexity of my humanity?' I avoid the trap of easy definition.

Cecil Taylor

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MeThinkSomeoneHumanityYouGay

A skill required to be president is to explain to the American people any given thing they do.

Jim Lehrer

PeopleAmericanSkillPresidentAny

I talk a lot, and that is probably exhausting.

Jodie Whittaker

TalkLotExhausting

Cinema is a visual language, and you're always looking for visual metaphors for things. You know, if I was writing a play about Howard Hughes, I could have him give a monologue about how he's terrified to touch a doorknob. But on screen, you know, working with Marty Scorsese in 'The Aviator,' that became the series of images that told a story.

John Logan

WritingLookingStoryLanguageYou

For me, electronic music is like cooking: it's a sensual organic activity where you can mix ingredients.

Jean-Michel Jarre

MusicCookingMeYouIngredients

Life would certainly be easier if we all came equipped with our own personal FAQ lists. When we meet someone, we could pass them a business card with the list on the back, and then step back and let them read before we tried to talk.

Jeff Lindsay

LifeBusinessStepSomeoneBackOwn

Entrepreneurship is about tackling big problems - often non-obvious problems - that will have a meaningful impact on the world, and this usually involves solving these problems in counterintuitive ways.

Trip Adler

WorldProblemsImpactWillBigWays

My mom used to get arrested for being with my dad. She would get fined. She would spend weekends in jail.

Trevor Noah

MomJailSheWeekendsUsedGet

I hear a lot of influence from me and Timbaland's whole sound in a lot of records of today. But if you have classics like that, then I'm sure you gotta expect that it's gonna influence some people. So, I'm fine with that.

Missy Elliott

TodayPeopleMeInfluenceYouSound

Suddenly, I'm in movies that people are excited about, and that is a nice change.

Josh Brolin

ChangePeopleNiceMoviesExcited

Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets.

Donald Trump, Jr.

UpPrettyMakeAssetsOurMake Up

The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.

Deborah Norville

LoveBestMomMotherhoodSurprise

Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education.

Chuck Palahniuk

EducationRandomGameFactsBetter

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