Cecil Taylor Quotes

I am not afraid of European influences. The point is to use them, as Ellington did, as part of my life as an American Negro.

Cecil Taylor

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For many years I was engaged in journalism, writing articles and chronicles for the daily press without ever joining the staff of any newspaper.

Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

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When I first came to the States, I thought I had a perfect American accent, and then I was abruptly becoming aware that it wasn't. So I did have to work on it a little bit, but I was hesitant working on it because I thought it was good.

Joel Kinnaman

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For me, it's a feel thing; it's a mechanical thing.

Matt Harvey

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People pay their hard-earned money to come and watch me perform live. That's a blessing.

Anjelah Johnson

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I wish I could calculate my way to a bigger audience, but I don't think I'm smart enough. Actually, I don't think anyone is smart enough. Most calculations along those lines fail.

Stephen McCauley

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I'd get rid of it, just get rid of the draft altogether. We'd just deal with the salary cap.

Stan Van Gundy

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For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.

Sidney Lumet

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People look at me and see a calm, cool guy on the sidelines and I want them to know that my Christian faith affects my coaching and everything I do.

Tony Dungy

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I created an online program that has audio lessons and PDF worksheets and two hours of video. So it's like a course you can do at home. And people are loving it and getting jobs from it.

Josh Pais

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I'm not saying everything out there is bad and toxic, but there are some things that are not scriptural. For example, some people don't understand that the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Joseph Prince

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Just as someone who's been interested in radio and programming for so long, I can usually tell when an interviewer is doing a segment just to fill a programming slot. They ask questions, but they don't care about the answers.

Chris Hardwick

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Comedians talk to other comedians the way jazz musicians can talk to each other.

David Steinberg

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