Wadada Leo Smith Quotes

I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.

Wadada Leo Smith

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PeopleMeWinThinkAppreciatePush

I've been through so much. I just live each day, and whatever happens, happens. I've lived a very good life. My life has definitely changed, but the attitude is still the same.

Jim Kelly

LifeGoodAttitudeLiveDayMy Life

The real problem with big issues like Medicare is that both parties have to be brave at the same time. Every pollster will tell you not to do that to get partisan advantage. Too many people here are willing to deliberately harm the country for partisan gain. That is borderline treason.

Jim Cooper

TimePeopleBraveProblemYouWill

I found many treasures in the woods over the years: shotgun shells, empty Colt 45 bottles, old railroad spikes, orange and black beetles eating a dead mouse, pebbles that looked just like teeth, old stone walls and cellar holes, a rusted out frying pan, the skull of a cat.

Jennifer McMahon

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People won't buy insurance until they're sick. If you can call on your way to the hospital and get coverage, it's not really insurance at that point.

Angela Braly

PeopleSickInsuranceYouWayBuy

But the myth of violent solutions as the ultimate solutions maintains itself in much of popular media.

Stanley Crouch

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I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

Sidney Poitier

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Being around the young people makes me feel younger, like I'm 25 again.

Shinsuke Nakamura

PeopleMeFeelYoungYoung People

My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.

Lou Holtz

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I know, especially in my family, people's feelings get hurt over the tiniest things. I'm sure that's true in every family. But, for instance, one year, I came a little bit late to Thanksgiving, and I was supposed to bring a salad. And I just brought a bag of lettuce, and put it in a bowl. Five years later, I heard that my mom was incensed.

Jonathan Krisel

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'Sing It Again Rod' touches all the solo bases since Stewart's departure from the Jeff Beck Band, wherein he cut his teeth on American audiences for $75 a week plus expenses, and wisely ignores his generally inferior work with the Faces.

Jon Landau

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I hate fame. There's this assumption that everyone wants it - that by being a musician, I've signed up for it at some point. But personally, what I signed up for is sharing my music. I've always said I'd rather have four No. 10 songs than one No. 1 hit.

Chet Faker

MusicHateFameSaidSharingAlways

My whole thing was being wanted and being accepted by a ball club. That was the most important thing to me.

Allen Iverson

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