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.

Wadada Leo Smith

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Portugal is like Ziggy Stardust. The period is there, so you know that it's not the country, it's Portugal. The 'Man' states, 'He's the man.'

John Gourley

ManYouCountryKnowLikeStardust

It helps when 1 can send the children off to their fathers so I can support my new book with a national publicity tour. I started writing the book when my daughter was 5. It took me almost four years.

Meg Tilly

DaughterChildrenSupportMeWriting

Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.

John Wesley

FearGodAloneMeCareHell

When you get back to fundamental questions - 'Why should anything exist?' A, I'm not sure what the answer is in terms of the science, and B, I'm not sure that science can even ask that question.

John Rhys-Davies

ScienceQuestionsYouBackWhyAsk

I change my mind so much, I'm better going on my own. Shopping is a selfish activity anyway.

Sophie Kinsella

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It's very inexpensive to give a compliment.

Joyce Meyer

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There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.

Jascha Heifetz

ReachHeightsTopAlwaysFurther

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

Joseph Joubert

FutureRespectPastSafetyPresent

This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization.

Joseph Rotblat

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The first ten, twelve or fifteen years of life are excavated of inherent moral worth in order to accommodate a regimen of basic training for the adult years that many of the poorest children may not even live to know.

Jonathan Kozol

LifeLiveChildrenTrainingWorth

Public school was never in business to produce Thoreau. It is in business to produce a man like Richard Nixon and, even more, a population like the one which could elect him.

Jonathan Kozol

BusinessManSchoolMoreNeverHim

I've always been very grateful that enough people have enjoyed reading what I've written that I've been able to pursue writing professionally.

Christopher Paolini

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