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Ornette Coleman Quotes

You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes.

Ornette Coleman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: March 9, 1930 - June 11, 2015

Topics

Music World Color You Realize Same

The Cold War's end pushed disarmament down most leaders' agendas. It's a sophisticated issue, which I think is one reason why it is not so hands-on to many people. It's not visceral. It's not like a starving child.

Michael Douglas

War Child People Cold Think End

Our goal in the '70s was to end the closed door era. There were so many things that were off limits to women: policing, firefighting, mining, piloting planes.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Women Door Limits End Goal Things

People don't appreciate their intestines until something goes wrong. But I always hope that people gain a little appreciation for their guts.

Hope Appreciation People Appreciate

I don't think I can get into my deep inner thoughts about hitting. It's like talking about religion.

Religion Thoughts Deep Think Talking

Evangelicals always assume that humor and faith are contradictory. It's OK to smile, to be nice, but not frivolous.

Smile Faith Humor Be Nice Nice OK

One day, you might look up and see me playing the game at 50. Don't laugh. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

Day Me Game Limits Laugh Look

The Chinaman has only a passive courage, but this courage he possesses in the highest degree. His indifference to death is truly extraordinary. When he is ill, he sees it approach, and does not falter. When condemned, and already in the hands of an officer, he manifests no fear.

Fear Courage Death Hands No Fear

Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.

Sports Beach Growing Up Racing Year

Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps.

Jonathan Frakes

Time Day Preparation Interesting Now

What am I, a Frankenstein? What am I, some kind of an ogre? I'm a good person; I'm a warm person.

Donald Sterling

Good Warm Good Person Person Kind

My individual power is limited. I want to use my high-profile way to wake people up to take action together to do good things. I can only awake them with my performance art and creativity.

Good Power Art Creativity Together

I may have gotten my first job from 'Backstage.' I remember going to the Equity offices, and I signed up for an audition. I left. I was grabbing a coffee somewhere and looking at 'Backstage' and saw that there was an audition for another project going on at the same time. It was called 'Almost Heaven: The Songs of John Denver.'

Time Coffee Job Looking Remember

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