Ornette Coleman Quotes

It just makes that person feel that what his work is is going to be more valid. But who wants to see a guy standing in front, looking like a bum, doing something that a bums don't do? This don't make sense.

Ornette Coleman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I'm not good at dialogue. I'm not good at holding a mirror up at a real world. I'm not good at believable characterisation.

Jim Crace

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You don't jump out of an airplane and stop halfway. It's all the way.

Jesse White

AirplaneYouStopJumpWayOut

I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would say to me, 'Don't you want to have a normal job and a normal family?' I guess that would be good advice for some people, but I wanted to act.

Jennifer Aniston

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I'm usually torn by, 'What's the role of government to cure injustice?' Families, churches, and schools can be more of an instrument of change.

Ander Crenshaw

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Agatha Christie never wrote books that just started with a dead body, and a 'Let's find out who the murderer is', which is kind of mysterious but not that mysterious. She always started with, 'How can this thing be happening; isn't it strange?'

Sophie Hannah

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I just try to keep it fresh without sacrificing funny.

Ron White

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One of my uncles took me to my first movie in a cinema - 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.'

Rupert Friend

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The Internet is a boon for hypochondriacs like me.

Mary Roach

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Being overweight and obesity are major risk factors for many chronic diseases for South Dakotans of all ages. When people are overweight or obese, they have more health problems and more serious health problems, in addition to higher health care costs.

Mike Rounds

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I took office as president in January 2003, and in April 2003, I sent to Congress my first proposal for tax reform. Some parts were voted on, with respect to federal taxes, and then it came to a standstill. Why? Because each state is interested in its own tax reform, has its own tax policy, and each state has its federal deputies and senators.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

RespectJanuaryTaxWhyOffice

I'm the oldest of four children, and when I was young, I used to get the blackboard out and make my brothers and sisters sit in front of me while I taught class. They all thought I wanted to be a teacher, but I didn't. I was impersonating my teachers.

Lucy Davis

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I think that's what I really liked about Narc: My character has a real operatic range in a way that older movies used to have.

Jason Patric

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