Kamasi Washington Quotes

When I was about seventeen, I had a group called the Young Jazz Giants. We played all originals. When we would finish playing, people would be like, 'Oh my God, that was so nice, that was so great.' But Pops would never tell us we were the best. He would give it to us straight, like, 'You're out of tune. You're dropping beats.'

Kamasi Washington

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I like to ground plays in reality so they can jump higher. So we can account for the trampoline, so we can account for the leap.

John Guare

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It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.

Matthew Hale

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The Washington-knows-best approach has repeatedly failed the very children it proposes to help. It's time to roll back Common Core and return education to the people who it matters most to - children, parents, and teachers.

Jeff Duncan

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It's kind of hard to get deep with Rodgers and Hammerstein. I can't think of a moral in the music - it's just fun.

Jeff Long

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The idea that maybe you don't have to own a car if you only need one occasionally may catch on, just like time-sharing caught on in real estate.

Steve Case

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My sister made certain choices about the life she wanted. Those choices include a steady job, a husband and children. But balance and stability come at a cost. It is harder for her to be spontaneous. It is harder to just up and leave.

Simon Sinek

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You only live once. You don't want your tombstone to read: 'Played it Safe.'

Rosario Dawson

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Being a mayor was an awesome, difficult job. Being the chair of the Armed Services Committee was perhaps the most incredible time in my life, because I got up one morning, and the peacenik from Berkeley was chair of the Armed Services Committee, and it was the greatest - one of the great challenges of my life.

Ron Dellums

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I DJ and I'm a harsh critic of DJs.

Russell Peters

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In the time we made 'To the 5 Boroughs,' there was a political seriousness because of what was happening in the world.

Mike D

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It is our nation which is blind, and needs our prayers.

Jonathan Kozol

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The Monaco Grand Prix is in May right around the time of Cannes.

Asif Kapadia

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