Kamasi Washington Quotes

My third day playing saxophone, I was in front of a congregation. I still didn't know the names of all the notes. I was playing by ear, following along, but it was such an encouraging environment, I couldn't fail. It was all, 'Yeah baby, you sound real good' no matter what you play. It was a great way to learn.

Kamasi Washington

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GoodGreatDayBabyLearnYou

As a result of my life on the road and the increasing number of rainy afternoons in cinemas, I began to get the idea that I might write a film.

Jeremy Lloyd

LifeRoadMy LifeResultWriteFilm

Design negotiates between technology, policy, systems, and users.

Jens Martin Skibsted

TechnologyDesignPolicyBetween

I wondered whether the nuclear transfer techniques could be used to introduce purified macro-molecules into an egg, and hence into embryonic cells.

John Gurdon

EggCellsUsedIntroduceTransfer

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

John Cleese

TruthMeIdeasBetterLaughYou

When I was a freshman in high school, I read a book about the making of Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' called 'The Art of Animation.' It was this weird revelation for me, because I hadn't considered that people actually get paid to make cartoons.

John Lasseter

BeautyArtSchoolPeopleMeBook

Adam Scott sings like a bird... He's so bad. He's so bad.

Jean-Marc Vallee

BirdBadLikeHeAdamSings

The problem with our region is that there are areas with oil and too much money, and then there are places such as south Lebanon and the Palestinian territories where there is no work, and instead of developing industry, they become dependent on oil money - this results in extremism.

Stef Wertheimer

WorkMoneyProblemResultsToo Much

Liberal democracy - as you know, in the old days, we were saying we want socialism with a human face. Today's left effectively offers global capitalism with a human face, more tolerance, more rights and so on. So the question is, is this enough or not? Here I remain a Marxist: I think not.

Slavoj Zizek

TodayDemocracySocialismSayingYou

I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long.

Louise Brown

FearRejectionLongWriteWould

Even before Snapchat, you go back into my career from Day One or interview people that knew me for 25 years, they're going to tell you I've been DJ Khaled my whole life.

DJ Khaled

LifeDayPeopleMeDJYou

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

David Viscott

PeopleActionBelieveThoughtMost

We can work to get queer and trans people out of the prisons and jails and off the streets, and to improve our access to housing, education, employment and gender-confirming healthcare.

Chelsea Manning

WorkEducationPeopleHealthcareOut

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