When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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I have been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the no-fly zone. ~Philippe Perrin
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I hear my flow on that song I wow myself. ~Tyler The Creator
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably. ~John Bunyan
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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There are no true friends in politics. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player. ~Anna Kournikova
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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