"Economy: that what you played had to have meaning, not just a bunch of sixteenth notes. You learn to make better choices of notes as you get older."

-- Art Farmer

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“The more familiar people are with the ecosystem that lives below the surface - invisible until you're actually in the ocean - the more likely they are to do what they can to protect it.”
“We must continue to unite in sisterhood to turn our tears into triumph. There is no time to rest until our world achieves wholeness and balance, where all men and women are considered equal and free.”

Source : "Acceptance Speech: Liberian Noble Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee Talks About the Struggles of African Women". face2faceafrica.com. December 12, 2011.
“I've got so many musical personalities, I could probably get treatment for it.”
“Mob guys had muscle, and where in hell do you think employers got the tough guys when they wanted to break a strike?”

Source : "Hoffa The Real Story" by Jimmy Hoffa, (p. 92), 1975.
“We are made for action, and activity is the sovereign remedy for all physical ills.”
“Friendship is the most pleasant of all things, and nothing more glads the heart of man.”
“The most beautiful surprise is that you have these moments where you connect with people on a deep level without saying a word. It's one of those wonderful things that you get what you give, and I'm grateful for it.”
“The Puritans nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedim, where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but could prevent everybody else from enjoyin his.”

Source : London Punch Letters, No. 5, 1866.

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