"My father was a jazz tenor sax player. He played in a lot of big bands. So I had that sound around me all the time. The first record that really caught my ear was Clifford Brown's 'Brownie Eyes.' I grew up listening to John Coltrane and Illinois Jacquet. This is where I come from... I love improvisational music."

-- Meshell Ndegeocello

#Father Quotes #Eye Quotes #Player Quotes

“Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living.”
“The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles - preferably of his own making - in order to triumph.”

Source : Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper
“Algae is the perfect food plant. It doubles cell mass every twelve hours, depending on the strain.”

Source : "A Willy Wonka Who Wants to Feed the World". Interview with Brandon Keim, www.wired.com. December 30, 2008.
“Women share this planet 50/ 50 and they are underrepresented -- their potential astonishingly untapped.”
“So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program. Everyone was doing exactly the same elements.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“There's a dance of mutual destruction going on between the media and politicians.”
“If we could share this world below, If we could learn to love... If we could share this world below, We'd need no world above.”
“The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet.”

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