"If you got up on the bandstand at Minton's and couldn't play, you were not only going to be embarrassed by the people ignoring you or booing you, you might get your ***** kicked."

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Miles Davis

#Play Quotes #People Quotes #Might Quotes

“Kids come up to me all the time and say, 'Once I was going through a really bad time, and I saw you crash and get up, and it inspired me.'”
“The spaces I want to be in are nurturing and soft and saturated with color. Our cities don't have enough of that, and as humans we need it.”
“I certainly couldn't run a big country house, nor could I organize the greatest show on earth.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Sometimes we don't know what we want until we don't get it.”

Source : Sloane Crosley (2012). “I Was Told There'd Be Cake”, p.73, Portobello Books
“Where there are friends there is wealth.”
“I hear all the time that 'unemployment is greatly reduced, but the people aren't feeling it.' When the media, talking heads, the White House and Wall Street start reporting the truth - the percent of Americans in good jobs; jobs that are full time and real - then we will quit wondering why Americans aren't 'feeling' something that doesn't remotely reflect the reality in their lives. And we will also quit wondering what hollowed out the middle class.”
“You know, 600,000 millionaires get a Social Security check every month. I think there's enough waste and inefficiency.”
“Next time I will ..." "From now on I will ..." - What makes me think I am wiser today than I will be tomorrow?”

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