"The obvious priority is to get your intonation together. Your sound and your pitch should be inspiring to people, not a distraction."

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Source : "Fretless Questions: John Patitucci". Fretlessbass Interview, fretlessbass.com. September 25, 2006.

John Patitucci

#People Quotes #Priorities Quotes #Together Quotes

“I had a wall around me and a lot of fantasy locked inside.”
“A lot of young people dont think they can make a difference. Thats really what I am at Dartmouth to do. Im there to tell the young people, Look, a few committed souls can change the world.”
“I started off at the high level, in the slick magazines, but they didn't use my name, they used house names. Anyway, then I went downhill to the pulps, then downhill further to the comics.”

Source : Interview with Michael Carlson, Crime Time, 2001.
“This, indeed, is one of the eternal paradoxes of both life and literature-that without passion little gets done; yet, without control of that passion, its effects are largely ill or null.”

Source : F. L. Lucas (2012). “Style: The Art of Writing Well”, Harriman House Limited
“This Congress is out of control and in desperate need of adult supervision.”
“The increasing tendency towards seeing people in terms of one dominant â€˜identityâ€™ (â€˜this is your duty as an Americanâ€™, â€˜you must commit these acts as a Muslimâ€™, or â€˜as a Chinese you should give priority to this national engagementâ€™) is not only an imposition of an external and arbitrary priority, but also the denial of an important liberty of a person who can decide on their respective loyalties to different groups (to all of which he or she belongs).”
“The only place you will be accepted is the place you make for yourself.”

Source : Holly Lisle (1992). “Fire in the Mist”, Baen Books
“There are interests by the sacrifice of which peace is too dearly purchased. One should never be at peace to the shame of his own soul--to the violation of his integrity or of his allegiance to God.”

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