"When I was first aware that I couldn't read music I didn't know I couldn't read because I could play the music that was in front of me."

-- Dave Brubeck

#Play Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“We do a wealth of stuff (live), drawing from over the years.”
“If we are willing to concede the President dictatorial authority where we happen to agree with him, as liberals have tended to do over the years, we will have little chance of tying his hands when we do not....You will see why many of us in the Congress understand how Dr. Frankenstein must have felt when his creation ran amok.”
“All my life I've been prejudiced against wealthy people.”
“But in that backroom or whatever it is when God confronts me with my sins, I do not believe any of the kills I had during the war will be among them. Everyone I shot was evil. I had good cause on every shot. They all deserved to die.”
“While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.”

Source : Jane Jacobs (2016). “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, p.13, Vintage
“Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend.”

Source : Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2011). “Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations”, p.215, Simon and Schuster
“Maybe this is just me, because my priorities have changed as Iâ€™ve gotten older. But now I donâ€™t want to be â€˜sort of datingâ€™ someone. I donâ€™t want to be â€˜kinda hanging outâ€™ with someone. I donâ€™t want to spend a lot of energy suppressing all my feelings so I appear uninvolved. I want to be involved.”

Source : Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (2009). “He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys”, p.43, Simon and Schuster
“A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy.”

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