"If I worried about that, I wouldn't have made a single record in my whole career. I think more and more, audiences appreciate something that is distinctive and different. Everyone always throws out this figure, 'Jazz is now down to three percent of the total record sales.' So does that mean it is not important? I think if we agree that human culture itself is important, then I think those three percent take on a greater significance."

-- Dave Douglas

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Careers Quotes

“I have significant concerns about reducing the 188th Fighter Wing's capabilities, and will fight tooth and nail against attempts to reduce its personnel or take away aircraft.”
“Human beings are social creatures - not occasionally or by accident but always. Sociability is one of our lives as both cause and effect.”

Source : Clay Shirky (2009). “Here Comes Everybody: How Change Happens when People Come Together”, p.19, Penguin UK
“Well no, I think we won't have that problem but as far as paparazzi I'm speaking, I will deal with that.”
“Complicated Grief was written in larger and more coherent (if disparate) shapes. The question was how they fit together. The mind is coherent, trust that was the best writing advice I ever got (I got it from Carole Maso and I pass it on). It's true, and clearer and clearer as one grows and gains an improved sense of who one actually is (as versus who one was supposed to be).”
“We see these adolescents mourning for a lost childhood.”
“Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.”
“One of the most important lessons the Lord has taught me is that you are not your gift. That is, you are not defined by what you do or create. Jesus is a wonderful example of this. He would not allow the crowd to define Him by His considerable gifts, even though they tried to do so. Jesus always points away from Himself and His gifts and thereby wins praise for the Father. We are not our gifts. We are called to give more. Like Jesus, we are called to give ourselves. That is the real purpose behind our gifts; they are vehicles for giving the self.”
“I love interacting the fans and try to answer questions that people have. And I love when people are excited about projects, so. I am just a tweet away.”

Source : Source: thecelebritycafe.com

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