"You need to make the music strong, and the philosophy behind the music has to be solid. What the music exudes, what it emits, has to be very strong. It's your thinking that brings you things in life. Part of my philosophy to exceed starts right there."

-- David S. Ware

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“The average American is just like the child in the family. You give him some responsibility and he is going to amount to something. He is going to do something. If, on the other hand, you make him completely dependent and pamper him and cater to him too much, you are going to make him soft, spoiled and eventually a very weak individual.”
“I didn't write a book. It wasn't for self-enrichment.”

Source : "Tripp: Pentagon settlement wasn't 'financial victory'". www.cnn.com. December 2, 2003.
“In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to give as much to the lives of others as they would give to their own; and to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves.”
“I am saddened when I hear these words -this is not the person I knew - because those words objectify the person suffering from Alzheimer's. When you objectify a person you also dehumanize them. Once dehumanized the person becomes a villain.”
“If faces were different when lit from above or below -- what was a face? What was anything?”
“I don't think hip-hop is a dying art form. I think it's impossible for hip-hop to be a dying art form.”
“Friendship has no civil, and few emotional, rights in our society.”
“Don't choose me. I'm not worth your time.”

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