"I keep reverting (to Duke Ellington), he to me is the greatest ever and my favorite jazz philosopher, as such."

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Source : Interview by the "Chicago SEED", November, 1968.

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“The dream was to not only make a good-looking film that engaged, but also had the DNA of the show so the fans would love it and also as important had the opportunity to cross over out of the fans because of the price-point. You make a film that's 60 million dollars you can't just appeal to musical theater fans.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted.”
“Gratefulness makes us aware of the gift and makes us happy. As long as we take things for granted they don't make us happy. Gratefulness is the key to happiness. Practicing gratitude is so central to my spirituality.”
“I have wined and dined with kings and queens and Iâ€™ve slept in alleys and dined on pork and beans.”

Source : "Hard times: Wrestling world mourns loss of legend 'The American Dream' Dusty Rhodes" by Neil Docking, www.mirror.co.uk. June 11, 2015.
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.”

Source : Anne Frank, General Press (2016). “The Diary of a Young Girl”, p.107, GENERAL PRESS
“I have a crush on Steve Tyler. He's funny, he rocks, and has a voice like a god. There is another one who I have discovered can sing. I should try and make an album with him... it's Barack Obama!”

Source : "Lulu: Why I had to dump Bee Gee husband Maurice Gibb over his drinking" by Will Payne, www.mirror.co.uk. May 13, 2012.
“God is gone up on high with a triumphant noise.”
“America isn't Wollman Rink, but I think almost everybody watching, and certainly the people who voted for him, have had frustrating experiences with bureaucrats and bureaucracy, private as well as public, pushing them around.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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