"Miles'd got killed if he hit me."

-- Thelonious Monk

#Jazz Quotes #Miles Quotes

“All I have is an opinion - I don't deal in Truth.”
“Around here, however, we donâ€™t look backwards for very long”
“The Marine Corps has been, and will continue to be, America's Expeditionary Force in Readiness - ready to respond to today's crisis, with today's Marine forces, today.”
“I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.”

Source : "Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer: 'I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid'" by Justin Cartwright, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 14, 2014.
“We need to encourage our kids to express their feelings. We need to help them find their voice.”
“Poetry is life distilled.”
“The object of life is not happiness, but to serve God or the Grail. All of the Grail quests are to serve God. If one understands this and drops his idiotic notion that the meaning of life is personal happiness, then one will find that elusive quality immediately at hand.”

Source : Robert A. Johnson (1989). “He: Understanding Masculine Psychology”, Harpercollins
“I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I'd put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band. Today you don't have to do that, because catchers' mitts are more like first baseman's gloves.”

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