"In my opinion, Louis Armstrong is the greatest trumpet stylist of all time and has influenced every trumpet player of his time and long after"

-- Al Hirt

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“Medieval England was a great military power with a sophisticated machinery of government, but her naval administration, at best improvised and for long periods missing altogether, pointed to a grave weakness: the lack of any reliable means of putting a force of warships at the disposal of the crown. Only Richard I and Henry V of all the kings of England can be said to have understood the problem and attempted to remedy it. It is no coincidence that they wer by far the most successful in war.”
“Be humble, or you'll stumble.”
“Investment is not only volatile, it is the key motor of the economy's prosperity because it has a snowball effect.”

Source : Will Hutton (2011). “The State We're In: (Revised Edition)”, p.242, Random House
“The most optimistic thing that's happened is that as a society we're beginning to recognize that there are many voices. When I began, thirty years ago, the idea of one author or the artist as being a solitary creature was really the only idea that there was.”
“I was satisfied with haiku until I met you, but now I want a Russian novel, a 50-page description of you sleeping.”

Source : Dean Young (2011). “Fall Higher”, p.75, Copper Canyon Press
“When we are angry, killing people is too superficial.”
“Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed”

Source : John D. Rockefeller (2015). “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth”, p.34, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.”

Source : Elihu Root (1916). “Addresses on International Subjects”

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