"The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body."

-- Stan Getz

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“It is above all in the present democratic age that the true friends of liberty and human grandeur must remain constantly vigilant and ready to prevent the social power from lightly sacrificing the particular rights of a few individuals to the general execution of its designs. In such times there is no citizen so obscure that it is not very dangerous to allow him to be oppressed, and there are no individual rights so unimportant that they can be sacrificed to arbitrariness with impunity.”
“While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.”
“Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“When I went to the University of Iowa in order to be a writer, I thought, This is the worst way to learn how to write. To sit in a room with a bunch of would-be writers, who want to write the Great American Novel, every one of them, and you read their stories and they read yours, and you're not living a life. I don't like that. I like learning on the job. The character of my work has definitely evolved from the character of my life.”

Source : Interview with Jonathan Goldstein, believermag.com. March 1, 2013.
“A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive.”
“My dad always told me, 'I don't care what you do. Just aim to be the best at it. Even if it's the world's best window cleaner.'”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Your day usually follows the direction of the corners of your mouth. So SMILE.”
“Police do not belong in war zones.”

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