"If I were to put on Barbra Streisand and Duke Ellington, one might say the combination isn't good."

-- Norman Granz

#Dukes Quotes #Might Quotes #Combination Quotes

“All great art is an imperfect, halting attempt to catch up upon life.”
“It was really a pleasure to play someone who's literally pushed past her breaking point repeatedly.”

Source : Interview with Chris Neumer, www.stumpedmagazine.com.
“A person cannot grow up through happiness. Happiness makes a person shallow. It is only through suffering that we grow up, transform, and come to a better understanding of life.”

Source : Leslie T. Chang (2010). “Factory Girls: Voices from the Heart of Modern China”, p.61, Pan Macmillan
“I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.”
“I'm a really hectic dreamer; I never wake up not out of a dream, and there's loads going on, lots of action, big blockbuster dreams, they're all major enterprises.”
“[About Jews] Among other nations, the vital problems are: a good crop, extension of the boundaries, strong armies, colonies; among us, if we wish to be true to ourselves, the vital questions are: conscience, freedom, culture, ethics.”

Source : "Verk". Edited by Kletzkin, XI. 277f,
“In hard times, beauty can seem frivolous - but take it away, and all you're left with is hard times.”
“Look inside my soul and you can find gold and maybe get rich. Look inside of your soul and you can find out it never exists...”

Source : Song: Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe

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