"People have been starving for intellectual fodder, but the best way to get people to close their eyes and not say anything is to tell them that they're not smart enough to comprehend."

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Source : "A New Standard: Kamasi Washington's Modern Jazz Revolution". Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. June 9, 2015.

Kamasi Washington

#Smart Quotes #Eye Quotes #People Quotes

“Every crime destroys more Edens than our own”
“In a world of plenty, no one, not a single person, should go hungry. But almost 1 billion still do not have enough to eat. I want to see an end to hunger everywhere within my lifetime.”
“Money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did. I throw it out of my hands as soon as possible, lest it should find its way into my heart.”
“For the drover's life has pleasures that the townsfolk never know,”

Source : Banjo Paterson (2010). “Banjo Paterson Complete Poems”, p.33, HarperCollins Australia
“All basic scientists who look to the NCI for funding should know that I will tolerate no retreat on the study of model systems and the pursuit of fundamental biological principles.”
“Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.”
“Everybody wants to have a goal - I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal. I can finally get to that goal. Then you get to that goal, and then you gotta get to another goal. But in between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed - and if you don't, you're a fool.”

Source : "THEATER; Sid Caesar: Ich Speaken German at Met". Interview, www.nytimes.com. 1987.
“I think Westlife is very unique: we have a certain sound; we do our thing our way, and we don't try to change too much. I think that's what the fans love about us. We keep giving the fans what they want every year. The style of music never really changes too much.”

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