"I know what I've done for music, but don't call me a legend. Just call me Miles Davis."

-- Miles Davis

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“When we mourn our parents, we mourn the parents we had as well as the ones we never had. With death, all bets are off: the last chance at reconciliation or change or hope is gone. Whatever relationship we had with our parents, that's it. No more chances for something else.”
“I'm surprised I'm still living. I ain't really make the best of decisions in my life, but for some reason, it missed me. It's weird - that's what I always think, like, "Maybe something's going to happen."”

Source : Interview with Trevor Noah, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 8, 2016.
“I feel about mothers the way I feel about dimples: because I do not have one myself, I notice everyone who does.”
“Not long ago, the term 'business model' was not exactly on the tip of everyone's tongue. Then, in the early to mid-1990s, 'business model' became a catchphrase that described how a company makes money or saves money.”

Source : Marc Ostrofsky (2013). “Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money on the Internet”, p.31, Simon and Schuster
“I didn't get into entertainment until I was like 31. I didn't star in a movie until I was 46.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“No matter how cutting-edge Hollywood may seem, it is still delayed in how it views people: If producers do not perceive me as an Iranian girl, then I cannot play an Iranian girl. If you aren't perceived as a full black girl, then it makes it more difficult to play a black girl on TV.”
“My background may be common, but I have specialized in elegance.”
“Paul McCartney and John Lennon would often write a song a day, so I have the same workmanlike philosophy.”

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