"I read cover to cover every jazz publication that I could and in the New York Times, every single day reading their jazz reviews even though I didn't put them in the films. I wanted to know what is going on."

-- Ken Burns

#New York Quotes #Reading Quotes #Jazz Quotes

“Working by heart means using your feelings and emotions to lead you to your spiritual sense of existence.”
“If QuÃ©bec separates I will go with it, my loyalties are with QuÃ©bec”
“The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict.”
“If our economic system is to survive, there has to be a better distribution of wealth ... we can't have a system where some people live in superfluous, inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deadening poverty.”
“Failure is something I can deal with. Regret is not.”
“There's no right or wrong just truthful or untruthful.”
“It is sad to see anyone neglecting their body no matter who they are and what they do. You simply cannot be healthy or look great on the outside if you are not healthy on the inside.”
“We tried it again and it didn't work out. Sour milk is always sour milk. When something goes bad it stays bad.You don't put sour milk in the refrigerator one day,and take it out the next and expect it to taste sweet.”

Source : Eric Jerome Dickey (2004). “Thieves' Paradise”, p.171, Penguin

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