"Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself."

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Duke Ellington

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“I'm getting fed up of living away from home so much. They look after you very well but it doesn't matter how well you're looked after, how nice the hotel is, if you're away from home constantly, the bloody dog savages you, thinks you're a stranger, the kid cries and the wife's stuck to your face!”
“Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure, naive, poor children. The rich kids called us a lot of names but it never bothered us because we didn't know what the words meant.”
“If you have a dream: Number one, make a plan. And then execute that plan. And there will be failures along that line. Don't let that discourage you. Because failure is part of the process ... make the necessary adjustments and you can be successful at whatever you do.”

Source : Source: thecelebritycafe.com
“I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.”
“In spring training I'm in every newspaper (in Korea) every day. In the regular season, they watch it on TV.”
“The unity and congruity of culture and nature, work and love, morality and sexuality, longed for from time immemorial, will remain a dream as long as man continues to condemn the biological demand for natural sexual gratification.”
“It's like a spell. It's so strong I can't fight it. Is love always like this?”

Source : Lian Hearn (2008). “Brilliance of the Moon: Tales of the Otori”, p.60, Pan Macmillan
“The moon upon the ocean is swept around in motion, but without ever knowing.”

Source : Song: Anywhere Is

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