"If Charlie Parker were a Gunslinger, There'd be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats"

-- Charles Mingus

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“When people say, "I know God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself," they mean that they have failed an idol, whose approval is more important than God's.”
“It would hurt my feelings if I respected your opinions.”
“America was always a huge goal, if not the goal. I always wanted to move to America. I always wanted to come here and see what opportunities were around. I really only got a couple of auditions a year when I was in Australia, for acting work.”

Source : Source: www.empireonline.com
“By creating explicit occasions to invite dissenting viewpoints on a new project, strategy or policy, leaders enable employees to feel that their questions are welcomed and appreciated.”
“In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-Democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanism. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.”

Source : "Anne Rice: ‘I Quit Being A Christian’" by Jessie Kunhardt, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 29, 2010.
“Learning. It's really the primary reason behind everything I do. Programming, entrepreneuring, writing.”
“Tonight I think again of many days that are sacrificed for one night of love. Of the waste and the fruit of the waste, of plenty and of fire. And how painlessly-time.”
“You have to learn how to do each book. It's a different world, a different show.”

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