"I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues."

-- Duke Ellington

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“In earlier days, even as a child, the beauty of landscapes was quite clear to me. A background for the soul's moods. Now dangerous moments occur when Nature tries to devour me; at such times I am annihilated, but at peace. This would be fine for old people but I... I am my life's debtor, for I have given promises...”
“Every year is different. I'm not getting any younger trying to keep it going. It's always a challenge. It's like a boxer going into a ring. You never can tell what's going to work and what's not going to work until you're in action and everything is going on around you. It's very intense and always a challenge and always a thrill.”
“When it is dark, it seems to me as if I were dying, and I can't think any more.”
“Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would perish.”
“You have my whole heart. You always did.”
“I used to buy good shoes, now I buy good bags. They make me feel more confident.”
“You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea, because our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas. Our world is in crisis because of the absence of consciousness.”
“Badness is only spoiled goodness.”

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