"Since hearing beauty in something is essentially a positive response and hearing ugliness is negative, might it ultimately be more difficult for an open-minded listener to define ugliness than it is to define beauty?"

-- Frank J. Oteri

#Negative Quotes #Might Quotes #Hearing Quotes

“It was important that this album [Chain Letter] was an accurate reflection of me”
“The only times I'm consistent about praying are when I'm on an airplane or when an ambulance goes by.”
“I had an older brother who passed away recently, an older sister and a younger brother.”
“Anytime you do a job, especially one that's as intense and long as this one was, you have phantom work syndrome. I'm constantly feeling like I'm miked, so I'm careful of what I say all the time.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I haven't got a great jazz band and I don't want one. Some of the critics, Down Beat's among them, point their fingers at us and charge us with forsaking real jazz . . . It's all in what you define as 'real jazz.' It happens that to our ears harmony comes first. A dozen colored bands have a better beat than mine. Our band stresses harmony.”
“A man trying to escape never thinks himself sufficiently concealed.”
“Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as long as you take your time to learn the etiquette of that venue.”

Source : "Terrence Dashon Howard: A rising star". Interview with Jason Zingale, www.bullz-eye.com. August 5, 2005.
“When I came in, the city was on the edge of bankruptcy. I'm proud of what I did. I built the foundation that mayors after me built upon - particularly Bloomberg. But the foundation was essential because if it hadn't occurred, we would have been another Detroit.”

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