"I played upright bass. I wanted to write great tunes, play the bass, be a band leader, and smoke a big funny pipe like Charlie Mingus. So I went out and bought the pipe when I was around 18 or 19 years old. You know even women smoke a pipe in Glasgow. I worked with Carla Bley and she smoked a pipe, which I find fascinating."

-- Jack Bruce

#Writing Quotes #Years Quotes #Play Quotes

“In order to go on with our lives, we are always capable of making the ominous into the merely strange.”

Source : Tracy Kidder (2009). “Strength in What Remains”, p.111, Random House
“I'm trying to let him know what I'm about to do. I'm hoping he can save me, even though I realize he can't.”
“If you don't score, and you have chances, you are disappointed.”
“Americans increasingly understand that clean energy is more than just an environmental issue. It is crucial to reducing our dangerous dependence on foreign countries.”
“To indulge it is to breed it. To punish it is to feed it. Madness knows no bridle but the knife.”

Source : R. Scott Bakker (2008). “The Thousandfold Thought: The Prince of Nothing, Book Three (The Prince of Nothing)”, p.96, The Overlook Press
“Linux is a complex example of the wisdom of crowds. It's a good example in the sense that it shows you can set people to work in a decentralized way - that is, without anyone really directing their efforts in a particular direction - and still trust that they're going to come up with good answers.”
“Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.”
“Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.”

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