"I never though much about race."

-- Thelonious Monk

“This means the world to me That you guys are here celebrating with me. Thank you. Thank you. I can't express it enough.”
“I'm not trying necessarily to become a movie star; that wouldn't be bad but that's not the aim. I'm just trying to do interesting things and go into areas where I've not been before.”
“Hockey is the only job I know where you get paid to have a nap on the day of the game.”
“Independence, the freedom of a self-governing nation, is in my estimation the highest political good, for which any disadvantage, if need be, and any sacrifice are a cheap price.”

Source : John Enoch Powell, Richard Ritchie (1978). “A Nation Or No Nation?: Six Years in British Politics”, B. T. Batsford Limited
“Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole.”

Source : "Hugh Hefner: What I've Learned" by Will S.Hylton, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“I really think more fledgling novelists - and many current and even established novelists - should get out into the real world and cover local politics, sports, culture, and crime and write it up on deadline.”
“This was the door to both sustenance and sanity. And we were each other's key.”
“So is work ethic. You do things over and over again, and when you get in a situation you like to think it comes natural. I think there has to be a mind-set that youâ€™re not afraid to fail. Iâ€™m not afraid to fail. Iâ€™ve done it quite a bit. The calmer you are, the more the game slows down for you, and I think part of that is controlling your emotions.”

You may also like:

Art Blakey
Jazz Drummer
Charles Mingus
Bassist
Charlie Parker
Saxophonist
Dizzy Gillespie
Bandleader
Duke Ellington
Composer
Herbie Hancock
Jazz Pianist
John Coltrane
Saxophonist
Miles Davis
Musician
Sonny Rollins
Saxophonist