"Reading is the royal road to intellectual eminence...Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the breathings of the great souls of past times. Genius is not embalmed in them, but lives in them perpetually."

-- William Ellery Channing

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“So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble.”
“I feel a great responsibility playing a historical figure because whether they were good or bad, I feel like the person deserves a fair shake. It's like being the executor of their estate in some ways.”
“When the urgent crowds out the important, people urgently accomplish nothing of value.”
“Promise to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit trouble to press on you.”
“I continued studying by myself in the field of jazz with my own technique of improvisation, walking bass lines, rhythms, all kinds of stuff, which I created for myself.”
“I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.”
“I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.”
“Even if love doesn't stay, be thankful for the visit.”

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