"I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last."

-- David Amram

#Uncles Quotes #Symphony Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“There have been times when I've reflected on my international career and just thought: 'Well that was a massive waste of time.' Sorry for sounding sour, but my best mate, David Beckham, got butchered after the World Cup in 1998, then my brother, Phil, after Euro 2000.”
“It's been my experience, Charlotte, that the crisis never comes as or when you expect.”
“We know then the existence and nature of the finite, because we also are finite and have extension. We know the existence of the infinite and are ignorant of its nature, because it has extension like us, but not limits like us. But we know neither the existence nor the nature of God, because he has neither extension nor limits.”
“I guess I find the boundaries between poetry and prose to be somewhat permeable.”
“You only cry for help if you believe there is help to cry for.”
“Success depends on how much you are willing to sacrifice, how much you are willing to alter your everyday life for a particular goal.”
“Surely, if we considered detraction to be bred of envy, nested only in deficient minds, we should find that the applauding of virtue would win us far more honor than the seeking slyly to disparage it. That would show we loved what we commended, while this tells the world we grudge at what we want in ourselves.”
“At my age, I regard each funeral I attend as a personal triumph, because I was not the guest of honor.”

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