"We're working as if it were going out of style-which of course it is."

-- Paul Desmond

#Style Quotes #Going Out Quotes #Jazz Quotes

“Often in my lectures when I use the phrase â€œimperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchyâ€ to describe our nationâ€™s political system, audiences laugh. No one has ever explained why accurately naming this system is funny. The laughter is itself a weapon of patriarchal terrorism.”
“The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying 'Destiny.' For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed.”

Source : Interveiw with Darren Rovell, www.cnbc.com. August 20, 2008.
“I never really trained to be a musician, but I've been playing guitar since I was around, like, 13 years old. For me, the guitar has always been the instrument that I've played. I play a little piano. I taught myself everything by ear. I don't read music at all, which has not really been a hindrance.”

Source : "THE LEADING MEN: Steve Kazee, the Traveling Heart of Broadway's Once". Interview with Kenneth Jones, www.playbill.com. March 17, 2012.
“I have met with political leaders, legislators, and diplomats, seeking the next steps to press in reducing and eliminating the nuclear threat in this century. I have participated in public coalitions developing programmes for action to combat the global rash of small arms. All are trying and making a difference.”
“You can't have a conversation with someone who's intimidated by you all the time.”
“He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.”
“You will never have enough time to do everything you need to do, so what you need is a crystal clear understanding of the important things you have to do.”
“Art and life ought to be hurriedly remarried and brought to live together.”

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