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Ogden Nash: Marriage is an...

Ogden Nash: Marriage is an...

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who cannot sleep with window shut, and a woman who cannot sleep with the...

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Art Linkletter: The four stages...

Art Linkletter: The four stages...

The four stages of a man are infancy, childhood, adolescence and obsolescence.

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Patti Smith: Never let go...

Patti Smith: Never let go...

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

Source: In The Book of Positive...

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Patti Smith: People have the...

Patti Smith: People have the...

People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

Source: From a collection of...

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Fannie Hurst: Any writer worth...

Fannie Hurst: Any writer worth...

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another...

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Billie Holiday: I can't stand...

Billie Holiday: I can't stand...

I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you...

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Marian Anderson: I always bear...

Marian Anderson: I always bear...

I always bear in mind that my mission is to leave behind me the kind of impression that will make it easier for those...

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Elvis Presley: People ask me...

Elvis Presley: People ask me...

People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn't copy my style from anybody . . . . Country music was always an...

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Frank Sinatra: Hell hath no...

Frank Sinatra: Hell hath no...

Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent.

Source: On Judith Exner's...

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Oliver Stone: [F]ilm is distinctive...

Oliver Stone: [F]ilm is distinctive...

[F]ilm is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing. Montage can create a...

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Jack Handey Deep Thoughts: To me, truth...

Jack Handey Deep Thoughts: To me, truth...

To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And, at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and...

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John Coltrane: I never even...

John Coltrane: I never even...

I never even thought about whether or not they understand what I'm doing . . . the emotional reaction is all that...

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Count Basie: Of course, there...

Count Basie: Of course, there...

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the...

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Ella Fitzgerald: I guess what...

Ella Fitzgerald: I guess what...

I guess what everyone wants more than anything else is to be loved. And to know that you loved me for my singing is...

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Betty Carter: This is our...

Betty Carter: This is our...

This is our culture, and I don't care who the musician is, if he avoids black people, then he is scared of something....

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Jelly Roll Morton: My contributions were...

Jelly Roll Morton: My contributions were...

My contributions were many: First clown director, with witty sayings and flashily dressed, now called master of...

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Nina Simone: Everything that happened...

Nina Simone: Everything that happened...

Everything that happened to me as a child involved music. It was part of everyday life, as automatic as...

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Dizzy Gillespie: I don't care...

Dizzy Gillespie: I don't care...

I don't care too much about music. What I like is sounds.

Source: Interview in...

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Hedda Hopper: Two of the...

Hedda Hopper: Two of the...

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox...

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Walt Disney: If you can...

Walt Disney: If you can...

If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember this whole thing was started by a...

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