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Duke Ellington: Playing bop is...

Duke Ellington: Playing bop is...

Playing bop is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.

Source: In Look,...

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Duke Ellington: We aren't worried...

Duke Ellington: We aren't worried...

We aren't worried about posterity; we want it to sound good right now.

Source: In...

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John Lee  Hooker: We are here...

John Lee Hooker: We are here...

We are here to pay our dues to the natural facts.

Source: At the Newport Jazz...

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Ma Rainey: White folks hear...

Ma Rainey: White folks hear...

White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

Source:...

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Harry Lauder: Tho' you're tired...

Harry Lauder: Tho' you're tired...

Tho' you're tired and weary
Still journey on, till you come to your happy abode,
Where all you love you've been...

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Jeff Foxworthy: My whole career...

Jeff Foxworthy: My whole career...

My whole career can be summed up with 'Ignorance is bliss.' When you do not know better, you do not really worry about...

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George Gobel: I have never...

George Gobel: I have never...

I have never been drunk, but I've often been overserved.

Source: In Webster's...

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Henny Youngman: I take my...

Henny Youngman: I take my...

I take my wife everywhere I go. She always finds her way back.

Source: In The...

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George Carlin: The day after...

George Carlin: The day after...

The day after tomorrow is the third day of the rest of your life.

Source: From an...

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Thomas Carlyle: Be not the...

Thomas Carlyle: Be not the...

Be not the slave of Words.

Source: Sartor Resartus, Bk I, Ch. 8
-- Thomas...

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Stanley Baldwin: A statesman wants...

Stanley Baldwin: A statesman wants...

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first,...

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Alexander Hamilton: Man is a...

Alexander Hamilton: Man is a...

Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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Erich Segal: True love comes...

Erich Segal: True love comes...

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears...

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Lawrence Durrell: It's only with...

Lawrence Durrell: It's only with...

It's only with great vulgarity that you can achieve real refinement, only out of bawdry that you can get...

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George Eliot: The strongest principle...

George Eliot: The strongest principle...

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

Source: Daniel Deronda,...

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Charles W Chesnutt: There's time enough,...

Charles W Chesnutt: There's time enough,...

There's time enough, but none to spare.

Source: The Marrow of Tradition,...

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Horace Walpole: Mystery is the...

Horace Walpole: Mystery is the...

Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads.

Source: In Instant Quotation Dictionary, by...

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Thomas Hardy: [I] prefer the...

Thomas Hardy: [I] prefer the...

[I] prefer the large intention of an unskillful artist to the trivial intention of an accomplished one: in other...

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Thomas Hardy: If Galileo had...

Thomas Hardy: If Galileo had...

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have left him...

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J G Ballard: In a completely...

J G Ballard: In a completely...

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!

Source: Interview, 30 Oct....

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