My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; … - Wynton Marsalis

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Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know that war strips people of their very humanity, must unite in a new global partnership for peace.

Wynton Marsalis

My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.

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Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you how to coordinate with them.

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Jazz music is the power of now.

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Jazz is democracy in music.

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Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music and not lose its identity.

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Ethics are more important than laws. Which means that the exact note is less important than the feeling of the note.

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Russian culture is multifaceted and diverse. So if you want to understand, to feel Russia, then of course you need to read books, Tolstoy and Chekhov and Gogol and others. Listen to music. Tchaikovsky. Watch our classical ballet. But the most important thing is that you need to talk with people.

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Thea Gilmore

I want to be accessible to a certain type of person who wants to walk around with their eyes open, or at least is open to the idea of change.

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Michel Foucault

There are moments in life where the question of knowing whether one might think otherwise than one thinks and perceive otherwise than one sees is indispensable if one is to continue to observe or reflect. . . What is philosophy today. . . if it does not consist in, instead of legitimizing what we already know, undertaking to know how and how far it might be possible to think otherwise?

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Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know that war strips people of their very humanity, must unite in a new global partnership for peace.

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I liked the bit about quarter to eleven.

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