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I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking about themselves as good human beings, striving to be a great person and maybe they'll become a great musician. ”
I believe that nothing is more important to our ability to effectively address our present than understanding the lessons learned from those who have come before us. ”
We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. ”
The fashion industry is an immense cultural and social blight that only gets a free pass because its would-be detractors are scared it'll start criticising their haircut. ”
It's hard to think of a single human function that technology hasn't somehow altered, apart perhaps from burping. That's pretty much all we have left. ”
I'm a pro-choice candidate and I support marriage equality - my brother is actually gay and married. But I'm a pretty hard-headed guy when it comes to the budget and whether you're getting a bang for your buck. ”
Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting. ”
If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit. ”
Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it. ”
Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had human form. A fairy who was at his birth said, however, that he would be very amiable for all that, since he would have uncommon good sense. ”