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"It is so hard to leave-until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world."
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Personal Development
"Clever nations are the ones who keep changing their governments! Because power must change hands otherwise it will get spoiled and rot!"
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Personal Development
"But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore."
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Personal Development
"America was never designed to be fixed forever, but was meant to be fluid and evolving."
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Personal Development
"Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by moving to a different place. Birds migrate, but it's not quite the same thing."
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Personal Development
"A personality alters itself through a series of self-referential experiences. We are not the same as the day before. Much as a person can never set foot in exactly the same river on any given day, we are different each day. Yesterday made us, but the past cannot contain nor restrain us. We can never mentally scroll backward and be who we used to be. We must move forward in the stream of life until the day that our life force dries up and we return to dust."
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Personal Development
"We fear change because it insists we discard long held structures that no longer function suitably."
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Personal Development
"What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain."
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Personal Development
"It is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes."
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Personal Development
"If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree."
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"Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent for music."
Music
"I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play."
Opportunity
"There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs."
People
"Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change."
Change
"It's important to address young people in the reopening of New Orleans. In rebuilding, let's revisit the potential of American democracy and American glory."
People
"It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another."
Activism
"Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try some different approaches."
Music
"There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing."
Battle
"Thank the good Lord for a job."
Job
"The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United States."
History
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