"That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you."

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"That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you."

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"Study the past, if you would divine the future."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

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"Take control of your future by taking a choice of starting it right now."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

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"In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

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"The future and eternity are two entirely different things."

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"You have to change your thinking if you desire to have a future different from your present."

Germany Kent, Roman Soldier

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"Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future."

Euripides, Greek Poet

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"Don't waste our children's future on man's past."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

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"Seeds you plant today determine the harvest you reap tomorrow."

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America

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Love

"I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a little tight-because it's a lot of money to start up a company."

Money

"The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music."

Music

"I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show."

Culture

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Time

"There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record."

Music

"Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect performance and every note has to be right. Man, every note is not right in life."

Life

"When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than anything else. What's the point of getting lofty?"

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"One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community."

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