"Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks."

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"There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience."

Hartley William Shawcross, British Lawyer

Leader, Conscience, Man

"That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader."

Mary McDonnell, American Actress

Leader, Motivation, Survival, Trade

"You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader."

Anthony J. D'Angelo, American Author

Leader, Order

"And I'm walking along and we're laughing, kidding, joking, and see he understood the leader, the one we called the leader, had some knowledge of English, although limited."

Betty Hill, American Celebrity

Leader, Knowledge, English, Walking

"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be."

Rosalynn Carter, American First Lady

Leader, People, Want

"I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect."

Tupac Shakur, American Musician

Leader, Authority, Respect

"People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision."

John C. Maxwell, American Clergyman

Leader, People, Vision

"I met Clinton at a benefit for teachers, which was a very good charity, but I met him for about 90 seconds, and I thought it was important to meet the leader of the free world. So I stood next to him for a photograph, and then apparently that's all it takes."

Julie Bowen, American Actress

Leader, Thought, Charity, Teachers

"I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid."

Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian Lawyer

Leader, Country, Name, Rest

"I'm a shepherd, not a sheep, and I've always prided myself on being a leader and not a follower."

Dustin Diamond, American Actor

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People

"As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy."

People

"Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough."

People

"I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with."

State

"Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent."

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"I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it."

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"The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing."

History

"In 1958, I decided that I was going to live in Europe permanently. So in 1959 I moved to Lugano, Switzerland."

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