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"I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play."
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"Always you can find what you want, if you search enough times."

"The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."

"God has made the provision for every man on earth to be equally endowed with the currency time."

"The window of opportunity is always open, just you have to find it."

"Opportunities that always fail need change, else they will continue to keep failing till the future have its end."

"Don't only think of which job to get and live on. Think about which problem to solve and the jobs will keep suggesting themselves."

"When you are ready, every door will open automatically for you."

"Losing your job gives you access to time."

"Each new day offers the chance to start afresh, to achieve those things you most desires."
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"The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard."

"People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm taking their presence lightly."

"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."

"We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation."

"It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another."

"The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did."
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