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"The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn."
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"In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter."
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"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
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"I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet."
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"A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think."
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"The First Amendment is not without limits."
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"Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does."
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"Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher first, which then makes a US edition more likely."
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"I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer."
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"Jim wanted to be known as a poet, first and foremost."
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"I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I can't compare hearing aids to normal hearing."
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"Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that."
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"Listening is the key to everything good in music."
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"I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times."
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"People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds."
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"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz."
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"I hate the way chorus boxes sound."
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"The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn."
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"I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is."
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"My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent."
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"I was able to work with the best musicians in Kansas City starting when I was really young."
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