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"Most humbling of all is to comprehend the lifesaving gift that your pit crew of people has been for you, and all the experiences you have shared, the journeys together, the collaborations, births and deaths, divorces, rehab, and vacations, the solidarity you have shown one another. Every so often you realize that without all of them, your life would be barren and pathetic. It would be Death of a Salesman, though with e-mail and texting."

"We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack."

"You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera and grace before the play and pantomime and grace before I open a book and grace before sketching painting swimming fencing boxing walking playing dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink."

"Today, I don't want to ask for anythingI just want to give thanks for Everything I already have."

"Gratitude is only expressed and appreciated in proportion to your understanding of grace."

"Dear friends, do you know that you are lucky people? You don't have any cows to lose."

"Let Us Be GratefulToday we give our thanks most of all, for the ideals of honor and faith we inherit from our forefathers - for the decency of purpose, steadfastness of resolve and strength of will, for the courage and the humility, which they possessed and which we must seek every day to emulate. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them."
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"I think I love it more as I get older because I keep getting better on drums, vibes and piano."

"Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G."

"Music was our wife, and we loved her. And we stayed with her, and we clothed her, and we put diamond rings on her hands."
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