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"We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them."

"I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library."

"Too much thought can find fault in anything, even if there is no fault to be found."

"Even if things were the same, people's perception of them might have been very different back then. The darkness of night was probably deeper then, so the moon must have been that much bigger and brighter."

"The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves."

"It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts."

"A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts."

"In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social."
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"Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation."

"I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus is, in the realm of symphonic pops."

"Television is so influential that when an audience sees you day-in and day-out there's a certain acceptance that sets in; you're no longer a threatening personality. They become more willing to accept whatever you present."

"Now I'm having the time of my life being on the road with one of the world's all-time great big bands, and performing with symphonies. I wouldn't trade it for anything."

"He was a very private person, but then, you know, he belonged to the whole United States. The United States thought they owned Johnny Carson."
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