Tag: Duke Ellington
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People do not retire. They are retired by others.
Duke Ellington
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Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
Duke Ellington
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Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
Duke Ellington
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Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
Duke Ellington
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You’ve got to find some way of saying it without saying it.
Duke Ellington
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Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
Duke Ellington
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My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
Duke Ellington
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A man is a god in ruins.
Duke Ellington
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On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.
Duke Ellington