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Duke Ellington

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.
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Beginning Learning People Teaching Understand Word
Every man prays in his own language.
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Himself Language Man Prayer
Love is indescribable and unconditional. I could tell you a thousand things that it is not, but not one that it is. Either you have it or you haven’t; there’s no proof of it.
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Evidence Love Myself Yourself
Simplicity is a most complex form.
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Complex Form Simplicity
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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Blue Energy Myself Writing
Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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Missing Play
Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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Beautiful Music Reflection
You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it’s bad.
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Bad Category Goodness Listening Stop
Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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God Language Prayer Understand
There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.
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Art Interest Money Music
Everybody in Canada seemed to listen to what they enjoyed, and nobody could tell them what to like, or what was the popular, or what was the In thing. Even today, it is very hard to brainwash a Canadian.
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Country Enjoyment Listening Popular
A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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Financial Loss Musical Profit
I don’t need time, I need a deadline.
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Limitation Myself Time
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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Goodness Kind Music
Yet, every time God’s children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.
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Children Communication God Honesty Miracle Time
Sing sweet, but put a little dirt in it.
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Music Sing Song Sweet

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