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Yet, every time God’s children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.

Duke Ellington

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
Every man prays in his own language.
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Himself Language Man Prayer
If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original.
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Epitome Music Original Standard
My mother told me I was blessed, and I have always taken her word for it. Being born of – or reincarnated from – royalty is nothing Like being blessed. Royalty is inherited from another human being; blessedness comes from God.
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Blessing Human Inheritance Mom Myself Royalty
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
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Goodness Kind Music
It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Act Commitment Murder Play Yourself
A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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Doll Herself Pretty Woman
The artist must say it without saying it.
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Artist Language
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don’t want it.
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Art Dangerous Oneself Yourself
I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline!
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Limitation Myself Time
The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.
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Himself Important Known Listening Musician
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
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Loud Myself Open
Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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God Language Prayer Understand
Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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Best Chance Ourselves Problem
Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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Beautiful Music Reflection
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
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Knowledge Master Musician

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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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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