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Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.

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
A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
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Financial Loss Musical Profit
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
Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.
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Creation Goodness Taste True
Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.
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Be Yourself Effort Hard Work Inspirational Self Love
Jazz today, as always in the past, is a matter of thoughtful creation, not mere unaided instinct.
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Creation Instinct Past Thinking
A goal is a dream with a finish line.
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Dreams Finish Goal
Problems are chances for us to do our best.
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Best Chance Ourselves Problem
Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
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Missing Play
Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.
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God Language Prayer Understand
Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
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Beautiful Music Reflection
Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than ourselves.
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Ourselves Selfish Survive Virtue
It’s like an act of murder – you play with intent to commit something.
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Act Commitment Murder Play Yourself
I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King’s son.
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Finding Himself Man Request
I’m sure critics have their purpose, and they’re supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what he did.
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Concern Criticism Himself Purpose Thinking
People do not retire. They are retired by others.
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People Retirement

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