#m

I practice and work hard at my music, but I'm not saving lives here. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#here #i #lives #music #practice

I'd rather Apple cannibalize Apple than somebody else cannibalize Apple. ↗

— Tim Cook

#else #i #rather #somebody #than

I'm sure that there are reasonable people that had some reasonable projections about the future of New Orleans, but none of those could include not trying to rebuild the city and make it better than it was before. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#before #better #city #could #future

In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.' ↗

— J. C. Watts

#based #because #being #clinton #consider

The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing. ↗

— Richard Wright

#beaten #books #dream #experience #i

And she was not beautiful asleep. Her expression slack and not angelic. The very ordinariness of it so beautiful he felt a yearning to be something more than he was or could be. And as good a player as he was, he knew as he turned on the reel to reel and hugged the Fender once again that nothing he composed would ever be as beautiful as her ordinary sleep. Watching her he played the music of her sleeping. And by surrendering made something beautiful. ↗

— Steven R. Boyett

#love #music #sleep #beauty

If your record doesn't sell that well, man, who cares? All the satisfaction I need... comes when I step out onstage and see the people. That's awesome. I love that. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#cares #comes #i #i love #love

My dad and mom believed that you do what you have to do in private and don't make a big deal out of it. Just try to help people as much as you can. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#big #big deal #dad #deal #help

My life is spontaneous and things just kind of happen. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#just #kind #life #my life #spontaneous

I guess it's true what they say. There are no straight men in the trenches." ~Jace ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary-fray #funny #humor #jace-wayland #misquoted