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There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#division #exploit #folks #forces #freedom

Record sales don't really mean anything. For us, the pressure is imagining some 15-year-old kid in Cincinnati who buys our album and doesn't feel like he wasted his pocket money. ↗

— Chris Martin

#anything #buys #cincinnati #feel #his

I think that when you get dressed in the morning, sometimes you're really making a decision about your behavior for the day. Like if you put on flipflops, you're saying: 'Hope I don't get chased today.' 'Be nice to people in sneakers.' ↗

— Demetri Martin

#about #be nice #behavior #chased #day

Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it. ↗

— Peter Marshall

#most #ought #our #perfectly #trouble

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ↗

— Ralph Marston

#expect #expectations #level #lower #make

But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible. ↗

— Jose Marti

#calm #controlled #encouragement #endeavor #give

I wish I could get all the discourteous drivers on a ship and sail them away and make sure it's a really horrible, wavy journey and when they get to where they're going, keep them there. ↗

— Alvin Martin

#could #drivers #get #going #horrible

Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don't think about until there's a problem. ↗

— Chris Martin

#after #ears #looking #problem #something

When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations. ↗

— Chris Martin

#album #expectations #fifth #going #judged

You can sometimes get your own feelings across more strongly if you pretend that you're singing it from someone else's angle. But it's always from me. It's just a new way of framing it. ↗

— Chris Martin

#always #angle #else #feelings #framing