#ted

I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch. ↗

— Count Basie

#definite #fast #had #i #jazz

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot. ↗

— Jean-Michel Basquiat

#i #star #wanted

I wanted to build up a name for myself. ↗

— Jean-Michel Basquiat

#i #myself #name #up #wanted

I am in the process of trying to decide whether I can make a substantive and productive contribution to the policy-making process. I was always there because I wanted to work on the pressing issues of the day - I'm interested in energy, I'm interested in the climate bill and technology policy. ↗

— Charles F. Bass

#am #because #bill #climate #contribution

You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting. ↗

— Karen Bass

#community #elected #front #i #know

I'm more interested in producing than acting. ↗

— Lance Bass

#i #interested #more #producing #than

I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy. ↗

— Lance Bass

#happy #i #just #liberated #life

Our religion is itself profoundly sad - a religion of universal anguish, and one which, because of its very catholicity, grants full liberty to the individual and asks no better than to be celebrated in each man's own language - so long as he knows anguish and is a painter. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#asks #because #better #catholicity #celebrated

The order of the world is always right - such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#behind #cat #departed #god #grin

It is really cool to have created a movie that has turned out to become the biggest movie of the year. ↗

— Michael Bay

#biggest #cool #created #movie #out