I merely took the energy it ...

I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
 Duke Ellington

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
 Sam Walton
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

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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.
 Duke Ellington
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.
 Duke Ellington
San Francisco is one of the great cultural plateaus of the world - one of the really urbane communities in the United States - one of the truly cosmopolitan places and for many, many years, it always has had a warm welcome for human beings from all over the world
 Duke Ellington
A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
 Duke Ellington
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
 Duke Ellington