San Francisco is one of the ...

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
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 Duke Ellington

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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.
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 Duke Ellington
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.
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 Duke Ellington
A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
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 Duke Ellington
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
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 Duke Ellington
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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 Duke Ellington