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WALTER BECKER I spent a couple of years not doing any music or anything, just here in Hawaii trying to get healthy... WALTER BECKER I'm not interested in a rock/jazz fusion. WALTER BECKER It's great fun to play with a really good band. WALTER BECKER People are really exercised about one particular thing, and that is themselves. They will bore you e... WALTER BECKER Rock music is being systematically merged with fashion. WALTER BECKER Cynicism, I contend, is the wailing of someone who believes that things are, or should be, or could ... WALTER BECKER When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's... WALTER BECKER My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of th... WALTER BECKER I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and end... WALTER BECKER I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players. WALTER BECKER Honor sinks where commerce long prevails. WALTER BAGEHOT You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-d... WALTER BAGEHOT An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time ... WALTER BAGEHOT No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist... WALTER BAGEHOT The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opi... WALTER BAGEHOT No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation. WALTER BAGEHOT Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink... WALTER BAGEHOT The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not kn... WALTER BAGEHOT All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only... WALTER BAGEHOT Life is a school of probability. WALTER BAGEHOT It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause... WALTER ANNENBERG I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty. WALTER ANNENBERG I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence. WALTER ANNENBERG Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minu... WALTER ANNENBERG God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender. WALTER ANNENBERG You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others. WALTER ANNENBERG What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold. WALTER ANNENBERG The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energi... WALTER ANNENBERG Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round. WALTER ANNENBERG I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer. WALTER ANNENBERG Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life. WALTER ANNENBERG Accomplish something every day of your life. WALTER ANNENBERG People who think about art as an investment are pathetic. WALTER ANNENBERG The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges. WALTER ANNENBERG In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated. WALTER ANNENBERG Never buy four C-plus paintings when you can buy one A. WALTER ANNENBERG My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country. WALTER ANNENBERG Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually en... WALTER ANNENBERG Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable late... WALTER ANNENBERG Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound. WALTER ANNENBERG The greatest power is not money power, but political power. WALTER ANNENBERG I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible f... WALTER ANDERSON