Quote by Duke Ellington
I merely took the energy it takes to pour and wrote some blues.

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"Love is indescribable and unconditional. I could tell you a thousand things that it is not, but not one that it is."

- Duke Ellington

Love

"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."

- Duke Ellington

Motivation

"Life has two rules: number 1, never quit! Number 2, always remember rule number one."

- Duke Ellington

Persistence

"There are two rules in life: Number 1, never quit! Number 2, never forget rule number one."

- Duke Ellington

Determination

"The wise musicians are those who play what they can master."

- Duke Ellington

Self-improvement

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"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

- Maya Angelou

Creativity

"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."

- Jamie Paolinetti

Creativity

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

Creativity

"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."

- Oscar Wilde

Creativity

"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."

- Isabel Allende

Creativity