Duke Ellington

Quotes

• Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Duke Ellington?

  • → Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
  • → Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
  • → When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
  • → To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.
  
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• Pick the quote attributed to Duke Ellington.

  • → Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
  • → Resolve to be thyself; and know that he, who finds himself, loses his misery.
  • → Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.
  • → I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
  
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• Select the quotation attributed to Duke Ellington.

  • → Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
  • → A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
  • → Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.
  • → I don’t at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.
  
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• One of these may be attributed to Duke Ellington. Which one?

  • → An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.
  • → The easiest person to deceive is one's own self.
  • → The pen is mightier than the sword.
  • → People do not retire. They are retired by others.
  
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