Man is an animal that diddles, and there is no animal that diddles but man. - Edgar Allan Poe

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In the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra we play such a diversity of music, with 10 arrangers in the band, we don't really worry about whether it's contemporary or not.

Edgar Allan Poe

Man is an animal that diddles, and there is no animal that diddles but man.

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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

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I am walking like a bewitched corpse, with the certainty of being eaten by the infinite, of being annulled by the only existing Absurd.

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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

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There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our sad humanity must assume the aspect of Hell.

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When they give you things, ask yourself why. When you're grateful to them for giving you the things you should have anyway, ask yourself why.

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I am an old man and have had many worries, but most have never come to pass.

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