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The onlythingbetter than singing is more singing.
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Ella Fitzgerald
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It isn't whereyoucame from, its where you're going that counts.
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Ella Fitzgerald
Just don't giveuptrying to do what youreallywant to do.
Where there is love and inspiration,
I don't think you can gowrong.
- Ella Fitzgerald
Where there is love and inspiration,
I don't think you can gowrong.
- Ella Fitzgerald
I stoleeverything I everheard, but mostly I stole from the horns.
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Ella Fitzgerald
There are nofacts, onlyinterpretations.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
People only see what they are prepared to see.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Play with life, laugh with life,
dance lightly with life,
and smile at the riddles of life,
knowing that life's only true lessons
are writ small in the margin.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
dance lightly with life,
and smile at the riddles of life,
knowing that life's only true lessons
are writ small in the margin.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We have only this moment,
sparkling like a star in our hand -
and melting like a snowflake.
- Marie B. Ray
sparkling like a star in our hand -
and melting like a snowflake.
- Marie B. Ray
Life is an adventure.
I can only wonder what treasure
awaits at the top of the path.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I can only wonder what treasure
awaits at the top of the path.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Hate is never conquered by hate,
Hate is only conquered by love.
- The Buddha
Hate is only conquered by love.
- The Buddha
You're only here for a short visit.
Don't hurry. Don't worry.
And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
- Walter Hagen
Don't hurry. Don't worry.
And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
- Walter Hagen
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke
Choose Inner Peace.
Nothing is worth losing your inner peace.
Take action as circumstances require,
but never surrender your inner peace.
Stop. Breathe deeply.
Close your eyes and breathe deeply again.
Then, and only then, take action -
from a peaceful heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Nothing is worth losing your inner peace.
Take action as circumstances require,
but never surrender your inner peace.
Stop. Breathe deeply.
Close your eyes and breathe deeply again.
Then, and only then, take action -
from a peaceful heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
- Robert F. Kennedy
- Robert F. Kennedy
The essence of all religions is one.
Only their approaches are different.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Only their approaches are different.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,
is not only a waste of energy
but the worst habit you could possibly have.
- Dale Carnegie
is not only a waste of energy
but the worst habit you could possibly have.
- Dale Carnegie
Majority rule only works if you're also
considering individual rights,
because you can't have five wolves and one sheep
voting on what to have for dinner.
- Larry Flynt
considering individual rights,
because you can't have five wolves and one sheep
voting on what to have for dinner.
- Larry Flynt
Friendship is born at that moment
when one person says to another,
'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'
- C. S. Lewis
when one person says to another,
'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'
- C. S. Lewis
There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was,
Thank you, that would suffice.
- Meister Eckhart
Thank you, that would suffice.
- Meister Eckhart
Life is NOT 'Supposed to be Fair.'
Know that there is no single way that life is 'supposed' to be.
Demanding that life meet our expectations
is a sure fire recipe for a miserable existence.
Life is a game with no rules.
Life just happens to us regardless of our best intentions.
Our only path to happiness lies in being open
to receiving whatever life throws at us -
with Gratitude. Have NO Expectations of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Know that there is no single way that life is 'supposed' to be.
Demanding that life meet our expectations
is a sure fire recipe for a miserable existence.
Life is a game with no rules.
Life just happens to us regardless of our best intentions.
Our only path to happiness lies in being open
to receiving whatever life throws at us -
with Gratitude. Have NO Expectations of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Nothing in life is to be feared.
It is only to be understood.
- Marie Curie
It is only to be understood.
- Marie Curie
There are only two or three human stories,
and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely
as if they had never happened before.
- Willa Cather
and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely
as if they had never happened before.
- Willa Cather
Minds are like parachutes.
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar
They only function when they are open.
- James Dewar
Life only
appears to be
rushing toward us
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
appears to be
rushing toward us
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The only roadblock to success is limited thinking.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The only place where your dream becomes impossible
is in your own thinking.
- Robert H. Schuller
is in your own thinking.
- Robert H. Schuller
Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there
who will try to discourage you.
Don't listen to them.
The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
- Sidney Sheldon
who will try to discourage you.
Don't listen to them.
The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
- Sidney Sheldon
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue,
but the parent of all other virtues.
- Cicero
but the parent of all other virtues.
- Cicero
Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons.
Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.
- Cherie-Carter Scotts
Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.
- Cherie-Carter Scotts
If only the people who worry about their liabilities
would think about the riches they do possess,
they would stop worrying.
- Dale Carnegie
would think about the riches they do possess,
they would stop worrying.
- Dale Carnegie
Could we change our attitude,
we should not only see life differently,
but life itself would be different.
- Katherine Mansfield
we should not only see life differently,
but life itself would be different.
- Katherine Mansfield
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere,
while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight.
The truly wise person is colorblind.
- Albert Schweitzer
while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight.
The truly wise person is colorblind.
- Albert Schweitzer
You can conquer almost any fear
if you will only make up your mind to do so.
For remember, fear doesn't exist
anywhere except in the mind.
- Dale Carnegie
if you will only make up your mind to do so.
For remember, fear doesn't exist
anywhere except in the mind.
- Dale Carnegie
You only live once -
but if you work it right, once is enough.
- Joe E. Lewis
but if you work it right, once is enough.
- Joe E. Lewis
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed people can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead
committed people can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead
Confidence is the most important single factor in this game,
and no matter how great your natural talent,
there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.
- Jack Nicklaus
and no matter how great your natural talent,
there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.
- Jack Nicklaus
We can only be said to be truly alive in those moments
when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
- Thornton Wilder
when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
- Thornton Wilder
The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
- Sidney Sheldon
- Sidney Sheldon
One can not reflect in streaming water.
Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
- Lao Tzu
Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
- Lao Tzu
It is awfully hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Could you risk believing that everything
will unfold just fine if you completely let go
of all concern about everything else,
and simply are here, now - if only for a moment?
- Dmitri Bilgere
will unfold just fine if you completely let go
of all concern about everything else,
and simply are here, now - if only for a moment?
- Dmitri Bilgere
Don't hurry. Don't worry.
You're only here for a short visit.
So don't forget to stop and smell the roses.
- Walter Hagen
You're only here for a short visit.
So don't forget to stop and smell the roses.
- Walter Hagen
I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
- Helen Keller
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
- Helen Keller
Things are only impossible until they're not.
- Jean-Luc Picard, character in STAR TREK: The Next Generation
- Jean-Luc Picard, character in STAR TREK: The Next Generation
Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb
You only live once, and once is enough
if you play your cards right.
- the movie Interiors (1978)
if you play your cards right.
- the movie Interiors (1978)
Imagine all the people living life in peace.
You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one.
I hope someday you'll join us,
and the world will be as one.
- John Lennon
You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one.
I hope someday you'll join us,
and the world will be as one.
- John Lennon
Move out of your comfort zone. You can only
grow if you are willing to feel awkward and
uncomfortable when you try something new.
- Brian Tracy
grow if you are willing to feel awkward and
uncomfortable when you try something new.
- Brian Tracy
A man can do only what he can do.
But if he does that each day he can sleep at night
and do it again the next day.
- Albert Schweitzer
But if he does that each day he can sleep at night
and do it again the next day.
- Albert Schweitzer
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all
is the person who argues with him.
- Stanislaw Jerszy Lec
is the person who argues with him.
- Stanislaw Jerszy Lec
Courage is the art of being the only one
who knows you're scared to death.
- Earl Wilson
who knows you're scared to death.
- Earl Wilson
Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- Arthur Schopenhauer
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret:
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Life can only be understood backwards;
but it must be lived forwards.
- Soren Kierkegaard
but it must be lived forwards.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Yesterday is dead. Tomorrow is a dream.
Today - each today - is where the action is
where all of life occurs.
Today IS your life - your only life.
Life today to the fullest.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Today - each today - is where the action is
where all of life occurs.
Today IS your life - your only life.
Life today to the fullest.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous.
We are timid only when
there is something we can still cling to.
- Carlos Castaneda
We are timid only when
there is something we can still cling to.
- Carlos Castaneda
Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men
is primarily based on mutual trust
and only secondarily on institutions
such as courts of justice and police.
- Albert Einstein
is primarily based on mutual trust
and only secondarily on institutions
such as courts of justice and police.
- Albert Einstein
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
- Marie Curie
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
- Marie Curie
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
- Socrates
We should not pretend to understand the world
only by the intellect.
The judgment of the intellect
is only part of the truth.
- Carl Jung
only by the intellect.
The judgment of the intellect
is only part of the truth.
- Carl Jung
Worthless people live only to eat and drink;
people of worth eat and drink only to live.
- Socrates
people of worth eat and drink only to live.
- Socrates
I cannot teach anybody anything.
I can only make them think.
- Socrates
I can only make them think.
- Socrates
We really have to understand the person we want to love.
If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Only love and death will change all things.
- Khalil Gibran
- Khalil Gibran
Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
- George Eliot
- George Eliot
There is only one happiness in life: to love and to be loved.
- George Sand
- George Sand
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
- Publilius Syrus
- Publilius Syrus
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SUNDAY PUZZLE — There are few things that make me happier, cruciverbally speaking, than a constructing debut, because it means that someone who worked very hard finally reached a level of expertise that merits publication. That’s a long trek, and seeing your byline on a New York Times crossword is a thrill. So I’m happy for anyone who can do that.
Now add to that the fact that the constructor is a young woman whose debut pays loving tribute to the first lady of song, ELLA Fitzgerald (also known as LADY ELLA), and you can imagine how happy that makes me. The fact that one of the constructor Olivia Mitra Framke’s favorite musicians is someone who died 20 years ago gives me hope for our future.
But wait, as a wise man once said, there’s more. Ms. Framke’s muse is Liz Gorski and her mentor is Nancy Salomon. That’s a lot to live up to, and while some of the fill could be more exciting, the theme is beautifully placed and I think today’s debut is stellar.
Today’s Theme
The singer ELLA Fitzgerald was born 100 years ago on April 25, 1917, as the title of today’s puzzle indicates.
Two of the songs Ms. Fitzgerald made famous — “A TISKET, A TASKET” and “HOW HIGH THE MOON” — as well as her notable quote, “I SING LIKE I FEEL” and her frequent collaborator, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, make up the bones of the theme, but it’s the center of Ms. Framke’s grid that warmed my heart.
LADY ELLA (split between 68- and 70 Across) sits on her throne right in the middle, and there is a notepad in the puzzle: “When this puzzle is done, draw a line connecting the 11 circled letters, starting and ending in square #28, so as to spell a phrase related to the puzzle’s theme.” Not only does it spell out “QUEEN OF JAZZ,” but the line traced draws a picture of a crown.
Like I said, stellar.
Tricky Clues
■ 89A: Rapa NUI is also known as Easter Island and the monoliths are the moai, or stone statues made from hardened volcanic ash.
■ 103A: CEELO Green was a vocal coach on “The Voice” and is probably best known for his solo single called ... well, let’s just say that the radio edit of the song is called “Forget You.”
■ 125A: Your “State representatives?” can be people, but on an American flag, the states are represented as STARS.
■ 87D: “One in line?” refers to a family line, not the kind one stands on. The answer is HEIR.
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Constructor’s Notes
I am so grateful and amazed that my first published crossword is with The New York Times ... and on a Sunday, no less. What a place to start!
It was during my college years at Vassar that I really got into crosswords; not on campus, but when I’d visit home. It became a ritual that my dad would hoard The Times Magazines so that we could do the Sunday puzzles together when I returned. We’d take turns, and each time I’d try to “crack” the theme before he did. In the beginning, I didn’t have a chance at finishing one on my own, but I did so many that soon I was getting the themes before my dad even got a chance to look at them.
Solving Elizabeth Gorski’s 2013 Secretariat puzzle was a turning point for me. I was completely floored by her ingenuity, and wanted to know exactly how she pulled off such a cool trick. So I started looking into what it takes to make crosswords, and made a few for fun.
Three years later, I found myself with a lot of time on my hands after finishing graduate school. I started to wonder about the world of crossword publication, and got in touch with Nancy Salomon, who kindly gave me a crash course in puzzle construction. I learned so much from her, and there is simply no way I would be here without her tough love and incredible patience. With her help, I went from struggling to find the right construction software to having this puzzle accepted by Will in just under six weeks. It’s been one hell of a ride.
I’m very proud of today’s puzzle, which honors one of my all-time favorite musicians. The grid went through many iterations, but once I decided on using a phrase as the connection points for the image (instead of alphabetical connectors), it started to come together.
I hope you like it!
Welcome, Ms. Framke.
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