Charlie Parker (Yardbird and Bird) Quotes
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My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.
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Shoaib Akhtar has been playing for 5, 6 years and is an experienced bowler.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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I just love playing in major championships.
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I stopped playing in Jr. events when I was 12 and played women's.
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I have always found myself playing the hero, but I love villains. Villains have more fun.
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Yes, I love playing Mom.
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I am not playing for any lobby. I am playing for national lobby. I will ignore lobby. Anybody has useful suggestion, they can give it to me. The history will speak about it.
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My whole career I'm used to playing a lot of games.
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I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.
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I learned a lot from playing those late-night, 1-to-4 A.M. gigs with my band, and playing when no one was listening.
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I love playing and working on music. It is something that I feel really lucky to be able to spend my life doing. And I don't sleep much!
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If the Cowboys and Titans ain't playing, I'm not interested.
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I started rapping when I was about 12 or 13, just playing around with it.
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We've got a lot more Polynesians playing rugby in Australia now.
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(The fielders are) just sitting out there playing jacks on the carpet, and the next thing you know the ball gets hit to them, and they can't get to it because you've put them to sleep.
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I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner - and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused.
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Playing for 14 years definitely took its toll mentally. I decided when I was playing my last season that when I retired from football I would never go back into it, and I've never regretted that decision.
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It’s really interesting, I tailor the set to the place we’re playing and to the audience we’re playing to. There’s a certain formula of songs that have to be included that are expected, but I don’t go changing it up, I think if you give the audience the songs that they want and then give them something unexpected, it’s a great situation for the audience, but also a great situation for the band.
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I played and recorded this song using my fingers instead of a pick. In the verses I'm basically playing a guitar chord and plucking the strings with my thumb, pointer and middle fingers.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking for more.
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'Reinventing the Bazaar,' by John McMillan, is a great and fun introduction to the wild variety and importance of markets throughout history and around the world. I finally understood how a Middle Eastern souk actually works economically and how to compare that to modern-day telecom-spectrum auctions. I love that book.
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I'm very glad to have met you. I like your playing very much.
