Charlie Parker (Yardbird and Bird) Quotes
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
Gary Lineker
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
Wendy Kopp
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When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read.
Malorie Blackman
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
Fiona Apple
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Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.
Yu Chui Yee
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
Randy Pausch
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Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.
Val Guest
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As an Ambassador for PSI and a supporter of Nothing But Nets, I have met individuals around the world who are lending their ideas, their voices, and their time to improve their communities and the world at large. And there are millions more that I have not met.
Mandy Moore
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
Fidel Castro
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Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
Baltasar Gracian
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I am not helpless. Any timid minister will not go forward... I have come here to strive hard for the sake of the country, to work for the country. If anybody thinks that decision making process in the oil sector will be prevented, they are totally wrong.
Veerappa Moily
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I don't care if you're Muslim or Christian or Buddhist or whatever your religion is, when you listen to a spiritual song and you really open your heart, you can feel it. You can feel the message of it. Just a simple story.
Valerie June
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My perfect day would start with a kiss from my daughter. I would drive her to school listening to our favourite punk rock music on loud in the car.
Bianca Balti
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In 1972, I recorded Gumbo, an album that was both a tribute to and my interpretation of the music I had grown up with in New Orleans in the 1940s and 1950s. I tried to keep a lot of the little changes that were characteristic of New Orleans, while working my own funknology on piano and guitar.
Dr. John
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I was in the bath at the time, and my dad came running in and said, 'Guess who they want to play Harry Potter!?' and I started to cry. It was probably the best moment of my life.
Daniel Radcliffe
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If someone wants to sticker a record for whatever reason, that's fine. But once it affects someone's opportunity to, you know, get that record, then I have a problem with it.
Scott Ian
Anthrax
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The major break in the understanding of manliness is not between, say, the nineteenth century and any particular preceding era but between my generation of Baby Boomers and the entire proceeding complex of teachings. In some ways, TR and Churchill have more in common with Homer and Shakespeare than they do with us.
Waller R Newell
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Don't be afraid, just play the music.
Charlie Parker
