Dizzy Gillespie Quotes
I think the idea is now for blacks to write about the history of our music. It's time for that, because whites have been doing it all the time. It's time for us to do it ourselves and tell it like it is.
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Flying down a tunnel of 1s and 0s is not how hacking is really done.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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It is absolutely unacceptable to think that in the last year of the president's term, that he should stop doing his job, and he won't.
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For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains.
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In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest.
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Wal-mart... do they like make walls there?
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I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I do not want to be a long-term CEO.
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.
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I had just 15 days to work on my body for the climactic fight of 'Bodyguard.' And I would work on every muscle of my body two/three times a week. I would have developed a superb body if I had three months, but squeezing it into 15 days can be harmful. Also, as you grow older, your metabolic rate slows down.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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With 'posts' running in the millions, Internet message boards have become an essential part of the savvy investor's arsenal.
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I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.
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People get so trapped by their technology now. Real life is so much better. I love talking with my mother and father. We really enjoy staying in and making a meal together. I'm very close with all four of my older sisters as well.
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Obviously, that off-the-ice battle I went through, plus injuries I came back from, I always felt the fans are really knowledgeable there and respected and appreciated guys that gave whatever they had and guys that fought through things.
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What ObamaCare did was take some of the things we did for the poor and expanded the government to basically the whole marketplace.
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There is no evidence that an animal can take on the sophisticated task of deciding to end his life and to communicate that decision to us.
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Over time, low rates can put pressure on the business models of financial institutions.
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I make records all the time. But making records is not quite the same as getting them to the audience.
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You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
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We are today, in this country, convulsed by the situation in Iraq. It is an extraordinary crisis. It is taxing our men and women in uniform, and it is certainly taxing our resolve.
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I think the idea is now for blacks to write about the history of our music. It's time for that, because whites have been doing it all the time. It's time for us to do it ourselves and tell it like it is.
