Quincy Jones Quotes
My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.
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I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.
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People get TV deals by doing something in their grandmother's basement. It is definitely the wave. Everybody is trying to do all that stuff. I mean, the Internet is the only reason that I've gotten work is because I've somehow created a line and people have seen it. And then I've been asked to auditions.
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In a nutshell though, it's just all about opening up to the people that really care about my career and really listening to everybody who is listening to me. It's just made me stronger, to really be able to open up that door and listen to everybody else's opinions.
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My own tastes happen to be in tune with what the public wants. I think that's the reason my batting average is so high, not because I've discovered some brilliant formula.
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All the women that are first born daughters in my family are named Mary, but we've all been given nicknames. I don't know how or why that started, but I'm nicknamed after my great-grandmother, who was Mamie. No one ever calls me Mary, except only if my husband is very serious about something.
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Before I liked to write, I liked to type. I remember visiting my grandmother Adele in Ponce Inlet, Florida, when I was three years old, and she had an IBM electric typewriter.
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The hardest thing about having three kids is trying to find a balance, because there's always the odd man out, and you also need to make sure each child gets the attention he or she needs.
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I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.
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We were poor, my mother and I, living in a world of doom and gloom, pessimism and bitterness, where storms raged and wolves scratched at the door.
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He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
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When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people.
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My grandmother was always upbeat, a naturally happy person. I think I got that from her.
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I want to be an inspirational model. I want people to look at me and say, 'Wow, she looks healthy.'
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It was just me and my mum growing up, and my mum's always said that's why I'm so mature. We were best friends, and if it wasn't for her, I wouldn't even have started athletics, because she wanted me to have a hobby.
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I am the commander in chief of the United States armed forces, and Iraq is gonna have to ultimately provide for its own security.
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When I was really little, I loved Whitney Houston. I thought she was the prettiest thing in the world.
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But we must not, if we are loyal, disperse our energies in a partisan warfare that is waged without regard to its consequences to the well being, security, or honor of the country.
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People know my name and that can get me in the door but on the same hand people know my name and that can have them shut the door.
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I love working with kids and helping others, so I feel like a career in teaching would be perfect.
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I want to end my career in Kansas City. I want to play there. I love the city, I love the vibe; I love my teammates.
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Adventurer: he that goes to meet whatever may come. Well, that is what we all do in the world one way or another.
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The pleasures that give most joy are the ones that most rarely come.
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My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
