Quincy Jones Quotes
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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Anything that's given to you can be taken away from you at any time.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through.
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Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
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Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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Honestly, production when you first start can be difficult to wrap your head around.
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I don't really mind not being a part of a film - because if there is no part for me, I will never force myself upon a film. I feel like it's just a distraction. If it is not organically incorporated into the story, it just feels like a stupid appearance, like a sort of wink. I hate that.
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Just as I could tell you about my first Andre Norton novel or my first L'Engle or my first Asimov, I could write a paragraph about how each of these writers influenced me, my writing, and my thoughts, and do to this day.
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They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?
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I'm really aware of the conversations that surround young actresses in Hollywood. I always get myself into a hole with these conversations, and I get weirdly quoted, and I sound militant and like I'm not thankful at all, and I'm so thankful of everything that's happening. But I'm an active observer of the machinations of this world.
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You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
