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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Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
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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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The only way you know what it is to be a boxer is to be one.
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Marriage happens; it can't be planned. When it has to happen, it will happen. Normally, what we always believe is that however prepared you are, if it's not meant to happen, it won't. And however much we have not planned, it will still happen if it's destined.
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I've never liked rehearsing too much.
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Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.
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You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
