Quincy Jones Quotes
Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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I'm someone who wears their heart on their sleeve.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.
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The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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Often times I have been asked about the attributes for success, and I have said that you need two attributes for succeeding as an entrepreneur: one, courage, second, luck.
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The world is changing. Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed. I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry.
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There are Anarchists in other parts of the world who are unable to, comprehend the position of the Spanish Anarchists. I do not pretend to censor these Anarchists.
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When I'm on vacation here in the States, I can do all kinds of stuff; I can train and keep busy.
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I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.
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When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.
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I played a nerdy guy on 'CSI: NY' for nine years. I want to be bad for a while. I want to be really, really bad.
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I've had my heart broken and then gone out and done dumb things.
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Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.
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On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder under the hands of the Prophet.
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I honestly love nothing better than digging into a really good serialized show, whether it's 'Breaking Bad' or 'Game of Thrones' or 'Justified.'
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When I started really playing music, I pretty much quit sports. I quit everything.
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'What civilization would be complete without a cat?' the Professor went on. 'What greater blessing to the home than the kindly yet watchful eye of this tiger of the fireside?'
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When you're young, all the accidents, all the pain you take them, but at least you're very strong. In fact through time, it's just adding more and more pain, more and more loss and it makes you more fragile.
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.
