Quincy Jones Quotes
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I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats.
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Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
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Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money away, and then you can live with much more freedom.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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Language does not make one an elite.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
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I got a big mouth.
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It's the face and the body and the thing that we hide inside that can keep us from the world, but my voice is my voice.
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I have been celibate for about six or seven months, I think. I would rather just make out and kiss someone instead of sex. I'm single. I said I would be single for a year and I am.
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No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
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We spend too much time recruiting and not enough time working with the players we have.
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An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.
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It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
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The bonus is really one of the great give-aways in business enterprise. It is the annual salve applied to the conscience of the rich and the wounds of the poor.
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I've met every freak in the business.
