Quincy Jones Quotes
To me it's no accident that all the symphony orchestras around the world tune up to the note A. And A is 440 cycles, except in Germany where it's 444. But the universe is 450 cycles. So what I'm trying to say is, I think it's God's voice, melody especially. Counterpoint, retrograde inversion, harmony... that's the science and the craft.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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I already have a lot of experience, but the best is yet to come.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
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Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it?
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I haven't seen it this busy since I've been an IndyCar driver. So I think that's a great kind of thing that's happening for the IndyCar Series, in general, right now. But it's an event that I'm very proud to be part of. I love it. I can't wait to come back next year.
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Kevin Costner. I love Kevin Costner. That's all I have to say. I love Kevin Costner.
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I'm interested in getting deep into a person's consciousness and doing so in ways in which the narrator is secondary to the character's own thoughts.
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One recalls how much the creative impulse of the best-sellers depends upon self-pity. It is an emotion of great dramatic potential.
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It's hard to write music for specific things, because I'm always writing just to write.
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Ahimsa must be placed before everything else while it is professed. Then alone it becomes irresistible.
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I plunged in, and set up a Twitter account. My first problem was that there were already two Margaret Atwoods on Twitter, one of them with my picture. This grew; I gave commands; then all other Margaret Atwoods stopped together. I like to think they were sent to a nunnery, but in any case they disappeared. The Twitterpolice had got them. I felt a bit guilty.
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To me it's no accident that all the symphony orchestras around the world tune up to the note A. And A is 440 cycles, except in Germany where it's 444. But the universe is 450 cycles. So what I'm trying to say is, I think it's God's voice, melody especially. Counterpoint, retrograde inversion, harmony... that's the science and the craft.
