Jay McShann Quotes
I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him.Jay McShann
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
Edmund Phelps -
I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
Sam Smith -
If a man begins writing at thirty, by the time he is fifty or sixty, the bulk of his work has been done. By the time he is eighty, he's got nothing more, you know?
V. S. Naipaul -
Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
Karin Slaughter -
So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.
Caio Fonseca -
The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
Oliver North
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Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
Malcolm Gladwell -
I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
Jack Nicholson -
I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.
Taylor Swift -
From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
Olivia Williams -
Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
J. Paul Getty -
I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
Gary Lineker
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
Kaley Cuoco -
'Scott Pilgrim' is something that was a little bit more difficult to put in one box. But, to me, that's not necessarily a bad thing about the movie.
Edgar Wright -
Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
Danai Gurira -
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
Daniel Berrigan -
I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
Yusef Komunyakaa -
My awkward stage extended well into high school.
Rachelle Lefevre
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If you think your management doesn't know what it's doing or that your organisation turns out low-quality software crap that embarrasses you, then leave.
Edward Yourdon -
Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.
Patricia Reilly Giff -
My approach has never been to start from theories to arrive at facts, but on the contrary, to try to bring out from the facts the explanatory thread without which they appear incomprehensible and elude effective action.
Maurice Allais -
It is clear to me that my life has become completely unmanageable because I am addicted to alcohol and drugs. Recently, I relapsed and did things for which I am ashamed. I broke the law, and today I took responsibility by pleading guilty to the charges in my case.
Lindsay Lohan -
Progress is the domination of chaos by mind and purpose, of matter by form and will. It need not be continuous to be real.
Will Durant -
I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him.
Jay McShann