Jimmy Rushing Quotes
The blues tells a story in itself. It can make you happy or give you a feeling to swing.
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The circus allows one to be logical and unreal at the same time. In the circus, all is possible: there can be a man with two heads or a character with a green face.
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I am who I am. I have a low voice, and I look like somebody's dad or boss or a police chief, and those roles come my way.
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I appreciate cooperation with Turkey on many issues. We are grateful for the support we receive for E.U. and NATO integration for Montenegro.
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To be perfectly truthful, I was not a very brilliant student, even at chemistry school.
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
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It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it may happen that those who need sympathy the most often attract it the least.
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The soul is part of the body. The mind is part of the body. When folks do physical violence to black people, to black bodies in this country, the soul as we construe it is damaged, too - the mind is damaged, too.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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I had a thick accent, and people didn't understand me, and I was ashamed, and I fumbled. I radiated an uncertain energy; sometimes baristas sensed this and wouldn't try to talk to me, and then an insecure voice in my head would cry, 'He's racist!'
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The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.
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In times of crisis, the incumbent suffers. And the bigger the crisis, the greater the punishment inflicted on those in power unless they do something that makes a change.
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I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.
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I've always supported new music from classic bands, especially if it's good.
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Most ballets are more interesting than most men.
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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
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When you watch a film, a huge part of it is the music and the coloring and everything that comes together to create such a unique film. So, reading the script, I had no idea what it was gonna be.
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I spend most of my time at concerts hoping for that one second that the artist looks at me, I look at the artist, and that's when I get to say, 'Thank you.'
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One of the things that was kind of shocking for humans... was to come to terms with was the fact that, hey, we may not be the center of the universe.
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My dominant feeling every day is one of great ignorance.
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Basketball wasn't going particularly well, but in my senior year, I did a play and got a wonderful card from a professor that said, 'I don't know what your plans are after school or if acting is a part of it, but you have something special.' Hearing that from someone who I had so much respect for pointed me in that direction.
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I would like my kids to follow their bliss.
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On the job of the U.S. President and the need of good advisers and staff
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The blues tells a story in itself. It can make you happy or give you a feeling to swing.
