Jimmy Rushing Quotes
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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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Kids who don't have moms suffer a lifetime.
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You know how in every heist movie they get past the security cameras that show the hallway leading to the diamonds by jamming the screens with a fake signal of everything looking safe and quiet? Usually a guard coughs so they don't notice the blip from switching to the bogus feed.
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I never thought about having a daughter, and then I had a daughter, and it was a remarkable thing. It was very different from having a son and your response to it. With a son, it's much more complex. And it's probably because of my stuff in the past. With a daughter, I was surprised at how simple it is.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?
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It's not that I ever sat down and outlined a trilogy, but I always have a sense of what size an idea is when I start it.
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My goal is to hit the gym every day I'm on vacation. Usually I just end up sleeping and drinking beer.
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I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.
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I wouldn't be happy had I only been a teacher, if all I had done was help young people, frankly. I don't get nearly the joy teaching as I do out of creation.
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I don't want to broadcast my personal life because I feel it's off-putting.
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If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don't skimp on them and the same is true for the gym. We spend what it takes to make a globally first-class gym.
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The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.
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Nothing else matters so much as long as you can come home and be with your family.
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I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don't like people who won't give me a straight answer. I don't like those kinds of people, and I've been vocal about it.
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Even the disciple has his uses. He stands behind one's throne, and at the moment of one's triumph whispers in one's ear that, after all, one is immortal.
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..the works of Mozart. They create a welcome pause amidst the storms of our inner life, a vision of consolation and hope, but we hear them like sounds of another, vanished and essential unfamiliar age. Clashing discords, loss of equilibrium..
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Detroit is full of talent.
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It puts people who are into this psychedelic thing in an entirely different stance from all other spiritual seekers, because all other spiritual seekers are furiously seeking. Psychedelic people are holding it back with all their power, because they are in the presence of the mystery. And then the trick is to get a spigot on it so that it can be turned on and off rather than coming at you like a tidal wave a mile high and twenty miles wide.
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I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.
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I plan on staying at Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I'll be here for you through it all, regardless of what happens.
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If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record.
