Saunders Teddell (Sonny Terry) Quotes
If talk was money, you'd be a millionaire. If thoughts could kill, there'd be no one here.
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How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you paint them with ink on paper.
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Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference.
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Networks can typically invest tens of millions of dollars in the development of a pilot. And if they put the show on the air and it fails, that's all lost money. There's no monetization of a broken series.
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I was never really a Mod. I thought I was more of a beatnik with the brown corduroy jacket, blue jeans, etc. I loved the music Mods liked, and I loved the clothes, but I didn't have any money to spend on them.
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I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing.
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The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.
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But I did make some money doing commercials. I did fourteen in one year.
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The 'soul' is one of the words you can use to talk about your innermost being, the essence of who you are.
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I've spent more money on my theatres since I bought them than I did buying them.
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I think it's really the job of the composer, the artist, the painter, the writer to present people with options. I'm just really reflecting the thoughts and actions around me.
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My initial thoughts of becoming a lawyer changed in high school as I became more attracted to math and science and began talking about being an engineer.
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For artists, the majority of the money we make comes from us being on the road and touring.
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We go around and talk about what are each of the kids most proud of from the previous week.
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My dream was to set up my own e-commerce company. In 1999, I gathered 18 people in my apartment and spoke to them for two hours about my vision. Everyone put their money on the table, and that got us $60,000 to start Alibaba. I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name.
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Winning is obviously the biggest thing. Because if you don't win, nothing really matters. You can have all the money in the world, and they can still call you a loser.
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Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.
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There's also a certain rhythm to the way Jews talk that might be funny.
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I'm not romantic, and I don't like Christmas.
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It takes a lot of weapons to do good works (as Richard the Lionhearted could have told us). And this is not just a Somali problem. We have poverty and deprivation in our own country. Try standing unarmed on a street corner in Compton handing out twenty-dollar bills and see how long you last.
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I have a nice little movie career, and I write plays and do my act.
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Knowledge that is acquired is not like this. Those who have it worry if audiences like it or not. It's a bait for popularity. Disputational knowing wants customers. It has no soul... The only real customer is God. Chew quietly your sweet sugarcane God-Love, and stay playfully childish.
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If talk was money, you'd be a millionaire. If thoughts could kill, there'd be no one here.
