Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many of those that have passed on. Their music, their legacy lives on with the rest of us because we are so highly influenced by their experience and what they have given us.
Herbie Hancock
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To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.
Patricia Reilly Giff
I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
Vikas Swarup
In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
Ed Koch
I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
I think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom.
Laura Wade
I was a filmy kid. I was two when I faced the camera for the first time. My parents realised it pretty early, and I'm really thankful to them for their support and help.
Rakul Preet Singh
Starting at 11, I was a movie-theater popcorn girl, a babysitter, a sales clerk - in the Midwest, they start them early!
Kate Spade
Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.
Jack Welch
I love anything that makes you feel empowered. I'm 'bout that - you can't be scared.
Kat Graham
I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea.
Rafael Nadal
I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin tone. People like, 'You so black, you purple.' 'You so black, you gotta smile so we can see you at night.'
Hannibal Buress
I do believe that all of the world needs reform. The reform must take place everywhere.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are the ugly stepchild of fantasy... and on and on and on.
R. A. Salvatore
I had heard about how people struggle and how hard it is to get into acting. But I did not care because it's something I love.
Bai Ling
To you, W. B. Yeats, good praiser, wholesome dispraiser, heavy-handed judge, open-handed helper of us all, I offer a play of my plays for every night of the week, because you like them, and because you have taught me my trade.
Lady Gregory
While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk.
Wendell Johnson
I have to do this my way.
W. Mark Felt
Do I support a driver's license for everybody? The answer is yes.
Gavin Newsom
When I was eleven, my mother gave me Robert K. Massie's 'Nicholas and Alexandra.' It was the first 'grownup' book I read, and I loved it.
Kathryn Harrison
Fear and hatred are the legacy of Ronald Reagan. America's vision of peace and freedom [is being] blasted by the guns of the U.S. Navy in Lebanon, the guns of U.S. paratroopers in Grenada, and the guns of U.S. helicopters in Honduras and El Salvador.
Alan Cranston
It's exotic for me to be given a script that's already written, and be given a pay cheque, and asked to dress up and play, and that's all.
Tilda Swinton
If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the consequent influence on our political welfare.
William Wilberforce
The president has been more than willing to challenge the National Rifle Association, but that is like a Republican president standing up to labor unions - not a move that risks anything with his core supporters. Mr. Obama could show some real bravery by taking on Hollywood.
Brown Campbell
So much of what I create has been due to the influence of Miles Davis and Donald Byrd, and so many of those that have passed on. Their music, their legacy lives on with the rest of us because we are so highly influenced by their experience and what they have given us.
Herbie Hancock
