Herbie Hancock (Herbert Jeffrey Hancock) Quotes
I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.
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Music seems hard-wired into our very being. It moves us, stirs us to action, sets us in motion, sticks in our memories and minds.
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Congress can protect small businesses by providing effective oversight over SBA policies and make sure they take into account the needs of small businesses while also protecting taxpayer dollars. Congress also needs to make sure that new banking regulations do not make it more costly for community banks to lend to small businesses.
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We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way.
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On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.
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Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.
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I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.
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I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.
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Being able to go into Wimbledon and be part of an amazing atmosphere is special.
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Somebody might get criticized for doing some movie that totally sucks, then turn around and be incredible. Every actor goes through that, not just musicians who act.
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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.
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One thing that I always liked about fashion was that it was tied in with music and art and film.
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I love Dexter. I love Top Chef. I can't wait for it to come back. I love Friday Night Lights. I think TV is in a great place right now. It's definitely getting better and better. I think there is some of the most complete writing for women and female characters, they're done in television production and not really film production.
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The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'.
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He's been real consistent with his play since we started back this year, ... He's been confident and sure. ... What I'm looking towards is somebody to really establish themselves as a quarterback, take over and take off with the football team.
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...a magical CO2 knob for controlling weather and climate simply does not exist!
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No, I don't want your money. The world moves less by money than by what you owe people and what they owe you. I don't like to owe anybody anything, so I keep to myself as much on the lending side as I can.
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Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.
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The quickest way to kill jobs is to have this ordinance pass. It is dumb and dangerous.
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I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.
