Illinois Jacquet Quotes
When I was 16 or 17 I heard the Count Basie band with Jo Jones and Lester Young and Herschel Evans and I couldn't believe it. They were the greatest swing band. I really fell in love with that sound. Everybody danced!
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I love to be in the moment. I love to analyse things a bit.
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But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don't know... I don't believe in reincarnation at all, but if all that stuff is true, then he might have been on his last time around.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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I would love to do a period movie. I've always wanted to wear the corset, you know. It's a girl thing!
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Do all things with love.
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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never for an instant harbor a doubt of it.
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I believe that first impressions are very important.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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This shared love of cooking and celebration has allowed me to create a strong bond with my family.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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I have a real interest in baking. I'd love to go to culinary school. That's actually my plan: to graduate high school and go to culinary school.
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I think God has blessed this country with enormous natural resources, and we should pursue all of the above. We should be developing oil, and gas, and coal, and nuclear, and wind, and solar, and ethanol, and biofuels. But, I don't believe that Washington should be picking winners and losers.
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There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently.
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I loved working with kids, and kids are the most incredibly discerning audience. And if they don't believe you, they will tell you and let you know. I mean, kids is where it's at, really.
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I love seeing when actors go from one genre to the next because I feel like most of them can pull it off.
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There are no rules when it comes to love.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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On a shelf above my computer are five letters that spell out W-R-I-T-E. Just in case I forget why I'm there. I also have 'Wonder Woman' paraphernalia from when I wrote five issues of the comic, and pictures of my husband and kids.
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I had a real good thing going for me, and I got sidetracked. It doesn't have to be that way. It doesn't have to be drugs. It doesn't have to be alcohol. That part of my life is over.
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Chris Brown is a fantastic artist and songwriter and to be able to work with him was kind of unbelievable.
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All secret oath-bound political parties are dangerous to any nation, no matter how pure or how patriotic the motives and principles which first bring them together.
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Now I did do later drawings where I tried putting fingers on them but it never looked right to me they weren't as appealing as that first drawing."
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When I was 16 or 17 I heard the Count Basie band with Jo Jones and Lester Young and Herschel Evans and I couldn't believe it. They were the greatest swing band. I really fell in love with that sound. Everybody danced!
