Norman Granz Quotes
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We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.
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I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.
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America's growth historically has been fueled mostly by investment, education, productivity, innovation and immigration. The one thing that doesn't seem to have anything to do with America's growth rate is a brutal work schedule.
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I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Lester Young - all of these incredible musicians.
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I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use.
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In America there's no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.
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I use Gibson guitars; I prefer the Les Paul custom.
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John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.
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I think we're glazing eyes all across America.
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Diversity of thought and culture and religion and ideas has been the strength of America.
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My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz.
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The best AC/DC cover I've heard? There was an all-girl cover band in America, the Hell's Belles.
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I was the all-American boy, the Eagle Scout. I remember I was at my girlfriend's apartment, and there were these strange publications like The Nation and The New Republic. I started looking at them and thought, 'Gee, this is weird; people saying things against America?' It was an awakening. On the East Coast, I'd never even heard of conscientious objectors.
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One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America.
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If increasing income equality is the goal, it might be wiser to put money into infrastructure than to subsidize manufacturing. Construction also pays good wages, but with lower educational requirements. And America's infrastructure needs are enormous.
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Even in America, we're not a huge act by any means, Major Lazer.
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It's a big battle to bring quality stuff into theaters across America, for sure.
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I do care about the mercury contamination which this country will be experiencing because of the attempted sellout by this administration to special interests which will result in more mercury in the blood of young children in America.
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After two undefeated seasons of 'Worst Cooks in America,' I'm ready for a third. Going against Bobby Flay takes the challenge to another level, but I'm ready to whip these contestants into shape and the winner is sure to be from Team Burrell.
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I think in television and film, it's not usually the child's point of view. It's the story of an adult. If there's a child in a drama or an action-adventure movie, they're someone who needs to be saved, someone who needs to be protected, or if they're killed, someone who needs to be avenged. Their character doesn't matter much.
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I never met my Uncle Jack. My mom was six months pregnant with me when he died. But I knew his wife and two kids very well.
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Evil is tolerable if purged of coarseness.
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When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find.
