Norman Granz Quotes
The whole reason for Jazz at the Philharmonic was to take it to places where I could break down segregation.
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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You have to recognize at some point that even though you have the passion and creative level to be able to do something, you might have to do a lot of prep. Sometimes you just can't do it as quickly as you want to do it.
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I'm someone that examines culture and tries to break down why things are the way that they are whether its hip-hop music, sex, race, or consumerism. I try to examine it and scrutinize it to the point where I can write a song.
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Victory Over Violence is an organization that was created to help fund shelters for women and children.
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You spend so much to buy these media net stories or full page ads to build perception... you can rather save this money and put it in the making or marketing of the film.
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And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics.
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Well, it really describes what it feels like to be a normal person whose boss and friend suddenly runs for the president, and then becomes the president.
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Sam is there, Sam has been playing well, he has been doing great in camp.
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I've always wanted a 'Full House' reunion, so when you see stuff like this comes back, it's super exciting.
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Rolf Ekeus, his appearance can deceive. He looks somewhere between an international diplomat and a mad professor. He's got that sort of shock of white hair and a slightly absent-minded way of speaking. But he's extremely sharp and very serious about power relationships.
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If the world acts together, we can make sure that all of our children enjoy lives of opportunity and dignity.
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Está atado a ellos y no comprendes cómo, porque ellos no están atados a ti.
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As CEO of Cold Stone Creamery, we used a concept called 'search and reapply,' which meant that if we found better ways of doing something, then we would do it.
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I don't hold any candle for drama versus comedy.
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As an artist, you dream about accumulating enough successful music to someday do just one greatest-hits album, but to reach the point where you're releasing your second collection of hits is beyond belief.
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Desire can attain the darkest human terror and give an actual ideal of hell and its horror.
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I wouldn't say I'm the "nice" judge, but I was certainly reminded a couple of times that this is for a million dollars. There's one thing to just do a good dance, but I had to ask myself, "Is that the million-dollar dance?" There are certain dances that people prefer, and I preferred the intelligent and smart choreography.
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If we are abandoned to Jesus we have no ends of our own to serve.
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Not only are a voteless people a hopeless people. A non-producing people are hopeless also.
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Success will come. Or it won't. But I think you can only make a go at it in a big way by fully being yourself and taking risks. People can feel risks.
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The whole reason for Jazz at the Philharmonic was to take it to places where I could break down segregation.
