Booker T. Jones Quotes
The reason I wanted to become an organ player was because I heard Ray Charles play on Quincy Jones' arrangement of "One Mint Julep." I heard that sound, and it just struck me. I thought that's what I want to do with my life. That's the sound I want to try to make.
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I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.
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I knew Hunter Thompson since the '70s, and I loved him, but he would wear me out as I got older.
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The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.
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Ladies and babies, and mortgages, for that matter, can all wait. Acting has done a strange thing to me, though. I often sit there, thinking, 'I love this, but I wouldn't put my daughter on the stage.'
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I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'
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Posthumous reputations have little to do with real lives.
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High school golf, college golf and the decade that followed all come back to me now as one big raucous, goofy gangsome.
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You would not believe that Paula Patton and I have the same trainer.
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We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
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At its core, all authentic growth depends on more customers wanting more of what your company offers. Any other drivers - pricing gimmicks, heroic marketing efforts, forced acquisitions - are ultimately destructive.
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I surf - that's the one thing I make time to do. I definitely surf a lot, but when you're working 15 hour days... all I want to do is get home to my baby.
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Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.
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Pay attention to how we move things
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Too often the reformer has been one who caused the rich to band themselves against the poor.
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My grandmother taught me how to make the basic pate brise pastry crust when I was young. The one thing I learned simply by eating her endless variations on delicious tarts for dinner every night is that this dough can be used for just about anything - sweet or savory.
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I've always loved movies about con men. I think con men are as American as apple pie.
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After a while, you get tired of being the official Scot and defending everything Scottish.
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Animated editorial cartoons are completely different from static editorial cartoons.
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I'm 33 years old now. I really want that ring. I got a taste of it here.
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I don't know if I was ever called out, but I definitely have been told my chest hair gets super long. I don't like it at all, so I definitely shave my chest a bunch. I have a really nice, huge eagle on my whole chest, with the words "Strength" and "Honor" and "Sanctimony" around it, so I like to keep that clean and clear.
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I don't think there's a military solution. If we funnel in more weapons we're just likely to see more of them turned against us by the people we're trying to combat.
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The reason I wanted to become an organ player was because I heard Ray Charles play on Quincy Jones' arrangement of "One Mint Julep." I heard that sound, and it just struck me. I thought that's what I want to do with my life. That's the sound I want to try to make.
