Barry White Quotes
We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell.
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There was a report that used to come out back in those days, I don't know if it was the Gavin Report or something like that. And they said, no matter what McGuire comes out with next, we're not gonna play it.
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A little bit of stage fright, then I'm ready.
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I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.
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Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously.
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Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.
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I worked as a telemarketer for an SAT-prep company. That was the worst of it, because I had to call people in post-Katrina New Orleans and offer them this very, very expensive SAT class. And I'm not even a good salesman.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing a lot of important things across the continent.
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A kiss, when all is said, what is it? A rosy dot placed on the 'I' in loving; Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of to the ear.
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The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough.
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The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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I'm going to put music out when I feel like it's ready.
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I'm a total hip-hop geek. That's my favorite kind of music to listen to while getting ready.
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It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work.
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A Central Bank official said that Q-coin did not affect the renminbi; it adds vibrancy to the economy.
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In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.
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I used to get butterflies. Now we're always ready to hit the stage and rock out.
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To get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would swim a couple of lengths underwater and then a couple above. It gets your body going with limited oxygen.
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When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements.
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I said the photograph isn't what was photographed, it's something else. It's about transformation. And that's what it is.
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I've learned very, very, very clearly that money does not equal happiness or security, either.
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I do not see myself, I never make plans, I never set goals, and I never do that kind of stuff; I don't like to futurize, I barely know what I will do tomorrow, and because there is a working plan here, I've never futurized because life always surprises me with things even better.
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We were ready to launch Barry White, but the record company wouldn't put it out. Said it wouldn't sell.
