Antonio Carlos Jobim Quotes
What really swings is the music of the United States, Cuba, the Caribbean and vicinity, and, of course, Brazil. The rest is all waltzes.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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We need a wireless mobile device ecosystem that mirrors the PC/Internet ecosystem, one where the consumers' purchase of network capacity is separate from their purchase of the hardware and software they use on that network. It will take government action, or some disruptive technology or business innovation, to get us there.
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The science of life is changing hearts and minds.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
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Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
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At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful about what you say. I do have particular views and opinions that most of this town doesn't share, but it's not like I'm a fascist or a racist. There's nothing like that in my history.
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I was constantly surprised by how much people didn’t know. That’s one of the things about traveling, one of the things you learn: many people in the world, even educated ones, don’t know much, and it doesn’t actually matter at all. (p. 15).
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Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about.
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I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.
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The mind is a monkey, hopping around from thought to thought, image to image. Rarely do more than a few seconds go by in which the mind can remain single-pointed, empty.
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What really swings is the music of the United States, Cuba, the Caribbean and vicinity, and, of course, Brazil. The rest is all waltzes.
