Ray Charles Quotes
Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. … This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.
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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.
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I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.
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My first memory in life is grilling my thumb to the griddle in our restaurant on Cape Cod.
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What we cannot deny is that there's an association between exclusion, segregation, non-violent extremist thinking, and jihadism.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was going to go on being an illustrator, I had to start writing the stories, too.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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You're going to change as you grow older, and that messes up a lot of relationships.
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Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.
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The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world.
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In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.
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I never left doo wop.
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Your mind simply can't focus forward and downward all at the same time.
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That went on for a long time: telling various tales from my experience being anorexic and bulimic, and having people say, 'You've got to write this; you are a writer,' and me not knowing how to approach the material.
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It's really interesting to go back to '93 or '94 and listen to that music, like the I'll Lead You Home record.
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When a musical piece is too simple we tend not to like it, finding it trivial. When it is too complex, we tend not to like it, finding it unpredictable-we don't perceive it to be grounded in anything familiar. Music, or any art form... has to strike the right balance between simplicity and complexity...
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Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. … This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it.
