James Brown Quotes
As I always said, if people wanted to know who James Brown is, all they have to do is listen to my music.
Quotes to Explore
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
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I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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Accept loss forever.
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How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.
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No matter who you meet in life, you take something from them, positive or negative.
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The film 'Tapped' illustrates quite clearly how we've been getting 'soaked' for years by the bottled water industry.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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Story was that human civilization started to develop with first social network. Emerged where population concentration was high. Helped propel to where we are now. Facebook is next step of creating a huge human brain to embrace hundreds of million, possibly billions of people.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.
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Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.
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I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.
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Let's start anew. Life is goals - Purpose-Attempts - Struggle-Dreams and Accomplishmenties. It sounds confusing my fault, but it's actually simple.
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I find the education I got from living in Derby and being streetwise and knowing the people that I know, the lessons that I had to learn growing up, have set me in good stead for this kind of working life.
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The fact is the American people want men and women to stand up and represent them and to put their interests ahead of the party interests.
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Nothing is stronger than the will of the human heart.
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I associate the truest spirit of Christmas with certain years when I had to spend it at my parents' house as an adult who had, presumably, escaped.
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As I always said, if people wanted to know who James Brown is, all they have to do is listen to my music.
