Ahmet Ertegun Quotes
The first time I heard Clyde McPhatter singing with the Dominoes at the Apollo I just fell off my chair
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The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and the intensity of support on the far left and far right wings of both parties. And we have forgotten about the people here in the middle.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end. I sang 'I Say a Little Prayer.' It's a tough song to sing but they gave me the confidence to go for it and belt it out.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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That is the effect of my sculptures in the public domain: people are making contact with each other again.
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If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
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The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
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Everyone says romance goes flying out the window when you've been together for an X amount of time. I think it's all up to you.
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There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside.
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One of the trickiest things about 'Game of Thrones' is just seeding those first couple of episodes with that basic information that people need to know, both about the world and the ground rules of the world, and the relationships between the characters, as far as who means what to whom and why.
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Lawmakers misrepresent the facts when they call the manufacturing deduction known as Section 199 - passed by Congress in 2004 to spur domestic job growth - a 'subsidy' for oil and gas firms. The truth is that all U.S. manufacturers, from software producers to filmmakers and coffee roasters, are eligible for this deduction.
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Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive - the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.
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It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them to have private tutors.
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There are two kinds of people who blow through life like a breeze, And one kind is gossipers, and the other kind is gossipees, And they certainly annoy each other, But they certainly enjoy each other, Yes, they pretend to flout each other, But they couldn't do without each other...
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We always set out to just make a great movie.
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Every time a congressman or pundit says its 'class warfare' to increase taxes on the wealthy, it's a massive lie.
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The culture of philanthropy is alive and very well in Africa. International aid strengthens and extends it, but in the communities where I have spent time, it is all-pervasive.
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The first time I heard Clyde McPhatter singing with the Dominoes at the Apollo I just fell off my chair
