Count Basie Quotes
I'll always remember when I first heard Lester [Young]. I'd never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a different sound. A sound I'd never heard before or since. To be honest with you, I didn't much like it at first.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
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My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.
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Breitbart media is named after the same gentleman who basically framed Shirley Sherrod during the Obama administration.
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There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
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I'm so happy with 'Grease' and 'Xanadu,' particularly because of the music in both films.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.
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There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
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We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.
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You can stroke people with words.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like.
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I want to promote the introduction of art history in primary schools and to convince the general public that, even in a period of economic crisis, arts funding is an absolute necessity at the federal, state, and local levels.
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Nobody gives a crap about hockey down here - nobody. I coach kids' hockey down here and you can start to see the disinterest in the game here with the kids.
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In private school, I definitely judged myself against the lighter-skinned girls. I wanted to have different hair. I wanted to fit in. I thought that was more beautiful.
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I just love all women. A lot of them are women a lot of men wouldn't find attractive in the least, but they're mouth-watering to me. All different sizes: tall, short, fat. Just about the only type I'm not into is the typical fashion model.
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I just think that everything is symbolic, and who you are determines everything that you do, small moves and big moves.
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Love is messy. It's not something that's real clean.
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I'll always remember when I first heard Lester [Young]. I'd never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a different sound. A sound I'd never heard before or since. To be honest with you, I didn't much like it at first.
