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.Count Basie
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
Barbara Bush -
You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
Warren Zevon -
My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.
Abbey Lee Kershaw -
Breitbart media is named after the same gentleman who basically framed Shirley Sherrod during the Obama administration.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
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.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
Village cricket spread fast through the land.
G. M. Trevelyan
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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.
Iris Chang -
I'm so happy with 'Grease' and 'Xanadu,' particularly because of the music in both films.
Olivia Newton-John -
Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
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.
Yusef Komunyakaa -
Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.
Carl Jung -
There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
Fay Weldon
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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.
Ted Engstrom -
You can stroke people with words.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
Ovid -
I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like.
Fay Godwin -
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.
Camille Paglia -
I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
Tamsin Egerton
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I'm capable of living in the moment. And I'm especially capable of living in the moment of sitting on my sofa and watching other people's moments.
Samantha Bee -
Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.
Boyle Roche -
'I've caught a cold,' the Thing replies, 'Out there upon the landing.' I turned to look in some surprise, And there, before my very eyes, A little Ghost was standing!
Lewis Carroll -
I know a lot of procedurals have huge viewership, yet they're never nominated for awards.
Daniela Ruah -
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.
Count Basie