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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If someone says something hurtful to you or makes you feel down on yourself, then you just gotta stay positive and keep moving forward because they might not know much about you, or they may not understand the situation.
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Content marketing is one of the most effective ways to promote your business online - but only when it's done right.
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Postmodernism is what you have when the modernization process is complete and nature is gone for good. It is a more fully human world than the older one, but one in which 'culture' has become a veritable 'second nature.'
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You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.
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How good we all are, in theory, to the old; and how in fact we wish them to wander off like old dogs, die without bothering us, and bury themselves.
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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.
