Jimmy Scott Quotes

I was living in New York. Sometimes, our gang of musicians would go to Louis Armstrong's home and play records. It was a lesson, like going to school at night. Ella Fitzgerald was an inspiration, too, a unique artist. When you had an opportunity to be with people like them, you cherished it.

Jimmy Scott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 17, 1925 - June 12, 2014

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I started to do a study on how not to do stand-up comedy. Yeah, it's lonely work. You die, you die alone. It's you, the light, and the audience. If you win, you win big. If you lose, you lose big time.

Jim Varney

WorkAloneTimeLightWinLonely

My view is that targets, properly constructed and applied across public services have been fundamental to past successes and will be an essential part of sustaining progress into the future.

John Hutton

FutureProgressPastViewWillBeen

In other words, musicians know that going back to the Spoonful, what we were doing was not copying.

John Sebastian

WordsMusiciansDoingBackKnow

Social Security Number Cards by themselves were never intended to be personal identity documents because they cannot confirm that a person presenting a card is actually the person whose name appears on the card.

Ron Lewis

IdentityNameSecurityCardsPerson

I don't know where, or by whom, Judge Wapner was raised, but my parents taught me, when you don't have something nice to say about someone, say nothing.

Judy Sheindlin

ParentsMeJudgeSomeoneYouNice

Anyone who wants to be an entrepreneur like someone else is actually looking in the wrong direction. You don't look out for inspiration, you look in. You have to ask yourself how can I be better today, at solving the problem I am trying to solve for my company. I wouldn't encourage anyone to be like me. Just be like you.

Ashton Kutcher

TodayYourselfI AmMeLookingLook

It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.

Alice Koller

LearningTruthTimeWorldLearn

I know my father believed and my mother believed in and supported the suffrage movement, and I remember my mother taking me to suffrage meetings held in the home of a Quaker family that lived not far from us.

Alice Paul

FamilyFatherMotherHomeMeKnow

Whatever it is that can help to bring God close is something to be revered.

Susan Vreeland

GodHelpWhateverBringSomething

More and more agricultural land is being used for non-agricultural purposes. Whether it's any industry, express highway, or expansion of any city, agricultural land is being used.

Sharad Pawar

CityLandMoreIndustryUsedBeing

My dad still hasn't heard 'I Love My Dad,' and I'm sure he'll say something like, 'It's good, but I love your version of 'Little Drummer Boy'!' My dad loves my live albums - he's obsessed with the live version of 'Little Drummer Boy' for some reason.

Mark Kozelek

LoveGoodLiveSayBoyDrummer

My mother-in-law fell down a wishing well. I was amazed; I never knew they worked.

Les Dawson

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