Jimmy Scott Quotes

We had a teacher in school who would organize dramatic shows. And she decided to put on a show about - I don't know whether you remember - 'Ferdinand the Bull', the comic script. However, she decided, you're going to sing Ferdinand, me, as a role.

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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TeacherSchoolMeRememberYouKnow

Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.

Jim Harrison

CarGunDetroitEverybody

My memory seems to be holding on quite well. There is no reason why it shouldn't if you keep training it.

Melvyn Bragg

TrainingMemoryYouWhyHolding On

We need a president who understands the contributions and values of rural America, a president who understands the men and women who are up at 5 a.m. every day to grow the food that we put on our tables.

John Salazar

WomenFoodDayMenGrowAmerica

The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the United States.

Stephen Kinzer

GoalsUnitedLong-TermUnited States

I've always painted or drawn pictures or taken still photographs; now I shoot movies. It's just about making images, really.

Roger Deakins

PicturesNowMoviesAlwaysShoot

Roughly speaking, when you are dealing with business firms operating in a competitive system, you can assume that they're going to act rationally. Why? Because someone in a firm who buys things at $10 and sells them for $8.00 isn't going to last very long in that firm.

Ronald Coase

BusinessSomeoneLongYouWhyAct

If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.

Michel de Montaigne

Valentine's DayMeLovedYouI Can

I would leave my wife for Whataburger.

Mick Foley

WifeLeaveWould

In music, as I find myself forever saying, things don't get better or worse: they evolve and transform themselves.

Luciano Berio

MusicMyselfSayingBetterFindGet

My friends and family all know me, and that's the important thing.

Jon Jones

FamilyFriends And FamilyMeFriends

One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.

DMX

TimeLongLong TimeCelebrityRight

As a person, when I was seven or eight, my dad would try very hard to tutor me through school because I had learning difficulties or whatever. I would wish that they could just plant a chip in my brain so that I would know everything and not have to study.

Dichen Lachman

LearningSchoolMeBrainPlantWish

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