Jimmy Smith Quotes

I played with Sam Lay, Jimmy Reed, Big Walter Horton, Big Moose Walker, and all those guys.

Jimmy Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 8, 1925 - February 8, 2005

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My goal is that a girl will watch 'The Martian' or 'Interstellar' and think, 'I want to be an astronaut or a quantum physicist.' It's important to show powerful women who are good at their jobs because young girls need those examples.

Jessica Chastain

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I like 'Guys and Dolls,' 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'A Star Is Born.' When it works, a musical is an amazing thing. But it rarely works.

John Carney

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I still have a temper, I suppose.

John Malkovich

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It is unusual for Joe to be that way, but that's what interested me.

Michael Chabon

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Often, we ignore the fact that our spiritual condition and psychological state of mind are highly affected by what is happening to us physically. Sometimes depression is simply the result of exhaustion.

Tony Campolo

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The Scottish government set a goal of increasing exports by 50% by 2017. That is ambitious. Is it achievable?

Tom Hunter

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It can be liberating to get fired because you realize the world doesn't end. There's other ways to make money, better jobs.

Ron Livingston

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Sharing food has always had a central place in civilized societies; it's no accident that so many of our cultural, religious and patriotic rituals are involved with eating.

Ruth Reichl

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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June - a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special: the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet.

Martin Rees

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I came into this business to create characters that moved people and told stories.

Michael T. Weiss

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When I'm not acting, I'm playing golf. I'm pretty passionate about it.

Lucas Black

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A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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