Trombone Shorty Quotes

No matter what kinds of problems we might be going through, or what kinds of problems the world might be going through, music is the place where we can all get along. We can all jam.

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MusicWorldProblemsPlaceMatter

I'm obsessed with broadcasting.

Mauro Ranallo

BroadcastingObsessed

Some Pulitzer winners - novelists - have confided to me that getting the prize screwed them up. It messed with their heads. That hasn't been my experience.

Jeffrey Eugenides

ExperienceMeWinnersUpPrizeBeen

Importing foreign labor has always been the American way, beginning with 4 million slaves from Africa. Later came the Jews and Poles, the Hungarians, Italians and Irish, the Chinese and Japanese - everything you learned in sixth grade social studies about the great American melting pot.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

GreatBeginningAmericanYouLabor

I never really wanted to be a writer. I know it sounds strange, but I honestly believe that I didn't pick the story; the story has picked me. I've written absolutely no fiction before 'The Immortals of Meluha.' Not even a short story in school - absolutely nothing.

Amish Tripathi

SchoolMeBelieveStoryShortKnow

The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of Medicare and Social Security receipts. That's your money.

Robert Byrd

MoneyAmericanSecurityWillOut

What I find very interesting about the mutual funds managers is that here are people who are the new masters of the universe. They're managing billions, yet they're subject to this quiet daily tyranny of numbers.

Ron Chernow

DailyPeopleUniverseInteresting

When I'm in a hectic crowd of people, I don't feel great. I'm looking over my shoulder. I feel exposed.

Molly Bloom

GreatPeopleLookingFeelShoulder

I have a lot of interests in global issues, as you know, humanity, inequity, arms control, and I continue to be active on all these issues.

Mohamed ElBaradei

ControlHumanityYouKnowActive

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

KindnessOpportunityBeing There

I was jumping out of my skin. It was horrible. I was all over the place, because I'd never been in front of a live audience. That's a whole other element in the play, the audience.

Lorraine Bracco

LivePlaceSkinPlayNeverOver

I'm fat, and I support fat celebrities, like Oprah.

Loni Love

SupportFatLikeCelebritiesOprah

When you work at Google and tell these engineers that their skill set is relevant to somebody in Iran who doesn't have access to information in their country or the rest of the world, it really inspires them to want to do something about it. There is a genuine altruism that exists at this company, and that's why I'm here and not anywhere else.

Jared Cohen

WorkWorldRestYouInformation

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