Dianne Reeves Quotes

Some people think that all you do is record, and it's not the case. You take on other projects as well, and you have to live a little bit because it inspires your work.

Dianne Reeves

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I wish they'd had electric guitars in cotton fields back in the good old days. A whole lot of things would've been straightened out.

Jimi Hendrix

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If it weren't for Moore's law changing the playing field continuously, I would have been long gone. The rapid pace of hardware evolution still keeps things fresh for me.

John Carmack

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To do that I try and keep myself in pretty good shape physically and I try to lead my life in such a way that I'll be able to be as strong at the end of the movie as I am in the beginning.

John Frankenheimer

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I love the stage. It's terrifying in a way that film and television is not. When you're about to go out, and you're adrenaline just gets out of control, and that can be really daunting.

Stephen Lang

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I've been watching 'Dexter' recently; I love that show. It's my favorite.

Steven R. McQueen

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I didn't grow up with my Kenyan family. I grew up in a small, conservative suburb of Chicago.

Tom Morello

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I used to love Jem and the Holograms. I think if they were doing a concert, I would stand in line to see Jem and the Holograms.

Rutina Wesley

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In common with many others in the varied branches of our profession, my academic education is subnormal.

Loretta Young

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My mother was a huge, huge reader. I think I picked up very early how precious it was to write things in books and have people like my mother glued to the page.

Judith Viorst

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When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

Don Marquis

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Failure. It doesn't exist. 'Failure' is just what happens when we lose perspective.

Donna Brazile

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Remember Robin Williams's great work as the voice of the genie in Disney's 'Aladdin'? Because he wanted to leave something wonderful behind for his kids, he said, he did the voice for a cut-rate fee of $75,000, far below his usual $8 million payday. But then something happened: The movie became a huge hit, raking in $504 million.

Christopher Voss

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