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Count Basie Quotes

I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch.

Count Basie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: August 21, 1904 - April 26, 1984

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Fast Play Jazz Understand Real Kick

This is America, where everything is still possible.

John Edwards

America Possible Everything Where

The steel workers have now buried their dead, while the widows weep and watch their orphaned children become objects of public charity. The murder of these unarmed men has never been publicly rebuked by any authoritative officer of the state or federal government.

John L. Lewis

Children Men Government Charity Now

The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our government, the Federal Government, is taking under President Bush.

John Spratt

Government You Country Young Right

I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business.

Steven Wright

Business Time People Laugh Serious

If you look round Hollywood there's no end of white smiles and six packs. Long lines of beautiful people lining up to be incredible on film.

Tom Hardy

Beautiful People End Long You Look

Let the master praise him, and say, 'Here ye do well.' For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

Roger Ascham

Learning Good You Say Will Praise

I got married very young and put my career on the back burner for the most part because that's what you did in those days. I've never been a pushy, ambitious type of person anyway.

Michael Learned

You Back Career Person Young Never

Not every problem is solvable, okay.

Bob Corker

Problem Okay Every

The reality is that I'm making better wine than I thought I would. The whole process is simple but beautiful.

Brian Schmidt

Beautiful Simple Thought Wine Better

In the long years liker they must grow; The man be more of woman, she of man.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Woman Man Grow Long More She

Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music.

Penelope Spheeris

Music Impossible Go New Now Out

It is definitely true that adversity and hardship are not evenly distributed.

Sheryl Sandberg

Adversity True Hardship Distributed