Bobby Short Quotes

I was very young at the time, and I mainly appreciated their vocal qualities, even though I was already living as they did - as black performers in a white world.

Bobby Short

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 15, 1924 - March 21, 2005

Topics

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I think they should separate Microsoft's application group from its operating system group.

Jim Barksdale

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The menu should be part of the entertainment, part of the dining experience. It's kind of like reading the 'Playbill' when you go to the theater. It should be an alluring and interactive document. Does it have burn marks on it from the candle? If you ever get a greasy menu with food stains on it, it's time to run like hell.

Joe Bastianich

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You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough.

Joe E. Lewis

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I do have at home the most ridiculous number of awards for what I have done, which is nice in terms of being patted on the back, yet it does cure you of caring about what other people say about you. Ultimately, you must have your own standard of what is good enough.

John Lloyd

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I had a harsh lesson in 1996, when I lost four times to Andres Gomez on clay.

John McEnroe

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If things are going wrong in a country, it's not usually that we don't have enough foreigners. It's usually that we have too many.

Rory Stewart

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Not a law firm in the entire city of New York bid for my employment as a lawyer when I earned my degree.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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We have seen economic growth. But we have not seen earnings growth.

Mike Farrell

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I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to tether the absurdity to reality.

Jason Bateman

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The Court's legitimacy arises from the source of its authority - which is, of course, the Constitution - and is best preserved by adhering to decision methods that neither expand nor contract but legitimize the power of judicial review.

Diane S. Sykes

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Those five Rogers Cup matches were physically tough, and there were late nights, up until 2 or 3 A.M. - how could I fall to sleep after beating some of my heroes?

Denis Shapovalov

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I rejected most of the folk I was exposed to in the Seventies. I came around later to Tom Waits, some parts of Jim Croce, and a lot of Cat Stevens.

Chris Cornell

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