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Pinetop Perkins Quotes

I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to pieces.

Pinetop Perkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: July 7, 1913 - March 21, 2011

Topics

Myself Old Hard Pieces Piano Beat

You always want to get at-bats. You always want to contribute.

You Want Always Get Contribute

When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate binds us is liberty.

John Bates Clark

Freedom Persistence Competition Fate

On a Spike Lee set, everybody seems to want to be there and is motivated to work in unison and do the best they can.

John David Washington

Work Best Want Seems Motivated Set

My early novels were written in quite a dark place. I stand by them, but I would never write them again. I think it is subversive to embrace emotional optimism, because it goes against the grain.

Optimism Think Stand Early Dark

Brand matters. And ESPN is, by far, the most popular sports brand. People trust ESPN.

Sports Trust People Brand Matters

I love the idea of sharing some of what we find in the research phase with a select community of people early on as a perk for their donating, and then gauging their feedback.

Love Community People Research Early

It's no mistake that the moment of impregnation is called conception: at first, parenthood is nothing more than an idea.

Michael Redhill

Moment Mistake Nothing More First

Before starting my own investment funds, the only models I was aware of were those of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. Their models made a lot of sense to me, so I cloned them.

Me Investment My Own Starting Own

I say this quite deliberately, this is the finest Shakespearean performance I've seen.

Performance Say Seen Deliberately

All my movies have an autobiographical dimension, but that is indirectly, through the personages. In fact, I am behind everything that happens and that is said, but I am never talking about myself in first person singular.

Pedro Almodovar

Myself I Am Talking Person Movies

Everybody wants clean, safe energy. Some people think nuclear is the way to go. Some people think coal is the way to go. Some people think wind is the way to go. And there's always balances on that.

People Wind Energy Think Go Way

Our greatest motivation in life comes from not knowing the future.

Life Future Motivation Not Knowing

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