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Mose Allison Quotes

I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me.

Mose Allison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: November 11, 1927

Topics

People Me You Know Swing Monk

So many people subconsciously shy away from getting rich because they believe they'll be judged, they'll lose the people they love, they believe that desiring money is a bad thing, money is the root of all evil, etc.

Jen Sincero

Love Money People Evil Believe Rich

Free enterprise capitalism has been the most powerful creative system of social cooperation and human progress ever conceived, but its perception and its role in society have been distorted.

John Mackey

Progress Creative Perception Society

On Broadway, there is no censoring, just self-censorship and doing what makes sense.

Robert Lopez

Doing Broadway Sense Just Makes

I think the bullpen is always a possibility for anyone, but that's not where I plan on being.

Matt Cain

Think Plan Always Where Being

Over the next decade, cities and states across America will be compelled to tighten their belts as the really big bills - the pension bills they cannot afford - come due. They'll have to go after existing contracts with current workers.

John Podhoretz

America Go Will Over Contracts Big

Making a movie where the central character is a horse was a challenge. Because I'm scared of riding. I was thrown as a kid. One of my daughters is a competitive jumper, we live with horses, we have stables on our property. But I don't ride. I observe, and I worry.

Steven Spielberg

Live Character Challenge Ride Worry

When fathers come home after a tough day at work, they should come home to serve, like my father did, teaching lessons around the dinner table and leading the family in worship and prayer.

Tony Evans

Work Family Father Home Day Prayer

In my early years doing standup, I bombed a lot.

Josh Gondelman

Doing Early Years Lot Standup

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

Janis Joplin

Intelligence Questions Intellectual

Writing is work and cooking is relaxing.

Diane Mott Davidson

Work Cooking Writing Relaxing

And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a toad. I'm roadkill. I'm anything but a celebrity.

Drew Barrymore

Time People You Say Actor Celebrity

Most people know my music but will never read my books.

Chico Buarque

Music People Know Will Never Books