Oscar Peterson Quotes

The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.

Oscar Peterson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: August 15, 1925 - December 23, 2007

Topics

LoveMusicTogetherPeopleYouPlay

The loss of a child is my greatest nightmare.

Angelina Jolie

ChildLossGreatestNightmare

God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.

Stephen Hawking

GodSometimesDiceSeenWhereOnly

There are two ways of dealing with being odd. One is to really try and conform, and the other is to do the opposite and really make a thing out of it. At school, it wasn't that I was bullied, but everyone was very aware that I was different. I was kind of the token weird person that people accepted into their group, almost like an accessory.

Shura

SchoolPeopleWeirdPersonGroup

Most physicists like myself won't believe the result until every possible caveat has been investigated and/or the result is confirmed elsewhere.

Lisa Randall

MyselfBelieveResultPossibleBeen

There were three great child singing stars: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jackie Washington.

Don Cornelius

StarsGreatChildSingingWonder

We envision a more Germany-style economy, where 20 percent of our workforce is in manufacturing. And we're not talking about banging tin in the back room. We're talking about high technology across the board, whether it's computer chips or cars or anything in between.

Peter Navarro

TechnologyTalkingBackManufacturing

My kids used to see me crying and depressed all the time, and that can affect kids as well.

Pepa

TimeMeSeeAffectUsedWell

If they're singing about heartbreak, they've lived it.

Paula Abdul

SingingLivedHeartbreakAbout

When I look at my career, I was really about defending.

Scottie Pippen

LookCareerDefendingAboutReally

There are golfers everywhere who may never get a chance to play a links course in Scotland, a tree-lined course in America or the sand belts of Australia. Hopefully I can bring some of those elements into their backyards.

Tiger Woods

ChanceAmericaSandI CanPlayMay

I try to be outdoors as much as I can.

Richard Madden

OutdoorsI CanTryMuch

I think that a good Left is a party that always thinks about the future and doesn't care much about our past sins.

Richard Rorty

GoodFuturePastThinkCareParty

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