Quincy Jones Quotes

A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape!

Quincy Jones

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GoodGreatSongYouTopSinger

When you have kids, it can be hard sometimes because you've got to find creative ways to spend time with each other. So with 'Lights Down Low,' I wanted to just write about all the things that we do to try to keep the love alive in creative ways, because you can't always go out on a date... but you can make a date at home.

Jessie James Decker

LoveHomeTimeCreativeYouDown

Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I've never considered failure.

Jennifer Lawrence

FailureBackActingKnowNeverFar

While my college had done an excellent job recruiting me, I had no road map for what I was supposed to do once I made it to campus.

Jennine Capó Crucet

JobCollegeMeRoadDoneMap

It is like football with coaches, like, 'We're only going to think about the next game.' It is really true, all you think is, 'Okay, we have to make a good next episode.'

Matt Stone

GoodFootballGameThinkYouTrue

I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.

Robert Mapplethorpe

ThinkMotivationTrueCollectorHis

I have a dream that America will pray and God will forgive us our sins.

Alveda King

GodAmericaDreamWillForgiveUs

Human evolution, at first, seems extraordinary. How could the process that gave rise to slugs and oak trees and fish produce a creature that can fly to the moon and invent the Internet and cross the ocean in boats?

Steven Pinker

OceanMoonFlyTreesInternetFish

Our ultimate goal is to stay in business. We are not here with a specific plan. That's kind of how our entire career has evolved. We will figure things out as we go along.

Mary-Kate Olsen

BusinessPlanCareerGoalGoKind

Any MP has to have a proper family life, they have to have support of their partner.

Michel Martelly

LifeFamilySupportPartnerProper

TV, particularly network television, gives you a much greater opportunity to tell a long-form story, to develop a character and keep it detailed. Film, by its nature, is more finite.

Joshua Jackson

NatureCharacterOpportunityStory

I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince me that I really should take an interest in humanities.

Joshua Lederberg

EducationScienceMePressureElders

As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these people in Greece who are trying to escape tax.

Christine Lagarde

TimePeopleThinkTryingTaxEscape

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