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Quincy Jones Quotes

Few rappers realize the genre sprang from West African griots through Delta slave songs to jazz poetry and the comedic trash talk of 'the dozens.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: March 14, 1933

Topics

Poetry Jazz Trash Talk Realize West

Prophecy is an intercept from the mind of an all-knowing and all-seeing and all-powerful God.

Joel C. Rosenberg

God Mind Prophecy All-Powerful

It is time to stand strong for the American people. It is time to champion the interests of those constantly neglected on the question of immigration: the men and women and children we represent - the citizens of this country to whom we owe our ultimate allegiance.

Women Children Time Men People

I have learned that nothing is certain except for the need to have strong risk management, a lot of cash, the willingness to invest even when the future is unclear, and great people.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

Future Great People Management Need

I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental approach, too. He's really something.

Amazing Woods Tiger Mental Something

If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience. Reality is no less precious if it presents itself to someone else. All are discoverers, and if we disenfranchise any, all suffer.

Experience People Reality Someone

Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Vanity Like Modest Most Outrageous

I wanted to marry somebody who wasn't someone I had to be in any particular mood to want to be around - with close friends, you can be with them no matter what mood you're in.

Friends Someone You Want Mood Who

I try not to wear too much makeup, as I think there comes a point where too much makes you look older.

Jasmine Guinness

Makeup Think You Look Too Much Try

Now, where does my comedy come from, like, as a human being? Yeah, when I was a kid I was dyslexic and had to go to special-ed every day and felt stupid about that and got very witty to defend myself.

Myself Day Stupid Comedy Every Day

No film critic's going to say it, but 'Madagascar 3' is better than 'The Artist.'

Better Artist Say Critic Film Going

We all look in the mirror and name the things that we don't like about ourselves or wish we could change. Instead, name the good things and focus on that!

Change Good Mirror Focus Good Things

Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.'

Woody Harrelson

Great Money War People World Brainy

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