Quincy Jones Quotes

Sidney Poitier and Sidney Lumet were instrumental in helping me get started as the first black composer to get name credit for movie scores.

Quincy Jones

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I am often asked what it was like to be a woman clerking for Justice Scalia. 'Much like being a man clerking for him' is my easy answer. Justice Scalia believed in one simple principle: That law came to the court as an 'is,' not an 'ought.'

Joan Larsen

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There are dozens of references to God in the Scriptures for every one to the figure of Satan. This reflects a sometimes forgotten theological truth that the devil is by no means God's counterpart. He is a creature, not the Creator.

John Ortberg

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I never played politics, I was never a party girl, and I never slept with any of the producers.

Ann Miller

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Women face a very, very difficult time when they run for higher elected office, unfortunately, especially against a guy like Donald Trump.

Michael Avenatti

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To me, it's always interesting to see what people end up regretting, as a way maybe to avoid such regrets in your own life.

Robin Marantz Henig

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I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills.

Diane Keaton

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Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.

Deepak Chopra

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It's important not to limit the amount of their own money that candidates can spend, but to give other people access to enough money to run competitive races.

Christie Hefner

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I think 12 songs is too much to listen to all at once. When I buy a record, I get to the fifth song, and then I don't get to really hear the rest of the record.

Colbie Caillat

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Without imagination, there can be no genuine ardor in any pursuit or for any acquisition, and without imagination, there can be no genuine morality, no profound feeling of other men's sorrow, no ardent and persevering anxiety for their interests.

William Godwin

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Christ bears with the saints' imperfections; well may the saints one with another.

William Gurnall

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Spiraling demand for resources of which our world contains a finite supply is the great long-term threat posed by globalisation. That is why we need new technology to relieve it.

Peter Thiel

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