Quincy Jones Quotes

China's got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain't right.

Quincy Jones

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PeopleYouKnowRightOverChina

What do we mean by 'crazy?' What do we mean by 'mad?' At what point is a person just different and at what point can we call it a disease and say that they are not responsible for their actions? Or are we all slaves to the chemical processes that go on in our brains?

Jo Nesbo

CrazyMadPersonGoSayMean

It is widely accepted and understood that consumer decisions are as much influenced by emotional attachments to a product or service as by factors like price and performance. So why is it that when it comes to most aspects of human transportation, the world still seems to believe people are rational machines?

Jens Martin Skibsted

ServicePeopleWorldBelievePrice

Without a Prospero-Caliban relationship to balance the Prospero-Ariel one, 'The Tempest' loses much of its resonance.

Robert Gottlieb

RelationshipBalanceWithoutMuch

If I'm on form and I'm not being bothered too much by mental problems or whatever, I can whip out something good. That's why I've done quite a few overdubs for Tina Turner and things like that, because even before she made this comeback I said yes to her, just because I love Tina Turner.

Jeff Beck

LoveGoodComebackProblemsI Can

All these dismal things that are going on in the world - the isolation and the sickness and the governments and the pollution - it's so frightful, over the whole world.

Merce Cunningham

WorldSicknessIsolationPollution

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.

Sophocles

AgeManYouShouldHisActs

You can't vote that water out of the city of New Orleans.

Russel Honore

WaterCityYouNewVoteNew Orleans

Our aristocracy, unlike that of Europe, is open to all comers.

Josiah Strong

OpenEuropeAristocracyOurUnlike

I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.

Dolly Parton

MyselfPeopleI CanJust Because

Great powers can't get tired, because the international order is not self-governing.

Condoleezza Rice

GreatTiredOrderBecauseGet

There's nothing wrong with being a capitalistic society, but it's taken the place of faith.

Corbin Bernsen

FaithSocietyWrongPlaceNothing

I've learned a tremendous amount over the years by watching designers work. I now have a good understanding of what sits well on the body, not to mention the importance of a great cut and quality.

Claudia Schiffer

WorkGoodGreatQualityDesignBody

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