What kills me is that everybody thinks I like jazz.
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GATOR PURIFY I'm comfortable singing jazz. The only thing I was concerned about is that everybody, even in ja...
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E: You want the truth? I think you're my guardi...
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LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ...
LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w...
LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I We call it swing jazz, ... Think Nat King Cole, Benny Goodman-style stuff. I grew up with those peop...
JOHN PIZZARELLI I'm not one to be like, 'What is everybody doing? Let me do that!' I just do what I want...
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JOANNA SIKES I like to believe that science is becoming mainstream. It should have never been something that sort...
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON I daydream just like everybody else. I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks...
GREG MADDUX Ques eso? Queso?
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BRANFORD MARSALIS That sums up everything. We're not the quitter Verona team like everybody thinks we are. We're here ...
KIRK DECREMER I love a good lyricist - always have. The thing that inspired me most was the different performers, ...
JENNIFER LOPEZ One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people we...
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WYNTON MARSALIS What's nice about having an engineering degree is everybody thinks you are smart.
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A winner wins, a loser looses.
A savior saves, a killer kills.
What y...
CLARISSE ARETHA When you say 'design,' everybody thinks of magazine pages. So it's an emotive word. Ever...
JAMES DYSON Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wan...
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JORDAN METZL He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.
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CECILE MCLORIN SALVANT It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself.
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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain te...
DAVID SANBORN I hope no one thinks of me like that. I'm just a normal guy.
BILL VAUGHN I mean, Janet Jackson? She's like Michael Jackson with hair.
RONNIE SPECTOR Everybody always thinks the grass is always greener.
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GEORGE BENSON I think people enjoy reading about money, but the people who are in charge of giving me guidance tel...
SEAN ASTIN I'm not rich, though everybody thinks I am.
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SONNY ROLLINS When push comes to shove would people do what they felt was right, to get justice done or would they...
GARY F EVANS... Don't be swayed just because they say it's public opinion. Remember, public opinion is simple what e...
SOURCE UNKNOWN Everybody thinks if you do one thing, you can't do something else. So I like the fact that I can...
DENISE VAN OUTEN I saw a lot of men die there. Most men. Do you know what killed them?”…”Despair,” said Finne...
LOUISE PENNY Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy.
DONALD MILLER Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz...
NAT WOLFF Everybody thinks we are terrorists, and we are working guys. They don't give me a chance.
JUAN SANTIAGO The most common misconception about me is that I'm basically a jazz singer.
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ROSS R. MASON You know what I'd really like to do? I'd like to record some white Chicago jazz.
AHMET ERTEGUN I don't care what a man is as long as he treats me right. He can be a gambler, a hustler, someon...
JOE NAMATH Don't like me for what I am.
Just like me for who I am.
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RON BRACKIN What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so...
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SAMUEL BARNETT I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if ...
SAMUEL BARNETT I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind m...
SAMUEL BARNETT I never wanted to do Shakespeare; I never liked watching it, it's always frightened me, and I...
SAMUEL BARNETT Acting is a sport - especially working with Mark Rylance. There is competition involved. I have to b...
SAMUEL BARNETT I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.
SAMUEL BARNETT I love just walking around New York. It's like a whole world in one place.
SAMUEL BARNETT Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the lang...
SAMUEL BARNETT It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it...
SAMUEL BARNETT This industry isn't fair. It doesn't owe anybody a career. It's just about luck, determi...
SAMUEL BARNETT I feel like I've gotten more than a lot of people will ever get. I feel very fortunate.
SAMUEL BARNETT Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets ...
SAMUEL BARNETT I've definitely learned that if you want to have power as a woman in Shakespeare's time, and...
SAMUEL BARNETT Journalists have sometimes looked to my Twitter account and quoted me from there, and that's fin...
SAMUEL BARNETT I like all sorts of art, that's why I love wandering around The National Gallery.
SAMUEL BARNETT I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to d...
SAMUEL BARBER I've had little success in intellectual circles. I'm not talked about in the 'New York R...
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