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I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that came through town, to the theater, or the dance hall. I was at every dance, every night club, listened to every band that came through, because in those days we didn't have MTV, we didn't have television. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#because #came #club #dance #days

I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At some point I just went, don't be frightened, you can't do anything wrong, it's your show. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#anything #every #every time #felt #frightened

Oh, definitely and you know you take the bitter with the sweet but the benefits far outweigh the burdens of what I've been able to do for my family, my word. ↗

— Star Jones

#been #benefits #bitter #burdens #definitely

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#overrated #politeness

As an actor I want to do as many takes as I can. I wanna shoot the scene... or shoot the shot 'til they make me quit. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#i #i can #make #many #me

You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them! ↗

— Van Jones

#believe #black #child #columbine #done

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word. ↗

— Erica Jong

#adored #attacked #become #book #daughters

I want to be the bridge to the next generation. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#generation #i #next #want

Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for. ↗

— David Starr Jordan

#depends #life #lived #long #short

That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes. ↗

— June Jordan

#anyway #as far as #attitude #been #damage