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You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.

Quincy Jones

I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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Economics Money Myself Racism
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
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Afraid Yourself
I’ve met every freak in the business.
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Business Freak Myself
My grandmother had this high-tech security system – a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
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Door Lock Mom Problem Security System
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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Game Play Profit
The process is the most beautiful part.
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Beautiful Part Process
A lot of the guys were like that – Oscar Pettiford – they just took me under their wing, and that’s why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.
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Love Myself People Wings
Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive – but that was totally subconscious.
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Consciousness Myself Woman
I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you’re supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.
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Learning Listening Reality Talk Yourself
It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don’t have anything else to do.
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Trouble Yourself
A bad song, the three best singers in the world cannot save it, and that’s the bottom line.
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Bad Myself Save Sing Song
When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.
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Father Hard Work Institution Mental Ourselves
I’m a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.
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Believe Music Myself Support
I was the most subtle person in the world.
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Myself Person World
Excellence isn’t an act, it’s a habit.
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Act Excellence Habit Myself
I was married for 36 years but now I’m free.
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Divorce Freedom Marriage Myself

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