"You may have holes in your shoes, but don't let the people out front know it. Shine the tops."

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Source : Stanley Dance, Earl Hines (1983). “The World of Earl Hines”

Earl Hines

#Music Quotes #Shoes Quotes #People Quotes

“For there is but one problem - the problem of human relations. We forget that there is no hope or joy except in human relations.”
“The memories you have are just recordings of things past, not chains to bind you.”
“I have a radar built inside me to avoid punches”
“We kept the old male ideas of success: power and money. We need new ones!”

Source : "Zosia Mamet Says You Don’t Have To Be Hillary, Bey Or Oprah To Be Successful" By Alanna Vagianos, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 21, 2014.
“Who loves not music and the heavenly muse, That man God hates.”

Source : 1614 Commendatory poem to William Leighton's Teares or Lamentations of a Sorrowfull Soule.
“I don't know if I see myself as an actress for the rest of my life.”
“The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.”
“Think about how you are going to feel if you eat the healthy food, how you are going to look in a bikini next summer or in skinny jeans. Think about feeling strong, healthy, confident. You'll be more confident in the bedroom, more confident at the office.”

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