"Society wants to categorize everything, but to me it's all African-American music."

-- Johnny Otis

#African American Quotes #Want Quotes

“London is a huge shop, with a hotel on the upper storeys.”
“When you appoint someone, you appoint somebody because of their character, their convictions, their abilities. And not because you have a belief, a confidence, in a foreordained outcome in any given decision.”
“I paid my way through school doing set construction for film and television. I'm a member of Local 44. I was a construction coordinator on 'Beverly Hills 90210' for 4 1/2 years and ran their whole construction program. I did two other pilots as a coordinator for Aaron Spelling.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The thing that's confusing for investors is that founders don't know how to be CEO. I didn't know how to do the job when I was a CEO. Founder CEOs don't know how to be CEOs, but it doesn't mean they can't learn. The question is... can the founder learn that job and can they tolerate all mistakes they will make doing it?”
“Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised.”

Source : Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1937). “The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913”, p.5, Library of Alexandria
“Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn't teach me everything he knows.”
“Both ardent lovers and austere scholars, when once they come to the years of discretion, love cats, so strong and gentle, the pride of the household, who like them are sensitive to the cold, and sedentary.”
“Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.”

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